Amity Foundation

Nonprofit addiction treatment and reentry programs

Employment Services Representative

Case Management & AdvocacyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeVista, CA, USA$22 /hr

About the Job

Requirements

A degree in Social Sciences or a related field, or a high school diploma or equivalent and two years of experience as a job developer or in a similar position.
Obtain First Aid and CPR certification within six weeks of hire and pass a physical examination and tuberculosis test conducted by a health professional.
Ability to cope with occasionally difficult or temperamental students and faculty.
Ability to cope with mental and emotional stress related to the position.

Responsibilities

Maintain an updated roster of participant placements.
Collaborate with area employers to create job opportunities for participants.
Inform prospective employers about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, fidelity bonding incentive, and other benefits for hiring participants.
Prepare and update a monthly roster of employers willing to hire participants and provide it to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation upon request.
Contact the Agent of Record before placement to confirm there are no limitations on job locations or job types.
Mentor participants on disclosing appropriate information about past convictions or parole status to potential employers.
Provide basic information or referrals about criminal record expungement and Certificates of Rehabilitation, including the expungement process and its benefits.
Provide counseling and employability services; help participants assess employment interests, assets, and aptitudes; provide information about occupational opportunities, job requirements, training, and rehabilitation resources; support occupational planning; and refer participants to employers, training and educational facilities, or community agencies as applicable.
Assess participants' employment, training, and Career Technical Education needs and coordinate referrals with the Program Director and assigned staff.
Provide employment services including résumé writing, mock interviews, time management, workplace relationship skills, and following instructions.
Prepare participants for the workforce.
Help participants locate and secure employment, educational services, or Career Technical Education training.
Help participants assemble documents required to work legally in California and complete their initial résumé.
Assist with recruiting participants on parole.
Support participants after they are placed in employment.
Obtain verification of participants' employment.
Address issues participants encounter after job placement.
Help participants who lose their jobs secure another job.
Make appropriate referrals to outside agencies as necessary.
Participate in training and mock interviews.
Monitor participants who demonstrate the best retention rates.
Maintain progress notes in participant files.
Ensure program compliance with Amity policies and procedures, relevant federal and state regulations, and contract obligations.
Develop and build creative and technical knowledge of Therapeutic Community program activities.
Attend workshops, meetings, and training as requested by the supervisor.
Serve as a Community Advocate in addition to the regular job duties when requested by community leadership.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

Salary Range: 22 to 22 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-hour-wage)

Amity Foundation, an internationally acclaimed Teaching, and Therapeutic Community is seeking compassionate and enthusiastic individuals with a desire to teach, learn and join our community as an Employment Services Representative - Vista Campus. This groundbreaking opportunity will allow you to work with our prison and re-entry programs helping the community and will also enhance your training and experience in the field.

About Amity:

Amity Foundation is a safe place where people can change in an environment that fosters trust; where new values can be formed; responsibility developed, and lasting relationships built. Amity is dedicated to the inclusion and habilitation of people marginalized by addiction, homelessness, trauma, criminality, incarceration, poverty, racism, sexism, and violence. Amity is committed to research, development implementation, and dissemination of information regarding community building.

Remembrance, Resolution, Reconciliation, Restoration, Renewal

About the Position:

The Employment Services Representative assists unemployed participants in the areas of employment preparation, resume writing, interviewing skills, job search and placement. They will provide a variety of resources to support student (participant) transition into long-term sustainable work.

Full-Time

Location: Vista, CA.

On-Site

Non-Exempt (Hourly)

What You Will Do:

Maintain an updated roster of student (participant) placements.
Actively collaborate with area employers to create job opportunities for participants.
Notify prospective employers of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, the fidelity bonding incentive, and any other benefit for hiring students (participants).
Prepare and update a monthly roster of those employers willing to hire students (participants) and provide the roster to CDCR (California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation) upon request.
Correspond with the AOR (Agent of Record) prior to placement to ensure there are no limitations of job location and or job types.
Have basic knowledge on how to mentor the student (client) in disclosing appropriate information regarding past convictions and/or parole status to potential employers.
Have basic knowledge of the criminal record expungement process, the benefits of completing the process, and/or the ability to provide information or a referral on how to expunge a criminal record or obtain a Certificate of Rehabilitation.
Provide counseling and other employability services to the students and assist them in analyzing and evaluating their employment, assets, and aptitudes, provide information on occupational opportunities, job requirements, training, and rehabilitation resources, assist in formulating plans to achieve occupational goals and refer them to appropriate employers, training and educational facilities or other community agencies and organizations, if applicable.
Assess students (participants) to determine employment, training, and Career Technical Education (CTE) needs and coordinate referrals with Program Director and other assigned faculty (staff).
Provide employment services including resume writing, mock interviews, time management, how to have a good relationship with others in a work environment, and how to follow instructions.
Assist students (participants) to become prepared for the workforce.
Assist students (participants) in locating and securing employment, educational services, or CTE training.
Assist students (participants) in assembling the necessary documents to legally work within California and completing their initial résumé.
Assist with the recruitment of students (participants) on parole.
Work with students (participants) once they have been placed into employment.
Obtain verification of students (participants) employment.
Work with students (participants) to address issues that may arise after job placement.
Assist students (participants) who lose their job in securing another job.
Make appropriate referrals to outside agencies, as necessary.
Participate in training and mock interviews.
Monitor students (participants) who evidence the best retention rates.
Maintain progress notes in students (participants) files.
Ensure project (program) compliance with Amity policies and procedures, relevant to federal and state regulations and contract obligations.
Actively develop and build upon creative and technical knowledge of TC (Therapeutic Community) project (program) activities.
Attend workshops, meetings, and training as requested by supervisor.
May serve as Community Advocate role in addition to job as requested by community leadership.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

What You Will Bring:

Required: Four (4) Degree in Social Sciences or related fields,

High school diploma or equivalent AND two (2) years of experience as a job developer or similar position.

Required:

Within six (6) weeks of hire, obtain First Aid and CPR certification AND pass a physical examination and tuberculosis test from a health professional.
Ability to cope with occasionally difficult or temperamental students and faculty.
Ability to cope with mental and emotional stress related to the position.

What We Offer:

Medical, Dental, Vision.
Paid vacation, sick time, & holidays.
401K, HSA, & Life insurance programs.
Organization committed to community action.
Community oriented workplace.

About the Company

Amity Foundation

Nonprofit addiction treatment and reentry programs

Amity Foundation is a nonprofit that runs addiction treatment, housing, education and job programs for people affected by incarceration and addiction in California and Arizona. Its residential and prison programs work as teaching and therapeutic communities, where participants, called students, recover by living and learning together. Counselors treat substance use inside California state prisons in partnership with the state, and campuses in Los Angeles, Vista and Tucson offer residential treatment and housing. Government grants fund most of its work, and it also administers Los Angeles County grants for groups offering alternatives to incarceration. Amity traces its roots to 1969 in Tucson, Arizona, where it is headquartered.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Grant
Total funding: $4M
Headquarters: Tucson, AZ
Founded: 1969

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