Reentry Coordinator - Windows to Work
About The Position
The Windows to Work Reentry Career Planner helps individuals prepare for a successful transition from incarceration back into their communities, emphasizing employment, stability, and long-term success. Working with individuals before and after release, the position provides individualized reentry planning, case management, career coaching, and connections to community resources that address barriers to successful reintegration. In partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, probation and parole agents, employers, workforce development partners, and community organizations, the Reentry Career Planner helps participants navigate the challenges of returning to the community, develop realistic employment goals, access essential resources, and build a foundation for lasting independence. The role requires successful completion of Department of Corrections and Windows to Work onboarding and training, maintaining required system access and security credentials, protecting confidentiality, following correctional facility security and professional standards, exercising sound judgment, and traveling as required.
Requirements
- Associate degree in human services, criminal justice, social work, education, workforce development, or a related field and relevant experience.
- Strong communication, coaching, relationship-building, organizational, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work effectively with individuals experiencing multiple barriers to employment and build positive, professional relationships.
- Knowledge of employment readiness, career development, community resources, and supportive service systems.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with correctional staff, employers, workforce partners, and community organizations.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, databases, and case management systems, and ability to learn Windows to Work, Department of Corrections, and other program-specific applications.
- Must successfully complete required Department of Corrections and Windows to Work onboarding and training and maintain required system access and security credentials.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality, comply with correctional facility security and professional standards, exercise sound judgment, and travel as required.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree or additional related experience.
- Experience in case management, workforce development, career coaching, social services, corrections, reentry services, education, employment services, or a related field.
Responsibilities
- Provide individualized reentry case management and transition planning to individuals preparing for release from incarceration and returning to their communities.
- Assess participant strengths, needs, barriers, and readiness for reentry, and develop individualized plans that support employment, stability, and successful community reintegration.
- Help participants identify and address barriers to successful reentry, including employment, housing, transportation, identification, education, and access to community-based support services.
- Provide career coaching, job readiness training, résumé development, interview preparation, job search assistance, and employment retention support.
- Build relationships with employers, including second-chance employers, to identify employment and training opportunities for individuals returning from incarceration.
- Coordinate with correctional institution staff, probation and parole agents, workforce partners, and community organizations to support continuity of services before and after release.
- Maintain accurate participant records, document services and progress, and ensure compliance with Windows to Work, Department of Corrections, and organizational requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
