Case Manager PPP

Revolution Workshop; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Employee Assistance Program

Professional development opportunities

ICHRA medical reimbursement

Short term and long term disability

403b 3% match

Job summary

Revolution Workshop is seeking a dedicated Case Manager to guide participants through a construction pre-apprenticeship. You will manage case notes, coordinate supportive services, and coach trainees to success in a trauma-informed program that emphasizes independence and long-term employment.

The role requires strong organizational and communication skills, a willingness to work evenings/weekends as needed, and the ability to transport trainees for services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree encouraged but not required.
• At least 1 year of experience working with diverse groups.
• Experience with underserved populations through resiliency and trauma-informed approaches.
• Proficiency in Google G Suite and Microsoft Office; ability to learn new systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain individual case management and supportive services for participants, including updates on attendance, career interests, jobs applied to, and employment barriers.
• Lead internal and external support services for participants, such as transportation, child care, housing, and financial issues.
• Prepare applications and key documents (handbooks, grant documents) for the program.
• Teach life skills and executive functioning, plus financial literacy to cohorts.
• Build trusting relationships and apply the program’s coaching approach to trainees.
• Hold participants accountable to attendance, communication, teamwork, and pace of the construction-industry training.
• Collect and document program data and eligibility records for grant reporting.

Skills

Case management

Coaching

Trauma-informed care

Communication

Organization

Google Workspace

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree encouraged

Tools

Google Workspace

Microsoft Office

Excel

Databases/CRM

Job description

Description

Revolution Workshop is a social enterprise that provides carpentry and woodworking workforce development for unemployed or underemployed people in partnership with area businesses.

Description

Revolution Workshop is a social enterprise that provides carpentry and woodworking workforce development for unemployed or underemployed people in partnership with area businesses.

We deliver financial independence and careers through skills, hope, and resilience.

Position Summary

Revolution Workshop is looking for an individual who is interested in assisting individuals through their construction pre-apprenticeship experience. This includes case management activities, coaching, accountability, goal planning, and barrier removal. The Case Manger also runs logistics for much of the day-to-day activities during active training. This position is full-time and year-round. The training at Revolution Workshop is completed through a trauma-informed lens and coaching to help the trainees successfully complete the program and be placed into long-term employment.

Direct Reports

This position reports directly to the Program Manager.

Hours

Tuesday to Thursday 12pm-8:30pm

Friday and Saturday 8am-4pm

Roles And Responsibilities

• Maintaining individual case management and supportive services for participants in the program, including but not limited to updates of case notes on participants within the program’s database such as attendance, career interests, job positions applied to, and barriers to employment.
• Lead in the support services both internal and external for each participant based on individual need which include but not limited to: transportation assistance, child care, financial issues, housing.
• Prepare applications and other key documents for the program such as handbooks and necessary grant documents.
• Teach life skills/executive functioning as well as financial 101 classes to each cohort covering topics including but not limited to conflict resolution, communication, workplace professionalism, email etiquette etc.
• Build authentic relationships with trainees through the sharing of lived experience and adoption of Revolution Workshop’s coaching approach.
• Hold trainees accountable to the attendance, communication, teamwork and pace of the construction industry.
• Responsible for collecting grant required data and documentation including all eligibility documentation, attendance records, supply sign-outs, and individualized training plans.
• Prepare applications and other key documents for the program.
• Assist in the screening and selecting of all participants for Revolution Workshop programs through interviews of potential candidates.
• Lead weekly meetings to keep all key Program staff informed of trainee progress and concerns.
• Collect feedback from trainees to continue to improve program outcomes and experiences.
• Assist with the planning, development of Revolution Workshop programs.

Other tasks assigned by the supervisor

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• Employee Assistance Program
• Professional development opportunities
• ICHRA medical reimbursement
• Short term and long term disability
• 403b 3% match

Disability Specifications

• ADA: Revolution Workshop will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Work Environment

• This position is performed in a typical office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree encouraged but not required
• At least one years’ experience working with diverse groups.
• Knowledge and experience working with underserved individuals through approaches that emphasize resiliency, strength based coaching, and trauma informed care.
• Have an understanding of the social service resources available to underserved individuals throughout Chicago and the surrounding area.
• Excellent computer skills – Google G Suite (google docs, sheets, forms, gmail etc.), Microsoft Office, excel, ability to learn new systems and databases.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills.
• Detail-oriented.
• Takes initiative, able to anticipate program needs.
• Excellent interpersonal communication and writing skills.
• Recognize and respond to emerging priorities, allowing for flexibility in your schedule.
• Valid driver’s license to transport trainees to support services, as needed
• Evenings and weekends times are required for this role; work schedule will be flexed accordingly