Posted: October 2, 2025
Expires: December 1, 2025
Engaging Opportunities Foundation/Christy's Corner Cafe
368 Rice St, Elmore, Ohio 43416
Job Overview
In alignment with the mission of our parent foundation (Engaging Opportunities Foundation), the Assistant Job Coach should possess a desire to enhance the lives of individuals with special needs while providing quality job coaching with respect and patience.
To be successful in this role, the Assistant Job Coach does not have explicit experience working with individuals with special needs. However, an Assistant Job Coach should have the desire for working with individuals with special needs in some capacity in their future career/life. Individuals with special needs that are employed by Christy’s Corner Café for the purpose of job coaching will henceforth be referred to as “clients”.
The Assistant Job Coach will recognize the diverse learning needs of our clients and provide structured coaching to meet the individual’s needs. It may be necessary to use non-traditional methods for this teaching/coaching to include (but not limited to): extra time, repeating demonstrations, role play, written directions, picture directions, and other modalities as appropriate to the client.
The Assistant Job Coach will possess the understanding that teaching/coaching the individual with special needs requires additional patience, attention to details, and additional amounts of time. Teaching/coaching clients may require more quality checks and redirection. Some individuals may not be able to do some tasks in the coffee shop due to mental, physical, emotional, or behavioral disabilities.
The Assistant Job Coach should be available to work during opening hours, including weekends and evening hours and will report to the Christy’s Café Manager and/or Lead Job Coach. He/she shall encourage customer engagement with our clients while also serving quality products in a safe and inclusive environment.
The Assistant Job Coach will receive quarterly reviews from the manager with in-put from the Lead Job coach, this will go into the employee file.
Job Responsibilities
The Assistant Job Coach should be prepared to work with Job Coaches to teach our clients daily job tasks, to motivate them to reach their goals, and to provide goal-oriented activities when appropriate. Assistant Job Coaches need to be patient and understand that the teaching/coaching process for our clients may require repeated demonstrations, additional time to learn, and/or alternative teaching methods.
The Assistant Job Coach will be expected to be motivated to learn about the needs of the clients, their diagnoses, and methods related to job coaching through observation of other Job Coaches, asking questions, and reviewing client folders/materials. The Assistant Job Coach will be expected to learn and be able to train others on all work-related tasks that may be assigned to our clients. The Assistant Job Coach will be expected to work side by side with other job coaches, clients, and volunteers to perform
day to day operations of the Café. Some work-related tasks may include kitchen duties, front-end duties, daily operations, customer service, and health and safety.
The Assistant Job Coach will be expected to complete any documentation that is expected to track our clients successes.
Requirements
• Perform end of shift assessments for clients
• Proficient with iPad technology; experience with Square POS is a plus
• Patient, open-minded, and even-tempered personality with clients, customers, and other staff •The ability to teach and train employees with a firm, but friendly, teaching style and an attitude that embraces diversity and is accepting of differences
• Excellent communication skills with the capability to motivate employees with special needs •Self-motivated and inspiring with the ability to prioritize and take direction from management •Ability to stand for long periods of time and lift up to 30 lbs
• Coffee shop/food service experience is a plus
Please contact :Robin Laird
419.704.0460
robinl@engagingopportunities.org