Career Development Coach

At Embrace Families we believe all kids deserve to grow up in safe, stable and loving homes. As a national leader in child welfare services, we begin by helping Central Florida families overcome the root causes of abuse and neglect through programs that offer case management and other prevention services that keep families together and build a stronger community. When a child can’t remain safely in their home, we partner with local agencies to support them through foster care, adoption, mentoring and beyond to ensure that children in bad situations move toward brighter futures.

Telecommuting/Remote work options available - Hybrid / Part-Time Remote

Starting salary: $48,080 per year (dependent on experience)

POSITION OBJECTIVE: The Career Development Coach is responsible for coordinating beginning to end services for youth and young adults eligible and open to receiving Vocational Rehabilitation program services. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: recruitment and identification of qualifying youth, completing referrals, accompanying clients with intakes, finding appropriate job placement sites for clients, maintaining relationships with employers and youths team, providing appropriate onsite support for clients, and assisting with Pre-Placement Training, Self-Advocacy classes and Internships (Work Based Learning Experiences) and documentation.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Ensures good communication with youth's support team (caregiver, case worker, GAL, mentor, Advocate, etc.) so that they are aware of progress, challenges, or any issues that may arise during services.
• Guarantee data collection and tracking of progress is purposeful and easily reportable to both Embrace Families and VR as requested.
• Utilize internal referral and program processes and train local system stakeholders of the new processes.
• Ensure internal referral and program processes are clear
• Assists enrolled youth during OJT’s to improve soft skills as well as build vocational skills. Give feedback and guidance to both employer and youth/young adult to ensure OJT is successful.
• Writes detailed case notes for documenting all email, phone, text or in person interactions and input them into appropriate databases in a timely manner.
• Lead and support Vocational Rehabilitation Support Program Public Ally in overall job duties alongside Education and Career Development Manager.
• Guarantee data collection and tracking of progress is purposeful and easily reportable to both Embrace Families or VR as requested
• Co-facilitate self-advocacy and work readiness trainings throughout year.
• Searches for On the Job Training (OJT)/Work Based Readiness Learning Experience (WBLE) opportunities that match youth’s interests, abilities and are within a reasonable distance to their home.
• Work with supervisors at partner job sites to ensure that any issues are addressed in a timely manner.
• Support staff in identifying potential community employers for Work Based Learning Internships or possible long term employment.
• Serve as the Point of Contact for VR Liaisons to assist with any referral, documentation or service submissions needing attention.
• Act as Point of Contact for VR Points of Contact to assist with any referral, documentation or program requirements submissions needing attention.
• Lead and support Vocational Rehabilitation Support Public Ally in overall job duties alongside Youth Services Assistant Director.
• Facilitate Work Based Learning and Self Advocacy Training multiple times per year.

QUALIFICATIONS:

REQUIRED:

• Two years of experience in employment counseling, job placement, job coaching.
• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work /Human Services field
• Experience working with at-risk adolescents/young adults and/or those with developmental disability.

SKILLS:

REQUIRED:

• Ability to travel locally to visit youth in their placements or job placements
• Proficient in the use of MS Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with other staff, subordinates and constituents.
• Demonstrate cultural and linguistic competence & sensitivity to population served
• Ability to analyze, integrate and report data.
• Interpersonal skills to interact effectively with youth, mentors, agency and other stakeholder staff, and members of the community.
• Ability to coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously and adjust workload as necessary.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS:

• Travel- local: 40% per week, long-distance: 5% per month
• On-call assignments- Yes
• Thorough Background Screening upon hire including FBI, FDLE, Local Law check, Employment Reference check, DMV check, Criminal Records check, Social Security Trace & Drug Screening. FDLE check will be run at least every 5 years.

Embrace Families Values Strong Families and Strong Communities. We believe Every Child deserves a safe, stable, and loving home. We invite you to come on board and help us make that happen.

• We raise awareness with fun and inspiring events such as Dance, Dream, & Inspire, the MANicure Movement, and our Golf Tournament
• We are the lead child welfare agency in Central Florida covering the tri-county area of Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties
• We partner with organizations throughout the tri-county area to address the specific needs of our children and families at their community level.
• Voted one of the Top Places to Work by Orlando Sentinel
• We are Innovative and have piloted programs not seen before in this industry – Ask us about our Keys to Independence Program and our work in Texas
• A high % of Employee Engagement according to our yearly Gallup survey

Embrace Families Values Strong Employees. Our comprehensive pay and benefit package provides a foundation of health, wellness & development supports for you and your family.

• 10 paid holidays each year
• A broad EAP Program with access to thousands of trainings and lifestyle discounts ranging from professional and personal which cover, mental, physical, and financial well-being
• A high % of Employee Engagement according to our yearly Gallup survey
• Flexible hybrid work opportunities for most positions
• Your benefit eligibility starts on day 1
• Opportunities for learning, growth, and development
• 100% Employer paid basic life, AD&D and disability benefits
• Paid Time Off accrues starting on day 1 with 27 days (216 hours) per hire year!
• 401(k) with Employer match up to 4% of eligible pay
• Market based pay scale and an emphasis on recognizing and rewarding staff

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