About the role
The role of the Workforce Specialist is to address the educational and vocational needs of Latine individuals with substance use disorder and/or co-occurring disorders in order to increase their economic independence, stabilize their families, and support long-term success in recovery. In their role, the Workforce Specialist will help individuals obtain and sustain employment that is consistent with their vocational goals and recovery. The Workforce Specialist will carry a caseload of about 30-35 individuals. The Workforce Specialist will assess clients’ vocational functioning, develop employment service plans, and work with the interdisciplinary team to ensure alignment; educate clients on the job market and related skills; act as a liaison with employers, as needed; facilitate weekly skills development workshops; provide outreach to clients and key stakeholders, as needed; and ensure that benchmarks, timelines, goals, and objectives are being met and reported as required.
What you'll do
Program Planning and Service Delivery
- Engages consumers and establishes trusting, collaborative relationships directed toward the goal of competitive employment in integrated job settings
- Conduct client assessments to assess clients’ vocational functioning on an ongoing basis and provide 1:1 job coaching
- Develop Employment Service Plan goals consistent with client needs, interests, experience, skills and goals and update the plan quarterly
- Educate clients on how to differentiate between options for rapid placement and long-term career paths
- Provide clients with information about the job market and the skills and experience necessary to obtain and work successfully in a particular job
- Trains and develops independence skills related to employment, such as travel training, hygiene, self-advocacy, etc.
- Provide or coordinate transportation for groups or individual career seekers to interviews, employment assessments, job searching, and other employment activities in the community
- Based on agreement with client, provide education and support to employers, which may include negotiating job accom