What are the responsibilities and job description for the CAREER REPRESENTATIVE, 40 Hours, Mon-Fri 8a-4p position at WAYSTONE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES?
Come join a vibrant community at Waystone, where our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging flourishes. We believe that by engaging our employees and embracing our core values of Trust, Growth, Respect, Integrity, and Belonging, we can create an environment where everyone feels empowered and welcomed.
PRIMARY PURPOSE:
The Career Representative is responsible for guiding assigned clients through specific job curriculum, job development, placement and job retention process. The Career Representative builds professional relationships with each client to assess their needs, strengths, and areas of opportunity with the goal of finding relevant and sustainable employment.
LOCATION: HAVERHILL, MA
SCHEDULE FOR THIS POSITION: 40 Hours, Mon-Fri 8a-4p
Key Activities:
- Complete required curriculum with each candidate on a one on one basis, including building a resume, cover letter, practice interview questions, and professional skill development
- Train candidates on job searching techniques and skills as well as assist candidates with applying to positions.
- Develop formal connections with companies and employers in order to market the skills, abilities and qualifications of program participants based on assessed needs and wants. Arrange referral of appropriately matched participants to identified company, attend interviews as needed and facilitate placement.
- Provide job placement follow-up services to both employer and client to ensure job retention, including on-site coaching and support.
- Ensure familiarity and compliance with all program/funding obligations, regulations and requirements, state laws and guidelines, and FH CRC policies, procedure and required trainings (i.e. CPR, First Aid, Human Rights)
Other duties:
- Facilitate group job searching and skill development sessions as needed
- Document meeting notes on each client through department database in a timely and professional manner
- Perform all duties in a manner which demonstrates an awareness and respect for each individuals legal, civic and human rights. Maintain and enforce the confidentiality of any information relating to individuals served.
- Provide transportation as needed to clients
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelors degree in Human Services or related field with a minimum of one-year experience working with individuals with significant barriers to employment
- Commensurate experience may be substituted for educational requirements
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Minimum of 1 year of driving experience and a valid drivers license
- Regular and predictable attendance
At Waystone, we firmly believe that by investing even more in the professional development of our employees, being an inclusive community and passionate about the services we offer, we will attract more skilled people who embody our mission. The future of Waystone is extremely bright thanks to our incredible employees, community partners and other supporters.
Generous Benefits - most start on the date of hire with regular schedules of 25 hours per week!
- Health insurance; Harvard Pilgrim network, 3 levels of coverage
- Dental insurance, Vision insurance, and tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401K Retirement Plan with generous employer match
- Start building Vacation time right away, accruing at 2 weeks/year
- 12 Paid Holidays, 3 Personal Days, 9 Sick days/year
- Mileage Reimbursement
- Free access to our on-demand training library with opportunity to earn CEUs
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For more than 50 years, Waystone has been partnering with people who are diverse in age, ability, and cultural background throughout their personal, work, and life journeys. We serve people across the lifespan, starting at the age of three and through the end of life. While we are known for serving people with disabilities, we support a growing number of people with brain injuries, medical and behavioral challenges, dementia, and veterans with service-related disabilities.
Serving over 1,700 individuals and their families, we continue to expand our programs and innovate new services to support the diverse life journeys of those we serve. We have expanded our involvement in the local communities we serve and collaborated with others to address dementia, food insecurity, staffing shortages, leadership development, disability advocacy and building communities that promote equity and belonging.
