Job Developer

Company Overview

Community Solutions Inc. (CSI) is a nonprofit organization that promotes the responsible citizenship, accountability, and well-being of individuals and families involved, or at risk of involvement, in the child welfare, juvenile justice, or criminal justice system. Since CSIs founding in 1962, it has been a pioneer in the community-based service. We have been delivering supervision, treatment, and comprehensive individualized services to help clients interact more effectively in their communities and become productive citizens. Using this plan we built the first ever halfway house in New England which has now been replicated and grown to almost 50 programs in 9 states. For over 50 years, CSI has been building upon its successful foundations and has been expanding its services to serve thousands of adults, youth, and families each year.

CSI understands clients and staff have been impacted by trauma. CSI is becoming a trauma-informed organization by hiring individuals with existing experience in trauma-informed practices as well as supporting ongoing staff development with trauma-informed practices. This will include learning to recognize symptoms of trauma and how to respond, through training starting at orientation and throughout their career at CSI. CSI is committed to systematically evaluating the integration of the trauma-informed values of safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment at all levels of the organization's policies, procedures, and structures to guard against the possibility of re-traumatization.

Program Overview

Community Solutions Inc is seeking an Job Developer to join our team at our Norwich AIC program. The AIC, or Alternative in the Community program is a community based alternative to incarceration and provides multifaceted intervention services for offenders awaiting trial, or who are on probation or parole. The program uses Motivational Interviewing techniques and curricula-drive, evidence-based models designed to assess the needs of each client to reduce individual risk factors. As an Job Developer, your role will be to Provide guidance, counseling, support and other employment related services to program participants. Work to establish relationships with employers and businesses, promoting the services provided by state and local workforce entities. Provide follow up services to participants with a focus effort toward employment.

Starting wage: $22.10 per hour

Schedules available :

• Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

Position Overview

• Identify employment opportunities and assist program participants with the job search process, including leading job clubs and presentation of workshops.
• Represent Community Solutions, Inc. at events such as: chamber activities, job fairs and business expositions. Develop and coordinate such events.
• Participate in job fairs, recruitment, and on/off site visits with employers to establish relationships, identify and develop job opportunities for participants. Document employer contacts in established data collection systems on the same business day contact occurs.
• Meet or exceed employment placement rate established by the funding source.
• Contribute towards meeting all benchmarks on risk reduction indicators.
• Actively participate in Service Team Meetings by presenting new client assessments, clients nearing completion of service, any clients with poor attendance or participation and presenting any new cycles that clients can be placed in. Provide and elicit peer support for client issues as needed.
• Enter all new referrals to interventions facilitated immediately following the Service Team Meeting into CSI and established data collection systems on the day the data is obtained.
• Prepare, plan and facilitate individual and group sessions as scheduled with integrity and fidelity to curriculum. Schedule and conduct make-up sessions as needed. Document all groups and individual sessions into both CSI and established data collection system on the day the session occurs.
• Complete incident reports as needed and submit to Program Director prior to leaving shift.
• Communicate client non-compliance to the referral source within 24 hours. Document communication in CSI data collection system.
• Monitor case load to ensure all urines and breathalyzer tests required are randomly requested and secured.
• Serve as a role model to clients and staff by modeling pro-social behaviors.
• Maintain a working knowledge of and abide by the Agency's programs, policies, procedures and code of ethics.
• Seek approval from the Program Director for any deviation from the assigned group schedule.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in a social science field and two years of experience working with community resources, initiating and maintaining contacts with the employment community or other job development related activities. Education may be substituted with relevant experience on a one year for one year basis.
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal skills desired.
• Knowledge of job development and employment resources a plus.
• Possession of a valid driver's license and a car is required.
• Experience with Microsoft Office

Additional Benefits

• Two (2) weeks' vacation accrued within the first year, bumped to three (3) weeks accrual after 1 year of service.
• Sick time (7 days accrual basis), floating holiday time (4 days/year).
• Medical and Dental plans.
• Voluntary plan options for: Vision, FSA, voluntary STD, Accident, Hospital, Life insurance and AD&D.
• 401(k) Retirement savings plan with automatic enrollment and a company match of 100% up to 4% of your contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement after 1 year service.
• Ongoing training.

CSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Disability/Vet. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.