Work base Learning / Intern Coordinator

ServingSchools; Limestone (ME); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

ServingSchools is seeking a Center Life Supervisory Coordinator to support students in adjusting to Center life and to maintain positive relationships with co-workers and partners. The role involves counseling, case notes, and facilitating work-based learning projects on and off campus.

The position requires an Associate degree with two years’ experience in marketing, sales, or counseling, preferably with youth, and a valid driver’s license.

Qualifications

• Minimum: Associate degree and two years' experience in marketing, sales, or counseling related areas.
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree or 4 years professional experience working with youth; two years' experience in marketing, sales, or counseling related areas.
• Knowledge: ability to effectively communicate with trainees and stakeholders; valid state driver''s license.

Responsibilities

• Must create and sustain positive working relationships with co-workers.
• Assist students in adjusting to Center life to enhance student retention; provide supervision, behavior modification, counseling, and act as a positive role model and mentor.
• Prepare reports and forms in Center Information System; document observations of students'' behavior and progress toward goals.
• Maintain confidentiality but report significant events to ensure health, safety, and well-being of students and staff.
• Meet individually with students at least once a month and document meetings in case notes.
• Coordinate with safety officer to inspect work-based learning sites for safety and appropriateness.
• Escort potential employers on tours and act as a guest speaker to promote the School to Career program.
• Schedules and transports trainees to work sites; visits work sites to monitor progress.

Skills

Marketing

Sales

Counseling

Communication

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree

Job description

• Must create and sustain positive working relationships with co-workers.
• Assists students in adjusting to Center life to enhance student retention by providing supervision, behavior modification, counseling, and by acting as a positive role model and mentor.
• prepares reports and forms and documents in Center Information System case notes and files observations of students' behavior, performance, notable information or events, and progress towards achieving goals and objectives.
• Maintains confidentiality but reports significant events or situations immediately through approved channels to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of students and staff, and to ensure that required reporting occurs, and that students receive emergency services as needed.
• Meets individually with students assigned to their area responsibility at a minimum of once each month documenting the meetings in case notes.
• Ensures equipment and assigned work areas are clean and maintained in accordance with Center, CSD, and DOL standards, including conducting quarterly property counts, submitting property relocation requests, may serve as a property custodian, and submits maintenance requests as needed.
• Works with staff, employers, organized labor and the community to establish positive work-based learning sites for students to learn and practice skills they cannot easily learn in a classroom setting.
• Plans and coordinates activities to bring together the appropriate persons, including employers, educators, trainees, and staff to ensure the success of the school-to-Career/Work-based Learning program.
• Coordinates with staff and students to establish advanced training opportunities both on and off campus.
• Networks with other centers to promote and fill advanced training placements.
• Generates work site opportunities that best match the training capabilities and needs of trainees with employers’ requirements. Develops and maintains copies WBL MOUs with employers prior to students participating in training at each site. This must include mutual expectations and requirements, and ensure employer feedback on skills obtained or strengthened, and feedback on remediation needed.
• Coordinates with Center Safety Officer to inspect each prospective WBL for safety and appropriateness prior to students being assigned for training.
• Escorts potential employers on tours; serves as a guest speaker on and off campus to promote the School to Career program.
• Serves as liaison between the Center and various work sites.
• Serves as liaison with the Career Development Departments in monitoring the coordination of academic and vocational training and work site learning.
• Schedules and transports trainees to work sites as needed.
• Visits work sites to monitor trainee progress.
• Counsels' trainees on their evaluations
• Serves as substitute teacher to allow the vocational instructors to visit work sites periodically.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  

Duties/Responsibilities

• Must create and sustain positive working relationships with co-workers.
• Assists students in adjusting to Center life to enhance student retention by providing supervision, behavior modification, counseling, and by acting as a positive role model and mentor.
• prepares reports and forms and documents in Center Information System case notes and files observations of students' behavior, performance, notable information or events, and progress towards achieving goals and objectives.
• Maintains confidentiality but reports significant events or situations immediately through approved channels to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of students and staff, and to ensure that required reporting occurs, and that students receive emergency services as needed.
• Meets individually with students assigned to their area responsibility at a minimum of once each month documenting the meetings in case notes.
• Ensures equipment and assigned work areas are clean and maintained in accordance with Center, CSD, and DOL standards, including conducting quarterly property counts, submitting property relocation requests, may serve as a property custodian, and submits maintenance requests as needed.
• Works with staff, employers, organized labor and the community to establish positive work-based learning sites for students to learn and practice skills they cannot easily learn in a classroom setting.
• Plans and coordinates activities to bring together the appropriate persons, including employers, educators, trainees, and staff to ensure the success of the school-to-Career/Work-based Learning program.
• Coordinates with staff and students to establish advanced training opportunities both on and off campus.
• Networks with other centers to promote and fill advanced training placements.
• Generates work site opportunities that best match the training capabilities and needs of trainees with employers’ requirements. Develops and maintains copies WBL MOUs with employers prior to students participating in training at each site. This must include mutual expectations and requirements, and ensure employer feedback on skills obtained or strengthened, and feedback on remediation needed.
• Coordinates with Center Safety Officer to inspect each prospective WBL for safety and appropriateness prior to students being assigned for training.
• Escorts potential employers on tours; serves as a guest speaker on and off campus to promote the School to Career program.
• Serves as liaison between the Center and various work sites.
• Serves as liaison with the Career Development Departments in monitoring the coordination of academic and vocational training and work site learning.
• Schedules and transports trainees to work sites as needed.
• Visits work sites to monitor trainee progress.
• Counsels' trainees on their evaluations
• Serves as substitute teacher to allow the vocational instructors to visit work sites periodically.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  

Available Shift:

Monday thru Friday 7:45 AM to 4:45 PM

Qualifications

Minimum: Associate degree and two years' experience in marketing, sales, or counseling related areas.

Preferred: Bachelor's degree or 4 years professional experience working with youth. Two years' experience in marketing, sales, or counseling related areas.

Knowledge:

Ability to effectively communicate with and relate to trainees. Good understanding of the local community and employer base. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Excellent organizational and marketing skills. Must possess a valid state driver's license.