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DSP Employment Coach - Alma

Make your next job your best job!

Think of your favorite activities to do with friends on the weekend. Is it shopping? Going to the movies? Fishing? Imagine getting PAID to do all these things AND make a difference in the lives of those with disabilities.

Why should you pick MMI as your next employer?

That's the ultimate question, isn't it? We have an easy answer: we care about our employees as much as we all care about our persons served! Here at MMI, we strive towards our mission of developing inclusive communities and meaningful connections through employment and training. What you may not know is that we also support the people who work here and want you to achieve your goals, too. We want YOU to grow along with the people we serve on a daily basis!

What makes MMI stand out?

• We have that work/life balance you are looking for! Whether it's wanting most weekends off, accommodating your daytime school schedule, or needing a routine with a regular schedule, we have you covered! This specific position is great for college students with the ability to work around a school schedule with evenings/weekends available to accommodate your school schedule.
• Employee retention is a real thing -- some of our employees have been working at MMI for over

30 years! We offer a place of employment that you can feel good about going to every day.

• We offer a career path with dedicated training and opportunities grow within the company.

Whether this is a position to build skills while you work on a human services degree or a career, we can accommodate your needs. Our very own CEO started her career at a DSP level.

• We have an employee success coach... that's right. Not only do we coach our persons served, we recognize our employees may need a coach when life gets tough. Don't tackle those housing, childcare, or budget issues alone -- we have a coach to help our employees reach their goals too.

Are you qualified to work at MMI?

You may be asking yourself -- sounds great, how do I know if this is the job for me? Best answer we can give you is that if you have compassion for people with disabilities and want to help them achieve your goals, you're qualified. While we can certainly appreciate experience, we recognize some of our very best candidates just haven't been given the opportunity to shine in this industry. We can train the skills, so be sure to bring the compassion.

What will you do at MMI?

Main function as an Employment Coach Include:

• Serving as a role model, assist in training participants in appropriate work and appearance standards.
• Assist participants to advocate/solve their own job related problems.
• Assist in providing active treatment by engaging participants in meaningful and productive activity at all times in keeping with each participant's Person-Centered Plan.
• Maintain work areas in a neat and orderly manner.
• Ensure compliance with job standards and quality requirements by following established procedures.
• Recommend changes in work methods to improve efficiency.
• Assume responsibility for the health and safety of participants, self and others, including training and enforcement of safety rules and regulations. Report safety concerns to supervisor promptly.
• Assist in the tracking of production for each participant.
• Serve as an advocate for participants by assuring recipient's rights and confidentiality are protected in accordance with agency policy and the Mental Health Code, including completion of incident reports and verbal reporting to manager and/or MMI's Recipient Rights Advisor.

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