Special Education Workforce Development Specialist

Jobs for Ohio's Graduates; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobs for Ohio's Graduates (JOG) is seeking a Full-time Youth Services Specialist to support young adults through mentorship, skill development, and barrier removal. You will assess needs, deliver instruction, and document progress to meet Pre-Employment Transition Services goals.

Travel within the service area, work hours 8:00–4:30 or 8:00–3:30, and use MS Office tools to track outcomes; a Bachelor's degree is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Availability for 8:00–4:30 or 8:00–3:30 schedule.
• Local daytime travel within service area.
• Proficiency in MS Office and databases.
• Experience in teaching, counseling, or youth programs preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess youth needs and provide mentorship aligned with Pre-ETS.
• Develop and deliver competency-based curriculum to enrolled young adults.
• Coordinate services at designated locations and partner sites.
• Track progress and report outcomes to OOD forms.
• Build relationships with schools and community organizations.

Skills

MS Outlook

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Online database management systems

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Online database management systems

Job description

About Jobs for Ohio's Graduates (JOG):At JOG, we're on a mission to empower young adults facing barriers to education and employment, guiding them toward a future filled with opportunity and success. Through mentorship, skill development, and advocacy, we pave the way for our participants to achieve their dreams and contribute positively to their communities.

Job Responsibilities

Accomplish young adult focused goals by assessing needs, developing youth's skills set, providing mentorship, instruction, re-mediating, monitoring, support, and tracking/documenting progress while promoting the goals of JOG/Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) and facilitating compliance to JOG's standards and objectives. Works collaboratively with all members of the JOG team to determine best practices for participants, collectively aid in barrier removal and goal achievement. Responsible for pre-ETS documentation and reporting as required by OOD.

Job Functions

Establish meaningful relations with young adults that build a foundation of trust, motivation and accountability. Develop a roster of PRE-ETS youth, incorporating recruited young adults through referrals from designated eligibility categories determined by education and community partners. Screen and assess program participants through motivational interviewing, orientations and interpretation of assessment tools. Maintain weekly contact with active youth. Provide necessary services and JOG’s competency-based curriculum, to enrolled young adults based on needs, that lead to the accomplishment of youth and organizational goals. Instruct objective driven lessons to young adults individually, individually and in small groups of no more than 4, while adapting instruction methods to meet clients’ varying needs and interests. Coordinate ancillary youth services/activities to further develop and progress young adults towards self-sufficiency and being one’s best self. Provide JOG services at designated locations, which could include a county office, local school system and/or community-based organization. Strategize, contact and re-engaged disconnected program youth. Participate in work experience programs, by assisting with employer and participant recruitment, orientations, and worksite supervision. (Pending additional agreement with OOD.) Track, monitor, and report youth contact, services, progress and attainments on required OOD forms. Verify and follow-up on participant progress by monitoring activities with employers and educational institutes when necessary. Maintains confidentiality regarding all issues relative to client files and the organization’s operations. Build and maintain relationships with schools, community-based organizations, community contacts and area employers. Identify and mobilize all available resources in the community. Provide coverage as scheduled at JOG offices and provide JOG programs and services to enrolled young adults. Other duties as assigned. (Barberton Follow-up for 2024-2025)

Job Requirements

• Available for work hours scheduled either 8:00 – 4:30 or 8:00 - 3:30 depending on the in school or out of school setting.
• Local, daytime travel occasionally required within JOG’s service area.
• Computer skills including, but not limited to: MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and Online database management systems.
• Job Qualifications Bachelor’s degree required.
• Preferred training or experience in the following areas: Business Administration; Communication; Teaching; Social Work; Human Resource Management; Career Development; Job Placement/Development; Employment and Vocational Counseling; Career Guidance; Vocational Education; Community Service Administration; Work experience with private sector or disadvantaged youth.
• This job specification should not be construed to imply that these requirements are the exclusive standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties as may be required by their supervisor.

Job Type

Full-time

Pay: $40,000.00 - $45,000.00 per year