Employment Specialist

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Temporary Full-Time Altadena, CA, US

7 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $24.04 To $24.04 Hourly

JOB SUMMARY:

The Employment Specialist assists candidates with employment barriers in securing stable
employment. The Employment Specialist initiates and maintains ongoing personal contacts with a
variety of business and industry representatives and job placement/training agencies to promote
participant placement; makes cold calls to potential employers; and provides job placement and
retention services.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS INCLUDE, but are not limited to the following:

• Meet established job placement and retention goals as contractually required.
• Connect candidates with sustainable job opportunities and placements, vocational training, job retention support, job development (liaising with employers as appropriate), with focus on employment and income resource connections.
• Assist with Skills & Jobs readiness cohort designed to enhance career development .
• Develop an individualized Employment Action Plan (EAP) with each candidate served
• Develop resumes, cover letters, and scripts for clients.
• Identify potential employers and develop employment opportunities for program participants by committing 5-7 hours per week on developing new sites.
• Contact employers and collect information detailing qualifications and work site requirements to ensure success on the job.
• Refer qualified applicants to employers and arrange interviews
• Transport participants to interviews, job fairs, and other organizations when necessary.
• Consult with job sites to identify and modify barriers, negotiate job carving, analyze sites and other job accommodations.
• Provide extra needed assistance and understandingofperformance expectations and compensation for clients/participants.
• Be a liaison between employers and new employees; providing help to fine tune performance issues and concerns, and coordinate any additional services required.
• Connect candidates with basic education and vocational training, where appropriate, as well as unsubsidized and subsidized employment opportunities.
• Maintain relationships with employers, local job resources,and vocational training schools, to ensure effective employment linkage services and access to resources.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of and deep understanding of the three major systems serving jobseekers experiencing homelessness – homeless services, public social services, and workforce development, including the Coordinated Entry System (CES), as well as best practices in homeless services, and regional resources.
• Prepare documentation, forms and reports related to placement activities; track participant activity and progress data in a timely manner
• Attend and participate in team meetings, staff training sessions and all-staff meetings as scheduled.
• Work collaboratively with internal USHS teams to support program and organizational goals.
• Keep calendar updated with events and activities; share calendar with Manager
• Document services provided and complete s accurate data entry into the appropriate record-keeping database.
• Provide trauma informed services that align with Housing First and Harm Reduction philosophies, are in accordance with agency and funder expectations, and abide by legal and ethical standards.
• Other duties as assigned by Director, Workforce Development.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Work indoors in a temperature-controlled environment with occasional exposure to outdoor weather and driving conditions. Stand and sit for long periods of time; move and walk to various locations; climb, stoop, kneel,…