Job Title:
Career Advisor
Shift/Workday:
Full Time
Compensation:
$26 – $29/hour
Description:
The Career Advisor provides intakes and career assessments, job readiness training, job placement and coaching, and related assistance to eligible adults, seniors, youth and dislocated workers. Program sites may include working inside detention centers and alternative education facilities.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Able to access/interpret labor market information
- Effective written, verbal, and presentation skills
- Proficiency in MS Office, and an understanding of client database systems
- Understands the special employment needs of diverse groups. Is able to adapt materials and services to address these needs
- Strong customer service skills
- Respects and has knowledge of cultures, ethnicities, gender, sexual orientations and age groups other than one’s own, able to work effectively with all.
- Flexible and a self-starter; able to multi-task while also being highly detailoriented
- Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a commitment to SC’s mission.
Job Tasks:
- Specific responsibilities include:
- Conduct orientations (individual and group), intakes and career assessments with job-seekers and develop Individual Employment Plans (IEPs) for each participant.
- Coordinate referrals to employers, workforce programs, training opportunities and other placements, and to case managers as needed.
- Provide follow-up job coaching to ensure retention in placements.
- Data Entry – input/submit clients to platforms used by SC, WFC, Casebook, GMS, CMS, etc.
- Attend monthly Career Advisor meetings to discussed caseloads
- Attend weekly check in with Supervisor
- Attend monthly Job Huddles
- Provide job-readiness training (JRT), individually and group, on topics such as resume writing, mock interviewing, etc.
- Facilitate peer support groups for program participants
- Maintain timely, accurate documentation in program logs and client files
- Conduct all activities in accordance with SC and OEWD performance standards.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree with one-year direct experience in Workforce Development desired
- Experience with employment and job readiness training
- Access to reliable transportation to travel to various Bay Area locations
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds at times.
Job Title:
Credible Messenger Life Coach
Shift/Workday:
Full Time/Part Time, between 9am and 9pm
Description:
Credible Messengers are indigenous natural leaders who share similar life experiences with current justice-involved young people, have successfully overcome their own marginalization, are rooted in the communities of the youth they serve, and are poised to have a transformative impact on an individual, family, and community level.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong listening, organizational and interpersonal skills
- Patient, empathetic, and committed
- Work as a team player in a team environment
- Strong customer service skills
- Respects and has knowledge of cultures, ethnicities, gender, sexual orientations and age groups other than one’s own, able to work effectively with all
- Commitment and ability to work alongside diverse, economically disadvantaged individuals
- Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a commitment to Success Centers mission
Job Tasks:
- Form Trusting Relationships and Consistent Lines of Communication with Youth
- Accompany & support youth as they matriculate through their Day/Evening activities
- Provide youth with Individual Transformative Mentoring Services
- Facilitate restorative focused group & individualized activities (independently and in conjunction with designated staff)
- Support and Participate in the Development of Individualized Plans for youth
- Provide Life Coaching and Co-navigation to support the execution of the Individualized Plans
- Support Youth to Connect and maximize the array of Services, Resources, and Opportunities provided in the facility
- Document Interactions with Youth via designated Data Collection Process
- Collaborate with agency leadership/staff to continuously improve & create facility culture, policy, programs and practice
- Participate in relevant staff meetings dealing with case conferencing, planning, youth transition processes, and connections to various services, resources & opportunities for youth in care
- Support the transition of youth back to the community
- Complete and submit daily shift reports, including the reporting of all pertinent details of youth interactions
- Complete tasks as directed
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Effective Communication skills
- Previous experience a plus, but not required
- Must pass a background check
- Roots, Relationships and knowledge of the communities of the youth they serve
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods standing
- Must be able to lift, bend, stoop, climb, reach, and lift up to 50 pounds at a time
