Equus Workforce Solutions Hiring for TALENT DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Job at El Centro, CA Full Time

Overview:

Responsibilities:

• Manages a caseload of customers, providing services to one or more of the following customer groups: WIOA Youth, the universal population and other special program populations as required.
• Present and facilitate group job readiness, life skills, or job search training agenda
• Conduct group orientation for participants and provide a positive introduction to the job search and readiness program
• Ensure all participants achieve the critical competencies taught in the workshop
• Assess competencies using activities and audio-visual equipment
• Identify participant challenges to finding employment and prompt them to find solutions
• Conduct regular ongoing individual meetings with participants for job search, education, job retention and/or job readiness
• Complete an individualized orientation to component services
• Maintain information about area resources and employers
• Meet with participants to conduct one-on-one interviews; assesses job search plans; discuss obstacles to obtaining employment; and monitors daily activities
• Arrange for employers to speak to participants about employment and employer expectations
• Provide government agencies with prompt notification that a participant has lost or reduced hours of employment
• Maintain scheduled, periodic contact with participants in a variety of locations to assess job retention/advancement issues
• Provide information to participants on available training and/or jobs that will lead to advancement
• Send out correspondence to schedule appointments, requests employment verification, and acquires pay stubs when applicable
• Prepare, organize and maintain participant files reflecting the entire history of a program participant; files should be maintained in an audit-ready state including a log of supportive services issued
• Prepare summary documents for and attends appeal hearings when necessary

Qualifications:

• Must be able to interact cordially and productively with a diverse population.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to work occasionally long or extended hours, including weekends.
• Must maintain the confidentiality of all information housed in the division.
• B.S. /B.A. in social services or related field, a minimum two (2) years working with targeted population required. Experience may be substituted for formal education.
• Case Management /Career Development experience preferred

About our Line of Business: Equus Workforce Solutions, formerly ResCare Workforce Services, is the nation’s leading provider of workforce development services in North America. With a dedicated and passionate team, Equus puts the industry’s best practices to work nationwide by focusing on the development, design, and delivery of demand-driven workforce solutions. Assisting over a million job seekers and thousands of employers annually, Equus Workforce Solutions is the most comprehensive workforce development company in the United States. For more information visit https://equusworks.com. Salary Range: USD $22.00 / Hour