Job Coaches for Adults with Disabilities

Defining the role of a job coach, this book sets out EU-wide training standards for helpingpeople with disabilities gain and maintain meaningful employment.The book includes the perspectives of both people with disabilities and their job coaches,offering first-hand experience of the specific issues faced by those who want to enter thecompetitive open jobs market. It describes how to provide bespoke support for peoplewith an intellectual disability, physical disability, as well as for autistic people andindividuals with mental health conditions. Guidance on functional assessment, taskanalysis, collaborating with employers and training for new and student job coaches isalso included.