Transit Instructor
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Responsibilities
MV Transportation is seeking a Transit Instructor to facilitate the independence of individuals, who may be Developmentally Disabled, Physically Disabled, Low Visually Impaired, Deaf or Hard of Hearing, and/or a Senior Citizen, by teaching them the skills required to utilize public transportation; while working closely with the Program Manager, Outreach Coordinator, and all outside sources answering questions regarding the program and supporting requests for monthly and quarterly reporting. Responsibilities:
- Conduct assessment with clients and family in their home to determine participants’ functional skills, abilities, and necessary training requirements.
- Maintain daily contact with family and/or other agency staff as required for individual training.
- Teach while traveling on public transportation, and within the community.
- Patience, compassion, and empathy for people with physical and/ or developmental disabilities, as well as senior citizens.
- Be a strong self-manager, team orientated with excellent communication skills.
- Be able to solve problems independently in changing environments.
- Knowledge of the local transit system.
- Make safety a top priority.
- Strong customer service skills, with a strong understanding of working with individuals with physical and developmental disabilities, and senior community.
- Have a dedicated home office space for working remotely.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Knowledge of different disabilities, and the ability to research disabilities, if needed, for a better understanding of the student
- Conduct assessment with clients and family in their home to determine participants’ functional skills, abilities, and necessary training requirements.
- Develop individual training plans for participants.
- Provide one-on-one field training to people with physical and/or developmental disabilities, as well as senior citizens community.
- Maintain accurate confidential documentation.
- Ability to teach independence skills to individuals with physical and/or developmental disabilities
- Teach while traveling on public transportation, and within the community.
- Prepare a final report on training activity at the conclusion.
Talent Requirements:
- Education is equivalent to an AA degree from an accredited institution, specializing in social services, special education, preferred or two (2) years of experience providing instruction or working one-on-one with a special demographics who display a developmental and/or physical disability, as well as support our senior population.
- Must have a valid Driver’s license, good driving record, proof of insurance, and own transportation.
- Must have a strong user knowledge of Word and Excel.
- Customer service skill in the field.
- Have a dedicated home office space for working remotely.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, and detail oriented, while demonstrating a concern for the safety of the vulnerable population.
- Ability to self-manage in remote settings.
- Inspire confidence in the participants ability to independently use public transportation safely through modeling professionalism, and training.
- Showing a passion for our vulnerable populations by displaying integrity, responsibility, dependability, punctuality, flexibility, initiative, ability to communicate in simply clearly sentences is a must.
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