Job Developer

Job Developer

PRIMARY DUTIES :

• Assess client's vocational and educational skills and interests.
• Demonstrate to clients how to plan and prepare for jobs and develop job-seeking skills (e.g., resume preparation, job search techniques, interviewing skills).
• Facilitate group and individual discussions focusing on recovery and employment issues.
• Identify and develop suitable jobs for clients and maintain a database of job listings provided by employers.
• Collects data and prepares monthly narrative and statistical reports that describe vocational / job development activities.
• Develop and provide job-seeking workshops for clients.
• Accompany clients who experience difficulty finding work in their job search.
• Maintain good working relationships with public and private agencies providing vocational assistance.
• Compiles monthly, quarterly, and annual statistical data and written reports of vocational, re-entry, and other program activities.
• Meet with Program Coordinator and Program Manager to provide oral and written progress updates.
• Contact local employers to obtain jobs for Center Point clients.
• Matches client skills with potential employers.
• Regularly check in with employers and clients to facilitate good working relationships.
• Emphasizes client’s positive attributes and works with client to overcome barriers / deficits to employment.
• Prepare the client for the vocational phase of treatment through regular counseling contacts.
• Develop a vocational treatment plan tailored to specific clients.
• Performs other duties as assigned. May be assigned to other shifts, locations, and duties based on agency needs.

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About Center Point, Inc :

Center Point’s mission is to provide comprehensive social, educational, vocational, medical, psychological, housing, and rehabilitation services to combat social problems such as substance abuse, poverty, unemployment, and homelessness.

Center Point offers rehabilitation and treatment services that interrupt the abusive cycles of psychological, social, and economic dislocation by providing critical training and support so that individuals and families can claim self-worth and dignity.