Employment Specialist- Group Homes
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content.
We need to parse the job posting.
Key info:
- Reporting to Director of Workforce and Employment Initiatives.
- Full-time, fun team-oriented mission-focused goal driven environment.
- Expose and transition mindset of youth within foster homes into trauma informed, career ready, financially stable, professionally confident individuals.
- Through career readiness workshops, one on one sessions, community partnership development and meticulous data tracking, the Employment Specialist plays a vital role in transitional process.
- Upon successful completion of a 90 probationary period, eligible to participate in hybrid schedule: reporting three days in-office and two days remote.
- Essential Functions And Primary Responsibilities: list many duties.
- Qualifications: Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred; 1-3 years experience required, 5-7 years strongly preferred; Bi-Lingual Preferred: Not required, but helpful if possessed.
- Standard Hours: 9 am - 5 pm (Monday – Friday) 40 Hours Flex, special events during evening hours required monthly.
- Physical Demands And Travel Requirements: details.
- Work Environment and Schedule: description.
- Benefits: list.
- Also mention "About Heartshare" but that's boilerplate? It's about organization; maybe we can include as "About the role"? Actually "About Heartshare" is about organization, not role. The instruction: do not repeat job title as heading; we can include About the role section summarizing role description. We have description of role in first paragraph(s). Could put that under About the role.
Responsibilities: list essential functions.
Requirements: maybe qualifications? But we have Qualifications section separate. Requirements could be experience, education, etc. But we have Qualifications already. Could combine? The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have multiple sections. We need to decide what content goes where.
We have:
- About the role: description of role, mission, environment, hybrid schedule after probation.
- Responsibilities: list of duties (the bullet list under Essential Functions And Primary Responsibilities).
- Requirements: maybe education and experience? But we have Qualifications separate. Could treat Requirements as education/experience needed, and Qualifications as preferred? But the posting lumps them: "Qualifications Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or equivalent required. Master's degree or equivalent preferred. 1-3 years' experience working with youth ages 14-26 required, 5-7 years strongly preferred. Bi-Lingual Preferred: Not required, but helpful if possessed." That's qualifications. Could also include "Standard Hours: 9 am - 5 pm (Monday – Friday) 40 Hours Flex, special events during evening hours required monthly." That's Schedule.
- Skills: maybe not explicitly listed; we could infer skills like motivational interviewing, holistic approach, data tracking, etc. But we should not invent. If not explicit, we should not create Skills section unless there is explicit content. The posting mentions "Through the use of motivational interviewing and a holistic, student-centered approach", "Develop and maintain a structured participant engagement schedule", "Develop marketing materials", etc. Those could be considered skills. However the instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." We could combine Skills into Responsibilities or Qualifications. Safer to not create Skills section if not explicit.
- Benefits: list.
- Pay: not mentioned; do not create.
- Schedule: we have Standard Hours and hybrid schedule after probation; also mention flexible hours, some evenings. So we can create Schedule section.
- Also we have Physical Demands And Travel Requirements and Work Environment and Schedule. Could be part of Schedule or maybe a separate section like Working Conditions. But not in allowed headings list. Could fold into Schedule or Responsibilities? Probably better to include under Schedule (work hours, travel, physical demands). But the instruction: only use those headings; we can still include other info under those headings.
Thus we will produce:
About the role
... description ...
Responsibilities
- ... each duty ...
Qualifications
- ... education ...
- ... experience ...
- ... bilingual preferred ...
Benefits
- ... each benefit ...
Schedule
... standard hours, hybrid after probation, flexible hours, evenings, travel, physical demands ...
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, accommodation, About Heartshare, navigation, etc. We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract. About the role paragraph: "Reporting to the Director of Workforce and Employment Initiatives, the Employment Specialist’s position is full-time, working collaboratively in a fun, team-oriented, mission-focused and goal driven environment, to expose and transition the mindset of the youth within our foster homes into trauma informed, career ready, financially stable, professionally confident individuals. Through career readiness workshops, one on one sessions, community partnership development and meticulous data tracking, the Employment Specialist plays a vital role in the transitional process of the youth we service. Upon the successful completion a 90 probationary period, this role will be eligible to participate in a hybrid schedule; reporting three days in-office and two days remote." We need to keep that. Responsibilities list: Let's extract each duty from "Essential Functions And Primary Responsibilities Of Position" paragraph. Paragraph: "Through the use of motivational interviewing and a holistic, student-centered approach, provide consistent,high-quality employment-focused engagements to ensure that youth in group home settings are motivated, qualified candidates ready for the trainings and job opportunities they seek. Provide impactful group and individual engagement services, as well as facilitating employment driven workshops within each Supportive Housing Residence, in person and virtually. Develop and maintain a structured participant engagement schedule, ensuring that all youth are contacted at least bi-weekly throughout their career pathway journey. Youth with more immediate employment, internship, or training needs should receive weekly or daily follow-up and support, as appropriate, to promote successful outcomes and timely placement. Through the YA-WORC screening methods, prepare youth for HSVS internships, SYEP and job/career opportunities with employers. Advertise, sign-up and oversee all youth who participate in the (in-house) internship program (Go-Getters), attend all in-person and virtual meetings related to the (MIP)Mentored Internship Program, along with WLG (Work Learn Grow). Sign up eligible youth for SYEP (Summer Youth Employment Program) and place them within various departments throughout the agency. Weekly, update the Workforce development tracker that captures touchpoints for all HeartShare youth who receive support from the WFD team. Maintain accurate and up-to-date client records by documenting services and completing real-time data entry into designated systems and trackers to support service delivery, reporting, and compliance requirements. Develop marketing materials and actively take part in outreach methods to ensure youth are informed, aware and excited about upcoming job fairs, vocational trainings, professional developments, career readiness workshops and any other workforce development related event. Attend all Youth Development events, meetings and programs. Provide non-judgmental support to youth to help them achieve their vocational, educational, and employment goals. Build trust, generate interest and develop strong working relationships with youth within the homes. Help youth and young adults create their short and long-term employment goals through a realistic, accountability driven scope. Attend all ACS, Fair Futures and HSVS trainings (both in-person and virtually)Ensure all students have a completed EPC (Employment Portfolio Checklist) before being sent out on job interviews/internships. Each EPC indicates that a student has successfully completed their resume, template cover letter and thank you letter, a mock interview, and has proper interview attire. Employment Specialists are expected to meet a quarterly job placement target for connecting youth to permanent employment opportunities. Placement goals will be established by management and may be adjusted based on program needs, caseload size, and funding requirements. Maintain communication with youth after employment to capture milestone data and provide continuous support for the first year of employment. Keep in contact with alumni to utilize their knowledge and include them in workshops, events, etc. Able to work flexible hours and some evenings (as requested). Motivated to support, engage and develop youth through traditional and non-traditional methods. Performs other job-related duties as assigned, consistent with the scope, responsibilities, and level of the position, and in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and organizational policies." We need to break into list items. Each sentence could be a list item. We'll keep the content. Qualifications: "Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or equivalent required. Master's degree or equivalent preferred. 1-3 years' experience working with youth ages 14-26 required, 5-7 years strongly preferred. Bi-Lingual Preferred: Not required, but helpful if possessed." We can list each. Benefits: "At HeartShare we offer a comprehensive benefit package based on full-time/part-time status. You can expect: Rewarding Work in a team environment. Paid vacation, sick, personal days, and holidays. 403(B) retirement plans with employer contribution. Health, dental, vision and life insurance. Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Flexible spending account (Dependent Care, Medical, Parking, and Transit). Employee Appreciation Programs and Events. Tuition Assistance Program. Professional Development opportunities. Wellhub DiscountVerizon Wireless Discount. BJs Membership discount. Discounts on Broadway tickets, movie tickets, theme parks, sporting events, gift certificates & more" We need to split into list items. Schedule: "Standard Hours: 9 am - 5 pm (Monday – Friday) 40 Hours Flex, special events during evening hours required monthly Physical Demands And Travel Requirements The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Examples: Constantly required to exchange accurate informationConstantly operates a computer and other office toolsFrequently required to standOccasionally moves about inside a building or residential settingMust be able to lift or move up to 25 poundsUp to 75% Travel to other agency sites Work Environment and Schedule The work environment outlines the physical environment, working conditions and time spent working. Examples:Residential setting requiring adjustments or changes with scheduling, working with a team, and include regular contact with individuals receiving Heartshare services. Active work environment that may include standing, walking, community travel, and crisis response. Professional office environment with a balance of independent work and cross-functional collaboration. Dynamic human services environment serving diverse populations with a strong focus on compassion, flexibility, and responsiveness. Community-based setting with frequent collaboration across multidisciplinary teams and external partnersTrauma-informed and client-centered workplace requiring adaptability, professionalism, and teamwork." We need to combine schedule info: standard hours, hybrid after probation, flexible hours, evenings, travel, physical demands, work environment. We'll produce a paragraph summarizing. Now ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO, accommodation, About Heartshare, etc. We must output only HTML fragment, no markdown fences. Let's craft. We'll need to escape any HTML special characters? The text includes parentheses, ampersand? Not many. We'll keep as is. We'll produce:About the role
Reporting to the Director of Workforce and Employment Initiatives, the Employment Specialist’s position is full-time, working collaboratively in a fun, team-oriented, mission-focused and goal driven environment, to expose and transition the mindset of the youth within our foster homes into trauma informed, career ready, financially stable, professionally confident individuals. Through career readiness workshops, one on one sessions, community partnership development and meticulous data tracking, the Employment Specialist plays a vital role in the transitional process of the youth we service. Upon successful completion of a 90‑day