Transition Specialist

Skill Demand; Logansport (IN); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Skill Demand Energy seeks a Transition Specialist to oversee transition practices in Indiana's juvenile correctional facilities, guiding life-skills curricula and reentry planning.

You will coordinate with teachers, state agencies, and partners to support youth returning to communities, schools, and employment, including necessary documentation and follow-up communications with youth post-release.

Qualifications

• Job responsibilities require coordination, program management, and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the implementation of a life skills curriculum, titled Next Steps.
• Utilize the Transition Coordinator Handbook in an effort to standardize the transition practices.
• Evalute the five "Transition Consultations" to be completed by every student under the guidance of an assigned teacher.
• Participate on a weekly basis in Administrative Release Committees (ARC) in each facility to confirm and reinforce the student's reentry plans.
• Do the Follow Up Phone Calls to released youth at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months.
• The Transistion Coordinators will represent the Indiana Department of Correction- Division of Youth Services at many conferences and meetings.
• The Transistion Coordinators will assist in the development of a partnership with Indiana's Department of Workforce Development, HIRE, and Indiana University’s HOPE Mentoring.
• The Transition Coordinators will assist in the development of the individiualized Education Learning Plan for each youth upon entry at the facility.
• Work with state, county and private agengies to provide re-entry servicers for youth transitioning back into the community.
• Assist students with obtaining social security cards, state identification, driver’s license, birth certificates, and additional documentation.
• Assist students with transitioning back to public schools
• Assist students with employment, apprenticeship programs, and military service information

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

The Transition Specialist for Indiana's Department of Correction: Division of Youth Services provides oversight to all transition-related practices in the State's juvenile correctional facilities.

Job Responsibilities may include, but not limited to:

• Facilitate the implementation of a life skills curriculum, titled Next Steps.
• Utilize the Transition Coordinator Handbook in an effort to standardize the transition practices.
• Evalute the five "Transition Consultations" to be completed by every student under the guidance of an assigned teacher.
• Participate on a weekly basis in Administrative Release Committees (ARC) in each facility to confirm and reinforce the student's reentry plans.
• Do the Follow Up Phone Calls to released youth at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months.
• The Transistion Coordinators will represent the Indiana Department of Correction- Division of Youth Services at many conferences and meetings.
• The Transistion Coordinators will assist in the development of a partnership with Indiana's Department of Workforce Development, HIRE, and Indiana University’s HOPE Mentoring.
• The Transition Coordinators will assist in the development of the individiualized Education Learning Plan for each youth upon entry at the facility.
• Work with state, county and private agengies to provide re-entry servicers for youth transitioning back into the community.
• Assist students with obtaining social security cards, state identification, driver’s license, birth certificates, and additional documentation.
• Assist students with transitioning back to public schools
• Assist students with employment, apprenticeship programs, and military service information

Company Description

Skill Demand Energy is a nationally certified minority-owned company with our Corporate Headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, and multiple offices across the U.S.

Skill Demand Energy partners with utilities, local and state governments, and other entities to provide solutions to reduce America's energy usage within the residential, commercial, and industrial and government sectors. We are a dynamic multiculturally owned firm fully committed to cocreate with our teams truly inclusive and equitable working environments that results in thriving diversity and professional success.

We are committed to hiring individuals that are representative of the communities our programs are designed to serve. Our work elevates co-creation through cultivating trust and acting with transparency. We recognize that representation matters.