Project Coordinator

Job Summary

The Project Coordinator for the California Violence Intervention & Prevention Project (CalVIP) is responsible for providing direct services andsupportfor project participants. This position liaises with existing Case Managers (referral partners), educational partners and prospective employers to support and augment the education-to-employment pathway forCalVIPparticipants,Project Coordinators provide active advocacy, wrap-around and relational credibility to participants with former criminal-justice involvement who are pursuing education-to-employment pathways.

• Provide trauma-informed, participant-centered case management of CalVIP participants.
• Cultivates relationships with project participants to cultivate trust, build and maintain relationships, and support from enrollment through discharge/program completion.
• Guides participants through all available services including vocational training, work readiness training, including advocacy and sourcing for needed services (if available through CalVIP project).
• Maintain active and regular contact with participants to gather data about participants’needs and performance outcomes.
• May provide training that reduce barriers to programs completion.
• Provides consistent case management support.
• Supports participants to overcome historical barriers to employment, including acquisition of educational credentials, transportation, work-related clothing and tools, record expungement, physical/health issues, technological challenges, and/or child support payments.
• Collaboratively constructs personal development plans identifying needed additional resources and makes appropriate referrals.
• Works with participants to monitor progress towards goals, identify and address challenges, and provide ongoing support.
• May liaise with existing Case Managers or referral partner to ensure a warm hand-off into the CalVIP project.
• May liaise with CalVIP Finance Specialist or Project Director to ensure eligibility, fund availability, or fund utilization.
• May liaise with External Evaluator to maintain or acquire data points, coordinate interviews, or assess project satisfaction.
• Develop relationships with potential employer organizations within Los Angeles community that may hire certified Amity Works students and graduates.
• Coordinate intake, and eligibility and aptitude/interest assessment of prospective CalVIP participants.
• Provide participants with job readiness services, including mock interviewing, coaching regarding appropriate disclosure of part justice involvement or parole status to potential employers.
• Prepare, review and update individual service plans (ISP) for participants assigned to caseload.
• Montior participants’ progress relative to their ISP through all phases of the program.
• Document all progress and services provided in the case files, including relevant employment data.
• Maintain collaborative relationships with Project Director, BSCC liaisons, education and employer partners.
• Provide employment services including resume, writing, mock interviews, time management, appropriate and prosocial workplace relationships and following instructions.
• Demonstrates cultural competency, community advocacy and professionalism in representing the Amity Foundation and its project to the community.
• Responds positively to changing demands and priorities, recognizing scope of authority and decision-making processes within a team-oriented framework.
• Participates in training provided by BCSS and/or External Evaluation team (when applicable).
• Participate in in-service training on the background and purpose of the CalVIP Project and all relevant policies and procedures.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences or possess a high school diploma or its equivalent AND two (2) years of experience as a job developer or similar position.

Preferred:

• A minimum of 1 year of experience in a job development or similar position
• Basic knowledge and experience with the criminal record expungement process.
• Lived experience with incarceration, addiction, poverty, foster care, or other systems involvement considered an asset.