Training Worker II

Salary Range

$26.21 per hour, $4,543.07 per month, $54,516.80 per year

Provides employability services to eligible applicants of local social service agencies; applies program regulations and procedures; assesses employment potential and barriers that interfere with securing employment; identifies needs for social and health services and makes referrals; collaborates with partner agencies and employers; uses an automated system to maintain and monitor participants' records and generate reports; may determine the eligibility of applicants and recipients for public assistance programs through interactive interviewing and fact gathering;

and performs related work as required.

• Utilize motivational interviewing techniques to interview and evaluate eligible program participants’ employability and help them achieve self‑sufficient employment.
• Administer and interpret vocational measurement tests.
• Assess clients’ employment and education history; identify employment‑related skills, abilities and barriers; develop goals and plans to improve skills and overcome barriers; provide career guidance and employment and training counseling; provide labor market information related to local employment possibilities; and as appropriate, refer clients to employment‑related educational and training opportunities.
• Refer clients to other staff members or community resources for direct and intensive services and specialized counseling as necessary; advocate on clients’ behalf for most appropriate services including enabling services.
• Assist applicants and recipients in utilizing available resources.
• Makes home visits in connection with casework assignments.
• Provides community outreach for various agency programs.
• Conducts orientation workshops and one‑on‑one training for new and returning program participants.
• Reads, comprehends and applies complex regulations, rules, policies and procedures including the federal Work Participation Rate.
• Participates in development and implementation of program strategies to increase the federal Work Participation Rate.
• Explains relevant program regulations, rules, and policies to clients and the general public.
• Presents information on available programs to community organizations, the general public, and employers during job fairs, community partner presentations, and one‑on‑one.
• Conducts ongoing research to identify labor market information and employment and training opportunities for program participants; and establishes and maintains contacts with regional employers and training providers.
• Completes and processes disbursement of funds, documents for clients’ authorized supportive services, i.e., childcare and transportation.
• Places clients into appropriate paid and/or non‑paid work training assignments and monitors performance and progress.
• Completes and processes documents, correspondence, and reports for authorized supportive services, manually or using an automated system.
• Operates a personal computer, including software programs and an automated system, to enter and retrieve data, manage individual client cases and overall caseload, compile statistical reports, and perform other assigned duties.
• Maintains regular contact with clients to monitor each client’s completion of tasks and progress toward attaining goals that will lead to securing employment, and compliance with program requirements.
• Documents evidence of individual clients’ compliance or non‑compliance with program rules and regulations, and follows procedures related to the imposition of sanctions.
• Performs a variety of clerical duties related to organizing, prioritizing and scheduling assignments; meeting deadlines; completing forms, reports and other documents; maintaining automated and manual files and logs; managing client cases; and fulfilling other responsibilities as required.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative, effective working relationships with program participants; department employees; regional employers, educational facilities, trainers and all others who are program stakeholders and supporters.
• May assess family situation to determine if Family Stabilization services are appropriate.
• May…