Employment Placement Specialist
Full Time • Great Falls
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Bonus based on performance
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Free food & snacks
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Profit sharing
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
Great Falls Pre-Release Services, Inc.
Position: Employment Placement Specialist Job Classification: Exempt
Reports To: Program Manager
Supervises: Partial supervision over Federal Residents.
Position Scope: Up to 50 Federal Residents participating in a Residential Re-Entry Program.
Position Summary:
The Great Falls Pre-Release Center is a non-profit Community Corrections worksite consisting of three Counseling campuses. The campuses are minimum security and residential in nature, housing closely screened and selected for program acceptance, adult male and female felon offenders during their structured transition program for re-entry into the community. The Centers also operate a Jail Alternative program for adult male/female clients and a Community Service program involving adjudicated males and females.
Perform professional social services duties to support Correctional Treatment Specialist staff working with assigned Federal Residents. Assist Residents in finding work, act as a Job Coach and Liaison Officer between employers, supervisors and residents.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
1. Working in conjunction with the Correctional Treatment Specialist and Treatment Staff, responsible for vocational counseling, developing a work plan and job placement of the residents.
2. Work with the residents to assure updated job readiness through resume writing, development of job and interviewing skills, and being appropriately dressed and groomed.
3. Assist and train residents to access and navigate through on-line job board postings and develop on-line application skills and techniques.
4. Schedule regular employer contacts, visit employers and monitor work performances. Work with employers and residents to evaluate and assess quality of work. Provide meaningful assistance from the Center to maximize resident's upward mobility opportunities.
5. In conjunction with Program Manager, develop and maintain current listing of job resources within the community and continuously expand list of employers willing to hire residents. Make public appearances and assist in educating employers and community at large as to our purpose.
6. Perform other duties as requested or assigned.
Qualifications and Skills:
· Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services field.
· Three years’ progressively responsible experience in the field of corrections, rehabilitation or related jobs development area.
· Knowledge of supervisory techniques and management skills.
· Must have ability to organize and manage time effectively and to keep records orderly and up to date.
· Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, Board of Directors and community-based agencies.
· Effective verbal and written communication and must maintain a mature and empathic personality.
Compensation: $23.31 - $24.02 per hour
The Transition Center is designed as a structured pre-release program for adult male and female offenders who are within 24 months of parole eligibility or one year of discharge date. It allows residents participating in the program to re-integrate into the community while learning necessary life skills to maintain a crime-free lifestyle. The Center allows residents a period of time to establish employment and/or training, establish budgeting and money management skills, begin a savings plan, find housing and participate in counseling relevant to specific areas to aid in their transition into the community.
The Transition Center has a five-phase program beginning at the orientation level. Each phase has a minimum time frame of participation with graduated levels of responsibility. The resident assumes his/her own case goals as they progress through the program.
The Transition Center opened its doors as a male pre-release facility in March of 1984. At that time, the Center utilized the main floor for office space, kitchen and dining facilities, and a lounge area. the upper floor was used for living quarters. In 1990 the basement of the original facility was remodeled into office space, a conference room, TV room, hobby room and additional restroom facilities. In 1993 the Center undertook a major expansion which more than doubled the capacity and usable space in the Center. A women's program was added in October of 1996 with the purchase and renovation of building adjacent to the existing facility. In 1997 an expansion project involving the women's facility provided for an increase in service rooms and greater flexibility in programming. In 1998 the men's facility added to the wing completed in 1993 by extending that area to the South and increasing the Center by another 7500 square feet.
Throughout the years, the Transition Center has taken pride in its visual improvements to the building and grounds. Landscaping efforts are ongoing as we endeavor to become an appealing addition to the neighborhood.
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