Workforce Development Specialist (50862)

St Anne's Family Services•Los Angeles, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join us at St. Anne’s Family Services: Making a Difference in Families' Lives. St. Anne's Family Services is dedicated to transforming lives and communities. We're committed to providing unwavering support to families, from pregnancy to parenthood and childhood to adulthood. Our work brings about life-changing transformation, and we're seeking an Workforce Development Specialist, Family Based Services to join our team and be a vital part of this mission. Making a Difference: Every day, you'll contribute to breaking the cycles of poverty and ensuring families stay together, creating a lasting impact by supporting our teams. Collaborative Environment: Join a passionate team dedicated to our mission, where your insights and expertise are valued. Professional Growth: We support your career development and offer training to help you grow. Community Impact: Become part of a trauma informed organization that makes a positive difference. Work-Life Flexibility: We offer hybrid schedules for many roles and a 9/80 work schedule.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Education, Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or related field required; Masters preferred.
Experience with providing job coaching, workforce development or job training preferred
At least (3) years of experience working with low-income, high-risk children, teens, and families.
Good oral and written communication skills.
Excellent organization and planning skills (developing curricula, creating workshops).
Requires access to a reliable automobile and a valid California drivers license with a driving record acceptable to the agencys insurance carrier.
Physical ability to perform Pro-ACT and CPR/First Aid.
Feels comfortable working with clients in various settings.
Ability to use a computer and learn necessary computer programs.
Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to receive and implement constructive feedback.
Strong knowledge of child abuse laws/crisis intervention techniques.
St. Annes values the dignity and worth of every person we serve. Employees are expected to support childrens emotional and social development by encouraging understanding of others and promoting positive self-concepts.
All employees must have the ability to treat those served by our agency in a caring and respectful manner, mindful of individual differences and cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity.
As providers of social services, St. Annes employees work with clients dealing with complex emotional and mental health issues, many of whom are facing significant personal crises on a daily basis.
Employees must remain aware of any personal emotions, transference, and/or countertransference that may hinder the ability to remain professional.
As such, employees are expected to maintain composure during all interactions and crisis situations, implement a self-care plan, and utilize crisis communication to deescalate client crisis and prevent any serious bodily injury or harm.

Nice To Haves

Masters preferred.
Experience with providing job coaching, workforce development or job training preferred

Responsibilities

Responsible for planning and facilitating classes and workshops, on such topics as, resume writing and job interviewing skills.
Build and maintain relationships with local community companies and organizations that will provide additional training and job opportunities.
Collaborates with outside agencies to facilitate and integrate Program components.
Assist in the recruitment, screening and selection of program participants.
Identifies needs of program participants and makes appropriate recommendations, referrals and linkages.
Develop a client-centered goal sheet with each client that describes objectives, interventions, methods and supportive services necessary to achieve the objectives, and outlines time frames for participation.
Develop and maintain a database to track outcome measures of workforce participants.
Act as an advocate in researching, referring and linking participants to mainstream resources and job readiness and vocational training.
Facilitate job readiness classes.
Conducts visits to homes, schools and or other service providers in order to help client achieve their service plan goals.
Design an individualized service plan, ensuring strategies, interventions and services are family-centered, flexible and community-based.
Ensure collaboration and coordination among all agencies involved in the implementation of the service plan.
Attend regularly scheduled staff meetings, inter-agency meetings and in-service trainings.
Develops and maintains understanding of issues related to clients and families.
Follow states and agency laws regarding child abuse reporting.
Completes reports, case notes and other documentation in a timely manner.
Maintain consistent and regular attendance.
Maintain confidentiality as required by St. Annes, licensing, HIPAA, and other regulatory agencies.
Follow and adheres to all field safety guidelines.
Participate in mandatory trainings, in-services, and meetings.
Participate in the Performance and Quality Improvement (PQI) of the agency.
Other duties as assigned.