Job Coach / Employment Specialist – Part-Time | Daytime Hours

Location: Frederick, Maryland
Service Area: Frederick and surrounding Frederick County communities
Pay: $21.00–$22.00 per hour, based on experience
Hours: Up to 29 hours per week, with potential to transition to full-time
Schedule: Predominantly daytime hours, Monday–Friday
Work Setting: Community-based with regular local travel
Mileage: Reimbursement for approved work-related travel
Experience: Relevant experience preferred, but previous job-coaching experience is not required
Education: No bachelor’s degree required

Make a Difference While Helping People Build Careers

RISE Services is seeking a dependable, compassionate, and motivated Job Coach / Employment Specialist to help individuals with disabilities find jobs, succeed at work, and build greater independence.

If you enjoy teaching, coaching, mentoring, helping people solve problems, or seeing someone accomplish a goal, this may be an excellent fit.

This is a hands-on, community-based position serving participants throughout Frederick and surrounding Frederick County communities.

Depending on the needs of the people you support, your day may include helping someone apply for a job, preparing for an interview, meeting with an employer, providing coaching at a workplace, teaching professional skills, or helping someone become more independent in an existing job.

No bachelor’s degree is required, and previous job-coaching experience is not required. Paid training is provided.

Schedule and Hours

This position offers up to 29 hours per week, with most services provided during weekday daytime hours, Monday through Friday.

Occasional weekend availability may be requested to provide coverage when another employee is unavailable, but this is not a regularly scheduled weekend position.

Your weekly schedule may include:

• On-site job coaching

• Participant meetings in the community

• Job searching and completing applications

• Resume and interview preparation

• Employer outreach and job development

• Employment-readiness activities

• Progress notes and required documentation

• Team meetings and paid training

Because employment services are based on participant needs, schedules may vary from week to week.

When a participant is not working all of their authorized service hours, you may provide other approved employment services such as job searching, applications, resume development, interview preparation, employer contacts, and workplace-readiness training.

Opportunity to Grow

Employees interested in additional hours may have opportunities to transition to full-time as caseloads and service needs grow.

Full-time hours are not guaranteed and depend on participant referrals, scheduling needs, employee availability, satisfactory performance, and organizational needs.

What You’ll Do

Help People Succeed at Work

• Provide individualized job coaching at employer worksites and in community settings.

• Help participants learn job duties, workplace routines, safety procedures, and employer expectations.

• Teach workplace communication, professional behavior, time management, and problem-solving skills.

• Help participants communicate effectively with supervisors and coworkers.

• Encourage independence rather than completing a participant’s job duties for them.

• Identify and develop natural workplace supports.

• Monitor progress and adjust coaching strategies as participants develop new skills.

• Provide ongoing support to help participants maintain successful employment.

Help People Find Employment

• Help participants identify their strengths, interests, abilities, and employment goals.

• Assist with resumes, applications, and job searches.

• Help participants prepare for interviews and conduct mock interviews.

• Identify employment opportunities that match each participant’s interests and abilities.

• Coordinate interviews, hiring activities, and onboarding support.

• Teach employment-readiness and workplace skills.

• Help participants understand workplace expectations and identify reasonable accommodations when appropriate.

Work With Local Employers

• Develop professional relationships with businesses throughout Frederick and surrounding communities.

• Contact employers to identify potential employment opportunities.

• Help connect qualified participants with local businesses.

• Educate employers about inclusive hiring and available workplace supports.

• Communicate professionally with employers regarding participant support and employment needs.

• Participate in hiring events and other community employment activities.

Documentation & Communication

• Complete accurate progress notes and required documentation within established deadlines.

• Maintain participant records according to organizational and funding-source requirements.

• Track job searches, applications, interviews, placements, work schedules, wages, and employment outcomes.

• Communicate participant progress, concerns, schedule changes, and significant developments to your supervisor.

• Work collaboratively with participants, families, employers, vocational rehabilitation counselors, schools, and community partners.

• Participate in required training, supervision, and service-planning activities.

Qualifications

Required

• Dependability and ability to maintain a consistent work schedule.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

• Good organization and time-management skills.

• Ability to solve problems and make responsible decisions independently.

• Ability to work independently throughout the community without constant direct supervision.

• Ability to complete electronic documentation accurately and on time.

• Basic computer skills, including email and electronic documentation systems.

• Valid driver’s license.

• Reliable personal transportation.

• Ability and willingness to travel throughout Frederick and surrounding Frederick County communities.

• Ability to transport participants when required.

• Acceptable driving record and required automobile insurance.

• Ability to satisfy applicable background-screening and employment requirements.

A bachelor’s degree is not required.

Previous job-coaching experience is not required.

Your Experience May Be a Great Fit Even If You’ve Never Been a Job Coach

We encourage applicants from a variety of backgrounds.

Relevant experience may include:

• Teaching or education

• Coaching or mentoring

• Direct support

• Human services

• Behavioral health

• Case management

• Workforce development

• Career services

• Recruiting or staffing

• Retail supervision

• Restaurant or hospitality supervision

• Customer service

• Community-based services

• Working with individuals with disabilities

If your previous work involved teaching someone a skill, solving problems, supporting customers or employees, coaching others, or helping people achieve goals, we encourage you to apply.

Preferred—but Not Required

Experience in any of the following is helpful:

• Supported Employment

• Job coaching or job development

• Intellectual or developmental disability services

• Vocational rehabilitation

• Disability-employment services

• Employer outreach or recruiting

• ADA accommodations and disability employment

• Working with schools, rehabilitation counselors, or community organizations

• CESP, ACRE, DSP, or similar employment-support credentials

Who Will Succeed in This Position?

This position may be a great fit if you are:

• Dependable and consistent.

• Compassionate, patient, and encouraging.

• Comfortable meeting people throughout the community.

• Comfortable traveling between employer and community locations during the workday.

• Able to teach and motivate someone without doing the work for them.

• Professional and confident when communicating with employers.

• Resourceful when plans change or challenges arise.

• Organized enough to manage appointments, follow-ups, and documentation.

• Comfortable working independently.

• Flexible when participant or employer schedules change.

• Genuinely motivated by helping someone achieve employment and greater independence.

Why Join RISE Services?

At RISE Services, your work has a visible purpose. You are helping people develop skills, earn income, become more independent, and succeed in their communities.

Employees may also benefit from:

• Predominantly weekday daytime hours

• $21.00–$22.00 per hour

• Paid training

• Mileage reimbursement for approved work-related travel

• Professional development opportunities

• Experience in disability services, workforce development, career coaching, and human services

• Opportunities for additional hours as caseloads grow

• Potential advancement opportunities within a growing organization

• A collaborative, mission-driven work environment

Part-Time Benefits

Eligible part-time employees may receive:

• Employee Assistance Program

• Employee Tenure Bonus Program

• Mileage reimbursement for approved work-related travel

• Paid training and professional development

Employees who later transition to an eligible full-time position may have access to additional benefits, including:

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Paid time off

• Paid holidays

• Short-term disability insurance

• Life insurance

• Long-term care option

Benefit eligibility requirements apply. Additional hours or future full-time employment are not guaranteed.

Please Consider the Work Setting Before Applying

This is a community-based position. It is not a remote or traditional office-based job.

Services are provided at employer worksites and other community locations throughout Frederick and surrounding Frederick County communities.

Applicants must have reliable personal transportation and be comfortable driving between locations throughout the workday.

Transporting participants may be required as part of the position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

RISE Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, hire, train, compensate, and promote employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Apply Today

If you are dependable, enjoy helping others, and want work where you can see the impact you make, we encourage you to apply for the Part-Time Job Coach / Employment Specialist position with RISE Services.

No bachelor’s degree required. No previous job-coaching experience required. Paid training is provided.

Your experience in teaching, coaching, customer service, supervision, human services, disability services, mentoring, or helping others succeed may be exactly what we are looking for.