ILS Instructor

• Welcome
• The Role
• Job Requirements
• Support You Provide
• About EBI
• Training
• Documentation, Communication and Regulations
• Reporting Income
• Advocacy, Empowerment and Self-Determination
• Community Inclusion and Relationships
• Active and Fulfilled Days
• Using Behavior Support Plans
• Supporting People with Health Care Needs
• Work Environment
• Who Makes a Good ILS Instructor
• Who Should Avoid this Position
• What ILS Instructors Say
• Is Being an ILS Instructor for You?

Welcome to the Realistic Job Preview for the Independent Living Services Instructor!

We are so glad that you are interested in the Independent Living Services (ILS)Instructor position with East Bay Innovations (EBI).

The purpose of this realistic job preview is to give you information that will help you decide if this is the right job for you. It is important that you know about the rewards and the challenges of working as an ILS Instructorfor people with developmental disabilities (such as cerebral palsy and autism) before you accept a position.

In this realistic job preview we will look at:

• What ILS Instructors do
• What the job requirements are
• Examples of different job tasks in actual work life
• What EBI is like as an employer
• What the difficulties and rewards of being an ILS Instructor are
• What staff training opportunities are available at EBI
• What current ILS Instructor say about their jobs

This job preview includes stories of ILS Instructors and the people they support. These stories are based on situations that you may confront as an ILS Instructor. The names and places have been changed. These real life examples are in the grey boxed areas throughout this realistic job preview.

By the end of this realistic job preview you should be able to answer the following questions, which will help you decide whether or not this type of work would be a good fit for you:

• What attributes do you think will make you a good candidate for working as an ILS Instructor?
• What challenges do you think you will face as an ILS Instructor? What supports will you need to deal with these challenges?
• Which parts of the job do you think you will enjoy the most?
• What about working for EBI appeals to you?

When people accept jobs at EBI and then leave them after a short amount of time, it can be very difficult for the people needing support, because they will again have to get used to a new person assisting them in important and personal parts of their lives. It is also difficult for their families, for your co-workers and for EBI. Because of this, we hope that this realistic job preview provides the information you need to make a good decision about whether or not to work at EBI as an ILS Instructor.