Employment Specialist/Job Coach (Temporary Position)

Catholic Charities

Westampton, New Jersey
30+ days ago

Highlights

May maintain a caseload and provides support services to clients, including holding regular meetings with them and assisting with such things as benefits planning. Interface with in-house staff and outside agencies to facilitate vocational assistance (case managers, therapists, doctor’s, DVR, etc.).

Numbers & Facts

Location	Westampton, New Jersey
Industry	Other/Not Classified
Company Size	1 to 9 employees
Year Founded	1923
Website	http://www.ccwny.org/

Description

JOB SUMMARY: Provides comprehensive employment services

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Assists clients/consumers in job development and career exploration
Completes job analysis and job matching
Provides job readiness/job search skills to clients
Completes comprehensive vocational assessments on clients
Completes Individual Plan for Employment with client/consumer
May establish relationships with community colleges to assist with educational planning
Establishes relationships with and may provide support to community employers
May maintain a caseload and provides support services to clients, including holding regular meetings with them and assisting with such things as benefits planning
Meets with current and potential referral sources to ensure satisfaction with services
Interface with in-house staff and outside agencies to facilitate vocational assistance (case managers, therapists, doctor’s, DVR, etc.)
Maintain computer statistics for the NJ Training website
Enhance/expand existing services by making presentations to outside behavioral health programs
Documents client progress via statistics and monthly progress notes
Evaluates placement effectiveness and job satisfaction; making recommended changes when appropriate

OTHER DUTIES: As assigned.

About Company

Catholic Charities of Buffalo is the most comprehensive human service provider in Western New York, reaching all eight counties with professionally staffed locations. Catholic Charities serves Western New Yorkers without regard to age, race or religious affiliation. Today’s Catholic Charities leads the way for an integrated human service delivery system. In 2007, the agency voluntarily sought and received its first four-year accreditation from the Council on Accreditation, attesting to its adherence to the highest national professional standards and delivery of the best quality services. Catholic Charities offers programs that strive to empower individuals, children and families. Among them are comprehensive counseling services for all ages, basic emergency assistance and referrals, child and adult mental health services, chemical dependency treatment, educational and vocational services, services to the aging, parish outreach and advocacy, marriage counseling, foster care and adoption services, child and adult day care, and a variety of programs that address prevention and treatment of a number of family issues.