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VOALA
Helping Our Most Vulnerable Change Their Life Stories

Volunteers of America is a non-profit human services organization committed to serving people in need, strengthening families, and building communities. VOALA provides a variety of social services to Los Angeles area communities such as Head Start programs, Upward Bound college prep programs, veterans’ services, homeless shelters, low-income housing program as well as drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Learn more la.org.

PAY RATE: $23.53 - $24.77 Per Hour
BENEFITS: VOALA offers competitive medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

JOB SUMMARY AND PURPOSE

The Lead Job Developer/Case Manager will arrange, coordinate, monitor, mentor, and assure all delivered services by the Job Development team meet the needs of HVRP clients. This includes assisting Job Developers in: assessing and reassessing client needs, educating HVRP clients on Program and community resource opportunities, developing employment and service plans, scheduling appointments, and providing necessary follow-up to ensure plans are progressing on schedule and needs are adequately being addressed.

The Lead Job Developer assists efforts to establish and maintain working relationships with employers, industry organizations, and public agencies to source job openings and secure employment and vocational training opportunities for veteran participants. The position requires a combination of administrative/office duties and field/outreach work.

• Assign and monitor case load of team:
• Review daily referrals and screenings of Veterans
• Designates participants to Job Developer for intake and ensures all supporting documents are verified
• Provides information and referrals for callers and walk-in Veterans
• Monitors Job Developers on a regular basis to determine quality and effectiveness of services provided
• Review cases with Program Coordinator and Team
• Audit case file on a regular basis for completeness and accuracy
• Conducts crisis intervention as necessary
• Conducts comprehensive file reviews and assessment of data collected to assure all necessary documentation is collected by case managers for HVRP services eligibility purposes
• Assure all HPRV assets and file documents are maintained and secure for all Veteran participants.
• Develops an individualized employment plan
  with
  each participant
• Conduct employability assessments of potential participants, this includes, but is not limited to assessing level of ability, readiness for work, physical and mental capabilities of participants, educational background, skills and identification of challenges and barriers to employment
• Write complete and detailed individualized employment plans outlining activities and community referrals, with concise and clear goals to be tracked
• Develops a service plan
  for
  each participant
• Conduct comprehensive screenings and assessments with veterans to collect functional, environmental, financial, employment, housing, educational, and health information, as appropriate
• Draft a Service Plan that complements the Employment Plan
• Provide career counseling and job coaching, including labor market trends to job seekers, coordinating job skills training, as outlined in participant employment plan,
• Provide job readiness skills training (soft skills) in areas of resume preparation, interviewing and job search techniques
• Arrange interviews with employers and working with participants on job retention issues
• Develop and maintain working relationships with local employers, creating long-term permanent placement…