Career Advisor (800017)

About the role

Manages a caseload of participants and provides counseling and mentoring.
Assesses participant competencies, work history, educational attainment, skills and abilities; identifies challenges to finding employment and prompts them to find solutions.
Conducts regular ongoing individual meetings with participants for job search, education, job retention, and/or job readiness.
Completes an individualized overview of available services and works with participant to create an employment plan for short- and long-term goals.
Maintains information about area resources and employers.
Ensures participant accountability and attendance; tracks and maintains employment retention goals.
Provides government agencies with prompt notification that a participant has lost or reduced hours of employment.
Maintains scheduled, periodic contact with participants in a variety of locations to assess job retention/advancement issues.
Provides information to participants on available training and/or jobs that will lead to advancement.
Assumes central responsibility for participants achieving self-sufficiency by monitoring progress throughout the program cycle, beginning with referral and continuing through retention and advancement efforts.
Prepares, organizes, and maintains accurate, updated information in both electronic and paper participant files reflecting the entire history of a program participant, including a log of supportive services issued.
Provides case management with a focus on helping customers to prepare for employment that leads to self-sufficiency.
Facilitates customer access to training, education, and employment services, as well as job-specific information; provides case management to customers at the appropriate level.

Responsibilities

• Manages a caseload of participants and provides counseling and mentoring.
• Assesses participant competencies, work history, educational attainment, skills and abilities; identifies challenges to finding employment and prompts them to find solutions.
• Conducts regular ongoing individual meetings with participants for job search, education, job retention, and/or job readiness.
• Completes an individualized overview of available services and works with participant to create an employment plan for short- and long-term goals.
• Maintains information about area resources and employers.
• Ensures participant accountability and attendance; tracks and maintains employment retention goals.
• Provides government agencies with prompt notification that a participant has lost or reduced hours of employment.
• Maintains scheduled, periodic contact with participants in a variety of locations to assess job retention/advancement issues.
• Provides information to participants on available training and/or jobs that will lead to advancement.
• Assumes central responsibility for participants achieving self-sufficiency by monitoring progress throughout the program cycle, beginning with referral and continuing through retention and advancement efforts.
• Prepares, organizes, and maintains accurate, updated information in both electronic and paper participant files reflecting the entire history of a program participant, including a log of supportive services issued.
• Provides case management with a focus on helping customers to prepare for employment that leads to self-sufficiency.
• Facilitates customer access to training, education, and employment services, as well as job-specific information; provides case management to customers at the appropriate level.

Qualifications

• Ability to maintain flexibility as needs of contract or contractor require.
• A working knowledge of MS Office and Google docs.
• Two years of experience in career advisement and development, workshop facilitation, developing workforce curriculum, public speaking and content development.
• Demonstrated telephone, computer and strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to thrive in environments with multiple stakeholders, frequent change, and diverse objectives.
• Professional understanding of a vast array of occupations and career paths, ideally including those in the healthcare field.
• Preferred Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in education, social services, healthcare and/or communications.
• Customer service experience required.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Equus Workforce Solutions is a leading provider of workforce development services in North America. With a dedicated and passionate team, Equus puts the industry’s best practices to work by focusing on the development, design, and delivery of demand-driven workforce solutions. When you join Equus, you can expect extensive learning opportunities and networking programs. But most of all you can expect to make a lasting impact on the lives of others. At Equus we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. Equus Workforce Solutions is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, religion, national origin, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or reprisal or any other characteristic protected under state, federal, or local law.