Workforce Development Specialist (Reentry Career Specialist): #01383
About The Position
This position will be assigned to River North Correctional Center and Marion Correctional Treatment Center. The role's primary objective is to promote public safety and reduce recidivism by preparing offenders for success through a continuum of services and supervision. This is achieved in collaboration with state and local partners, from the time of an inmate's entry into prison through their transition and reintegration into the community. The specialist facilitates workforce development experiences to prepare incarcerated inmates for reentry employment, administers and interprets career-related assessments, and works directly with inmates to promote their employability. This role also involves developing, delivering, and coordinating programming for inmates related to employability, money management skills, and career growth. Additionally, the specialist coordinates job/resource fairs, mock interview events, and career fairs on-site at the facility, operates a Reentry Employment and Resource Center, and collaborates with community agencies and organizations, providing interagency service coordination and employer outreach. The role also integrates workforce development programming into the treatment/re-entry mission of the facility.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience in facilitating experiential learning for adults.
- Demonstrated experience in making effective presentations to diverse audiences, including classroom participants, community agencies, other government agencies, and employers.
- Demonstrated experience in coaching others on employment, interviewing skills, resumé development, job search strategies and utilizing job search tools.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing to develop partnerships between service agencies, employers, and offenders.
- Experience using evidence-based cognitive-behavioral, social learning, cognitive restructuring and/or other behavioral change approaches with clients or students.
Nice To Haves
- Working experience as workforce development professional providing employability services to clients.
- Experience administering and interpreting formal and information assessments of career interest, aptitude and values.
- Professional certification in a relevant counseling discipline or human services field.
- Must possess or be eligible to apply for Global Career Development Facilitator credential issued by the Center for Credentialing and Education (www.cdf-global.org)
Responsibilities
- Facilitates workforce development experiences to prepare incarcerated inmates for reentry employment.
- Administers and interprets career-related assessments.
- Works directly with inmates to promote their employability, which greatly contributes to successful reentry upon release to the community.
- Develops, delivers and coordinates programming for inmates related to employability, money management skills, and career growth.
- Coordinates job/resource fairs, mock interview events, career fairs, and similar experiences on-site at the facility.
- Operates a Reentry Employment and Resource Center.
- Collaborates with community agencies and organizations and provides interagency service coordination and employer outreach.
- Collaborates in the integration of workforce development programming into the treatment/re-entry mission of the facility.
Benefits
- Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
