Career Transition Specialist

Carpenter Management Group•Glenmont, NY

About The Position

Job Corps, managed by Carpenter Management Group, is a free education and training program that helps young people earn a high school diploma or GED, learn a career, and find and keep a job. Its centers provide a safe environment for students to focus on education and career training. The Career Transition Specialist at the Glenmont Job Corps Center helps students identify and pursue their next career. The role supports students’ preparation for the workforce by modeling, mentoring, and monitoring excellence in the eight Career Success Standards. The specialist assists students with job planning, finding employment, and maintaining employment, while working toward student placement goals and following applicable company, program, and center procedures.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in human services, psychology, counseling, education, social science, business, communications, or a closely related field, and two years of related supervisory experience; or an associate’s degree in one of these fields or a closely related field, and four years of related supervisory experience.
Sound knowledge of counseling techniques.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Knowledge of the characteristics and problems of disadvantaged youth.
Maintain CPR/FA certification.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in counseling, social work, or a closely related field.
Job Corps or similar experience working with disadvantaged youth.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate and abide by Company Core Values and operating principles.
Act as a positive role model for students.
Help prepare students for full-time employment.
Assist students in finding a job and maintaining employment.
Work with students on job plans and strategies for finding their next role.
Achieve student placement goals.
Follow PRH and CMG policies and procedures and Center Operating Procedures.
Prepare reports, forms, and documents; enter case notes in CIS; and record observations about student behavior, performance, notable information or events, and progress toward goals and objectives.
Maintain confidentiality while promptly reporting significant events or situations through approved channels to support student and staff health, safety, well-being, required reporting, and access to emergency services.
Facilitate prompt and appropriate assistance to students experiencing injury, illness, or emotional trauma.
Meet individually with students assigned to the specialist’s area of responsibility at least once each month and document meetings in student counseling records.
Keep equipment and assigned work areas clean and maintained according to Center, CMG, and DOL standards.
Conduct quarterly property counts for the office, submit property relocation requests as needed, potentially serve as a property custodian, and submit maintenance requests as needed.
Conduct Evaluations of Student’s Progress (ESP) and submit appropriate reports.
Participate in CPP, the diversity program, and development of student employability plans.