What are the responsibilities and job description for the Career Preparation Specialist position at DYNAMIC EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS INC?
Job Title: Career Preparation Specialist
Reports to: Counseling Manager
Summary
Responsible for delivering counseling services to students during the Career Preparation Specialist.
Essential Functions
- 1-Provides ongoing structured, scheduled, and documented individual career counseling sessions.
- 2-Develops Personal Career Development Plan (PCDP) with students and outlines actions necessary to achieve successful placement.
- 2- Assists in center adjustment and serves as a liaison between students, staff, family, and community services. Assists with students’ arrivals. Confers with parents, Admissions Counselors, CTS, social service agencies, and other community resources to ensure adjustment to the center. Confers with minors’ guardians within 72 hours of arrival on center to discuss students’ initial adjustment to the program.
- Provides structured, scheduled, and documented individual social-development and adjustment counseling to all students who are identified as having adjustment issues to the program or are considered to be high risk.
- 3- Develops a counseling plan to address students’ negative behaviors and a plan to reward positive behavior from the students’ initial enrollment until they transition out of the program.
- 4- Identifies student’s personal and academic issues so that the appropriate support can be provided.
- 5- Ensures students’ accountability information, including leaves, attendance, and unauthorized absence (UA) retrieval, is submitted accurately and within established time frames.
- 6- Maintains contact with all students who are in UA status and does everything to retrieve them from UA.
- 7- Reviews attendance sheets for accuracy of documentation.
- 8- Administers students’ Evaluation of Student Progress (ESP) within ePRH and center guidelines. Ensures that each student has an evaluation by their 60th day on center. Ensures that there is a formal evaluation prior to the student’s entry into CDP.
- 9- Ensures that students develop Career Success Standards (CSS). Provides individual and group lessons or project assignments during and after the training day and on weekends to help students’ master competencies in all standards.
- 10- Provides accurate documentation of trainee’s matriculation throughout CPP. Ensures that regular communication is documented, including individual and group counseling sessions, UA retrieval efforts, and barriers to successful enrollment.
- 11- Provides crisis counseling, including pregnancy counseling. Provides prompt resolution of any student’s issues or difficulties.
- 12- Discusses sexual harassment and fraternization policy with trainees and counsels' behavior as needed.
- 13- Participates in the Career Mentoring Team (CMT).
- 14- Provide support to the Career Development Services System (CDSS) department to ensure student job readiness.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Requirements
Required Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree with at least 15 semester hours of instruction in social services–related instruction
- One year’s experience in counseling or a related field
Certifications/Competencies
- CPR/First Aid certifications
- Above-average public speaking skills and experience in the same
- Above-average verbal, written, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution skills
- Computer literacy; specifically the internet, email, and Microsoft Suites
Minimum Eligibility Qualifications
- If the position requires driving, a valid driver's license in the state of employment with an acceptable driving record is required
- 1-9 documentation required to verify authorization to work in the United States
- Ability to pass a pre-employment drug test and background check
Additional Information
Other Duties
AAP/EEO Statement
Other Duties
This job description is not a comprehensive listing of all duties or responsibilities that are required for this position and may be updated. In the event of change of duties, the employee will be notified.
Living Dynamic
We believe that every role matters and that every customer, both internal and external, should feel empowered to be the best that they can be. Dynamic Workforce Solutions is a place where passion meets purpose and results in excellence.
Diversity is at the heart of our business. It is key to our people's passion for serving individuals and communities who seek to build a stronger workforce. We strive to create a work environment that provides all our team members with equal access to information, development, and opportunity. Furthermore, our commitment to diversity and inclusion is deeply rooted in the values instilled by our Four Cornerstones and commitment to Extreme Customer Service. We recognize that differences in age, race, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, physical ability, thinking style and background bring richness to our work environments. Such differences help us connect better with the workforce development needs of people we serve in our communities. We believe that attracting, developing, and retaining a base of employees that reflects the diversity of our customers is essential to our success.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Dynamic Workforce Solutions is an equal opportunity employer/program and auxiliary aids, and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
