Job Title: Employment Services Case Manager

Reports To: Director of Employment Services

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Conduct program orientations and information sessions, and implement eligibility review process. Implement and conduct trainee employability assessment process. Assist clients in identifying and prioritizing employability, work readiness goals and service needs and mitigating self-sufficiency barriers with an emphasis on social services resources. Finalize worksite training referrals and evaluate the worksite training progress of program participants. Plan, develop and facilitate the provision of services, activities and resource necessary to facilitate, and enhance trainee program participation.

Key Duties

Conduct program employment and training orientation with participants as needed.
Assist in the Work Readiness Assessment Process as necessary
Develop individualized service strategy identifying human services, activities and resource needs.
Assist in the development of the Employment Development Plan with an emphasis on barriers to self-sufficiency; assist participants in identifying and prioritizing social service needs.
Manage the classroom training referral process serve as training support throughout the classroom training period.
Identify support service needs of ES program participants, monitor supportive plans as needed.
Evaluate the progress of each participant in acquisition of the required vocational skills, arrange tutorial assistance, corrective measures, such as remediation and/or extension of training where necessary.
Conduct classroom training follow-up activities, and update Individual Service Plans, and document all required information in a timely manner.
Maintain case notes relative to support services provided throughout program participation.
Ensure participant is provided the resources needed to achieve employment goals.

Basic Qualifications include:

Minimum 2 year college degree (Preferred)
Minimum of (5) years of experience in human services, employment, training, education or non-Profit fields (Mandatory)
Workforce development case management experience (Preferred)
Case management, peer counseling or job coaching (Mandatory)
Computer literacy in word-processor and spreadsheet programs. (Mandatory)
Knowledge of local human service agencies resources requirements, and enrollment practices
Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here 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 stand and talk or hear. The employee is required to sit; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Compensation

This is a full-time exempt position with a full benefits package including health, dental, vision, Life AD&D, and retirement account.

Homeboy Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer

How to apply

Please email resume and cover letter to Audrey Holmes, Director of Employment Services to aholmes@homeboyindustries.org