ASD/Career Advancement Specialist

Position: ASD Career Advancement Specialist

Location: PRISM 

Reports To: Program Coordinator

Hours: Full-time/40 hrs. Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm, w/flexibility for evenings/weekends

Overview

Triangle has an immediate opening for an ASD/Career Advancement Specialist at the PRISM/Main Street site. The qualified candidate will equip adults with disabilities to help them achieve their career and personal goals This will be done by maximizing their abilities and leveraging their interests through competitive employment opportunities as well as engaging, fun and customizable programming experiences.

Triangle's Expectation of Employee

• Adheres to Triangle policy and procedures

• Fosters a positive, solution-oriented culture consistent with Triangle's mission

• Promotes employment, self-advocacy, and independence across programs and participants

• Acts as a role model within and outside of Triangle

• Maintains a positive and respectful attitude towards participants, staff, and community partners

• Communicates regularly with supervisor

• Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload

• Consistently reports to work on time prepared to perform duties of position, with a willingness to flex hours as needed

Primary Responsibilities

• Equips neurodiverse participants with job readiness skills to secure potential employment or collegiate pathways

• Supervises & supports groups of participants in a program and variety of settings including social gatherings, volunteer sites, recreational outings, and other community related outings

• Creates an inviting, customizable, exciting and innovative earning environment

• Takes lead in developing and implementing activities and employment/collegiate opportunities focused on personal and professional development