Job Coach Position

• Welcome
• The Role
• Job Requirements
• Support You Provide
• About EBI
• Training
• Documentation and Following Regulations
• Advocacy, Empowerment and Self-Determination
• Community Inclusion and Relationships
• Maintaining Relationships
• Using Behavior Support Plans
• Supporting People with Health Care Needs
• Work Environment
• Who Makes a Good Job Coach
• Who Should Avoid this Position
• What Job Coaches Say
• Is Being a Job Coach for You?

Welcome to the Realistic Job Preview for the Job Coach!

We are so glad that you are interested in the Job Coach 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 a Job Coach for 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 Job Coaches 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 a Job Coach are
• What staff training opportunities are available at EBI
• What current Job Coaches say about their jobs

This job preview includes stories of Job Coaches and the people they support. These stories are based on situations that you may confront as a Job Coach. 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 a Job Coach?
• What challenges do you think you will face as a Job Coach? 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 a Job Coach.