Career Coach for Reentry & Job Placement

Center for Family Services; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent PTO program

401k Plan

Medical insurance options

Prescription Insurance

Life Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Health & Wellness Activities

Ongoing Training & Development

Opportunity for advancement

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Center For Family Services seeks a full-time Case Manager/Employment Coach to develop reentry career pathways for justice-impacted individuals in Kentucky. The role involves client-centered case management, workshops, and job-placement support, coordinating with employers and public agencies to place participants across seven southern New Jersey counties per grant.

Flexible scheduling is required. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in vocational counseling or social work,

Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in vocational counseling or social work.
• Certificate programs in Career or Life Coaching preferred.
• Experience working with justice-impacted individuals preferred.
• Experience working with second-chance employers.
• 3-5 years of experience in workforce development with job placement experience strongly preferred.
• 1-3 years of experience in close-contact case management.

Responsibilities

• Interview and assess participants' eligibility for program enrollment.
• Provide wraparound case management to each participant, including orientation, 1:1 training, and group workshops, and completion of all required program and CFS-related paperwork.
• Establishes and maintains working relationships with employers, industry organizations, and public agencies to source job openings and secure employment and vocational training opportunities for clients.
• Establishes ongoing relationships with employers/worksites to provide a continuous supply of applicants when requested, as well as monitoring any potential issues, complaints, and progress of recently placed participants.
• Coach and prepare candidates for interviews and entry into the workforce.
• Match applicant skills and experience with employer's requirements.
• Support individuals to secure and retain jobs and advancements in the workplace.
• Coordinate career counseling, evaluation, skill training, job-readiness training, resume writing, interviewing techniques, job retention strategies and other activities within individual settings related to employment transition. Identify barriers to employment and solutions to those barriers.
• Provide individualized case management to identify participants' personal goals, develop leadership skills, and develop an individualized employment plan.
• Complete essential documentation required for successful administrative purposes and record case materials promptly and effectively using the indicated file development methods.
• Develop/ maintain community partnerships with local agencies to provide additional services/resources for clients in need.
• Maintain contact with clients to ensure case management requirements are met, and client remains active and within program compliance.
• Facilitate group sessions and workshops to build employment readiness skills, to include resume development, teamwork, conflict resolution, etc.
• Coordinate/attend career/resource fairs and tabling events as program demand allows, as applicable, to continuously source program referrals.
• Work closely with other CFS programs, departments, as well as NJ Department of Labor, Department of Corrections, Probation/parole offices, and county courts.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to accommodate client needs deemed to be reasonable and necessary.
• Maintain a complete and detailed calendar with the ability to effectively schedule client interactions as required.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Bilingual: English/Spanish a plus

Education

Bachelor's degree in vocational counseling or social work

Certificate programs in Career or Life Coaching

Job description

Center For Family Services seeks a full-time Case Manager/Employment Coach to develop reentry career pathways for justice-impacted individuals in Kentucky. The role involves client-centered case management, workshops, and job-placement support, coordinating with employers and public agencies to place participants across seven southern New Jersey counties per grant.

Flexible scheduling is required. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in vocational counseling or social work,