Part-Time Vocational Services Lead

Opiny; New York (NY); On-site; USD 34,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Opiny is seeking a Part-time Vocational Coordinator in New York to coordinate vocational/educational, supportive, and enhanced services, including skills training, assessments, counseling, and referrals. You’ll supervise and support staff, ensure compliance, and represent the program at agency and county levels.

The role requires coordinating services, leading projects, and promoting workforce development, with quantum responsibilities across program delivery and client outcomes.

Qualifications

• Interact with staff, clients, students and visitors in a courteous, professional and respectful manner.
• Produce accurate, neat and thorough work.
• Prioritize and plan work time efficiently; effectively managing competing demands and dealing with changes, delays and unexpected events.
• Understands and complies with agency policy and procedures.
• Support a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a manner that allows the employee to get along with clients, students, coworkers and supervisors.
• Communicate clearly and concisely.
• Maintain appropriate boundaries, ethics and professionalism; complying with agency, OASAS and other professional code(s) of ethics; seeking supervision when challenges arise.

Responsibilities

• Insure ongoing vocational assessments are completed and accurate for all clients enrolled in program. Facilitate TABE testing for all clients enrolled.
• Provide training and coordinate support services for clients enrolled in program.
• Provide leadership and direction to ensure compliance with regard to tracking, reporting and outcome objectives, including ongoing internal review of service delivery.
• Assist with coordination, training and support staff.
• Represent the program at agency and county levels as directed by the site director.
• Implement vocational services and promote utilization of staff that serves to enhance program utilization, service delivery and workforce development for clients.
• Ensure ongoing communication and engage in problem solving activities with site director and program coordinators.
• Initiate specialized projects, outreach, to promote access and utilization of vocational services.
• Provide support and direction to vocational/educational staff to increase clients’ potential for employment.
• Participate in program and staff meetings.
• Provide vocational/educational case management services for clients.
• Provide crisis intervention and group work services and back up coverage as needed.
• CRC/LMHC preferred.

Skills

Professional conduct

Clear communication

Time management

Policy compliance

Team collaboration

Ethics and professionalism

Boundaries and ethics

Job description

Opiny is seeking a Part-time Vocational Coordinator in New York to coordinate vocational/educational, supportive, and enhanced services, including skills training, assessments, counseling, and referrals. You’ll supervise and support staff, ensure compliance, and represent the program at agency and county levels.

The role requires coordinating services, leading projects, and promoting workforce development, with quantum responsibilities across program delivery and client outcomes.