Summer Youth Skills Trainer

Summer youth employment skills trainer

Schedule: May – Early/Mid‑August, Monday–Thursday, 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM

Position overview

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is seeking Summer Youth Employment Skills Trainers to support young participants in their Summer Youth Work Experience. In this role, you will coach students directly at their worksite placements, helping them develop employability, communication, and job‑readiness skills to ensure success throughout the program.

Key responsibilities

• Administration
• Complete required paperwork, including workplace data tracking, task analyses, job-matching activities, and OOD documentation.
• Participate in vocational readiness team planning and review participant case records.
• Complete end‑of‑summer evaluations for all assigned participants.

• Collaboration
• Collaborate with agency programs and maintain strong partnerships with worksite hosts.
• Provide regular updates to the Summer Youth Supervisor.
• Represent the agency professionally and support strong customer service with school districts and internal teams.
• Engage with employers, families, job placement specialists, and school personnel to resolve training or employment issues.
• Report any Unusual Incidents (UI) or Major Unusual Incidents (MUI) promptly.

• Direct client support
• Provide individualized coaching at host business worksites, including building and fading natural supports, identifying job accommodations, and using assistive technology.
• Train participants in grooming, hygiene, communication, interviewing, and workplace behavior.
• Address behavioral concerns and help students develop self‑advocacy, teamwork, budgeting, and problem-solving skills.
• Implement participant-specific accommodations, interventions, and behavior plans.
• Provide behavioral support and crisis intervention when required.
• Model appropriate social skills and maintain a safe, age-appropriate learning environment.

• Quality assurance
• Participate in adjusting behavior plans as needed.
• Accept and apply feedback to support professional growth.
• Use assessment data and resources to support individualized IPEs when applicable.
• Complete all required training and perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Required: High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Preferred: Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree, or Transition‑to‑Work Endorsement.
• Required Experience: Working with young adults on the Autism Spectrum or related disorders.
• Preferred Experience:
• Teaching/coaching roles (job readiness, rehabilitation counseling, job coaching, transition to adulthood).
• Experience with Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) and community business partners.
• Technical Skills:
• Familiarity with Microsoft Windows
• Ability to use Microsoft Office or Google Educational Suite
• Availability: Must be available for the entire summer session.

Work Environment

Exposed to a combination of office, school, business partners, and mental health treatment environments. Exposed to children with behavior problems. May be exposed to shouting and clients who may be verbally and physically aggressive. May be exposed to blood or vomit and bodily fluids.

Physical demands

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend and lift objects of up to 20 pounds.

Our Culture

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is Greater Cincinnati’s most prolific non-profit specializing in education, behavioral and therapeutic health services and autism services for vulnerable, at-risk youth, their families, and caregivers. Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is proud to embrace our ideals of an equal opportunity workplace by actions as well as our words. We lead our community with respect and tolerance, internally and externally, and we expect our employees to embrace this ideal and express it in their day-to-day interactions. [https://bestpoint.org/careers/]

All qualified applicants [https://bestpoint.org/careers/] will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against, based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.