How to become a job coach
Official title: Job coach (disability)
Also called: Employment support workshop instructor (for persons with disabilities), Employment support workshop instructor (for persons with disabilities)
Job coach (disability) provides assistance to persons with disabilities who require additional support to secure and retain employment. He/she identifies suitable job roles for his/her clients, provides training in relevant work skills and redesigns job roles. He/she conducts job site visits following job placement to provide job support and track clients’ progress. He/she performs these tasks in settings such as the workplaces of his/her clients, assisted training and employment centres, or job sites of partner employers.
Main tasks
- Identifying suitable job openings for their clients
- Contacting employers and facilitating communication between employers and clients
- Conducting training in relevant work skills
- Redesigning job roles to support clients’ continued employment
- Conducting job site visits and tracking clients’ progress in their jobs
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Will AI change the work of a job coach?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026