Also called: Employment Specialist
Works alongside people with disabilities at their jobs, teaching tasks until they can do them alone.
Spends the morning at a hotel with a client learning to fold towels, breaks the job into steps with picture cards, and checks in with his supervisor.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school; ACRE certification helps.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Human Services, Special Education.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. AI picture-card apps help, but working alongside a client at a hotel until they master the job stays human.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to supported employment agencies for job coach openings First: Background check and the agency's starter training
Classes: Psychology, Business, Family and consumer sciences.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-1093.
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