Career Coach/Career Services Coordinator
Overview
Program Overview:
The Nassau Comprehensive Employment Services (N-CES) team provides vocational services to assist client’s to achieve their employment goals. Services include providing assessment, training, job search and placement services, retention, and career advancement.
Responsibilities
- Assist with the placement of program participants into internal and external programs and services, such as WEP, vocational training, and other community service internships
- Collaborate with DSS staff on client progress and engagement and other CES staff to coordinate and facilitate employment readiness, placement and retention services
- Complete electronic assessment for each enrolled client on the first day of enrollment.
- Conduct a one on one interview to collect information about the clients’ personal work history, barriers to employment, criminal history, personal/family background, and living situations.
- Conduct reassessments on clients returned to CES and provide case management, counseling and assist in the redirection of alternative programming.
- Monitor and report on client attendance and progress weekly while encouraging and fostering client engagement.
- Revise, update and implement service plan changes as needed to ensure consumer compliance.
- Utilizing the results of the TABE and other types of assessment instruments used in Nassau CES, determine the educational, skills level, and vocational interest of the participant.
- Work with participants to develop a comprehensive service plan based upon a thorough understanding of the individual’s interests, strengths, preferences and needs.
- Attend and participate in meetings, staff development sessions and in-service training as assigned.
- Maintain and execute documentation, such as case notes, and workflow through computer based programs and technology that draws on basic software/computer skill set.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree required
- 1 Year relevant experience
- Bilingual in Spanish preferred
- Experience working with public assistance population and working in employment services or in social service related field preferred
- Some prior professional experience working within a community based organization or the government sector, directly serving an under resourced population required.
- Good verbal and written communication, excellent organizational skills.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule and to travel to various locations to carry out assigned duties.
- Effective problem solving and interpersonal skills.
- Basic computer software literacy and computer usage experience.
Salary: $45k/year