Pre-Vocational Program Manager
About The Position
The RAMS Employability Training for Healing, Opportunities, and Success (ETHOS) program provides culturally relevant behavioral health services, pre-vocational training, and pre-vocational evaluation services to San Francisco residents receiving CalWORKs, CAAP/PAES, and/or CalFresh/ABAWD assistance who are engaged in SFHSA workforce services and referred by HSA staff. Employability Support Services are also available to Families Rising participants. The Pre-Vocational Program Manager oversees On-the-Job Assessments (OJA) and Pre-Vocational Workshops, including the development, implementation, and evaluation of pre-vocational services. The role also trains and supervises the Pre-Vocational Case Manager and collaborates with the Employability Support Services team.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Social Welfare, Rehabilitation, or a related field.
- At least two years of experience supervising case managers and/or peer counselors.
- At least two years of experience in pre-vocational assessment, soft-skills coaching, and counseling.
- At least two years of experience in community-based mental health, substance use services, and/or vocational rehabilitation services for adults.
- At least two years of experience working and collaborating with government agencies and/or community service providers on program development and management.
- Significant demonstrated experience in outreach and engagement of the target population.
- Significant demonstrated experience engaging participants in pre-vocational workshops.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively, function independently, and interact professionally with diverse, multicultural, interdisciplinary staff at all levels.
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrated ability to conduct pre-vocational and functional assessments of clients with behavioral health and physical issues.
- Familiarity with vocational rehabilitation models of practice and counseling strategies.
- Familiarity with San Francisco systems of care, including service organizations, philosophy of care, clinical service levels, and service delivery.
- Familiarity with San Francisco community resources and services, including health, mental health, substance use, vocational, and housing services.
- Commitment to RAMS’s philosophy, goals, and mission of advocating for and providing community-based, culturally competent, and consumer-guided behavioral health services.
- Commitment to professional development activities such as trainings, continuing education seminars, case conferences, and reviewing current materials related to treatment strategies for the population.
- Ability to provide bilingual and culturally competent services in Cantonese, Russian, Vietnamese, or Spanish.
Responsibilities
- Oversee Pre-Vocational Workshops, including soft-skills workshops that build interpersonal and workplace competencies and interactive learning workshops that address functional workplace barriers.
- Oversee On-the-Job Assessments (OJA), supportive workplace evaluations of clients’ job readiness.
- Plan, design, implement, and evaluate Pre-Vocational Workshops.
- Develop partnerships with local agencies to establish work activity sites for OJA participants.
- Provide administrative oversight and supervision to RAMS ETHOS staff.
- Complete and maintain timely program documentation related to client services in accordance with RAMS policies, clinical standards, and oversight-agency standards.
- Participate in and facilitate case conferences, management and staff meetings, in-service training, and other staff development activities.
- Provide linkage and referrals to community resources for Pre-Vocational Workshop participants as needed.
- Participate in educational and training workshops relating to behavioral health, physical health, substance use issues, and psycho-educational topics.
- Report to assigned job sites as required.
- Provide coverage for Pre-Vocational Workshops and/or OJA as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned within the scope of the job role and program needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
