Description

Compensation Range: $25/hr - $28/hr commensurate with experience

Benefits

We have three comprehensive healthcare plans to choose from based on your priorities and budget. Housing Works covers most of the plan; you pay a portion, based on your salary. Staff begins accruing PTO immediately for a total of up to 30 days earned in the first year. We offer employees an educational benefit. This money is available for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and text books.

Overview

The Housing Works Emergency & Transitional Housing Program (ETH) provides time limited transitional housing and support services to individuals reentering the community following periods of incarceration or other justice system involvement. Program participants engage in a variety of onsite services, including case management, vocational training, housing advocacy and mental health support that address barriers to accessing housing in the community and help build skills that participants can use to achieve and maintain stable functioning in the community. Reporting to the Vocational Program Manager, the Vocational Counselor will be responsible for conducting vocational program intakes, creating resumes and cover letters, facilitating work readiness workshops, provide individual vocational counseling sessions, assisting with employment placement and conducting employment retention activities.

Primary

Responsibilities:

• Conduct vocational program intakes.
• Assist clients with developing and creating resumes and cover letters.
• Provide individual vocational counseling to clients assigned to caseload.
• Facilitate work readiness workshops.
• Coordinate and refer clients to the Justice Initiatives Department Job Training Program.
• Provide clients with interview and other vocational appointment reminders.
• Assist with identifying and referring clients for employment placement opportunities.
• Follow up with clients for employment retention services when employed for 30, 60 and 90 days.
• Assist the overall Justice Initiatives Workforce Team with developing and maintaining relationships with NYC employers to create career opportunities for the client community.
• Actively participate in supervision, team meetings and agency meetings.
• Attend and participate in case conference meetings as needed.
• Complete data entry and program outcome tracking in accordance to contract deliverables.
• Promotes Housing Works’ core values in day to day activities.
• Performs other tasks as assigned by supervisor.
  
  

Secondary

• Provide culturally competent services in accordance to Housing Works policies and practices.
• Attend and participate in advocacy efforts as outlined in Housing Works’ and the Justice Initiatives Department policies.
• Promotes Housing Works core values consistently.
• Ability to work with clients with diverse clients with varying levels of service needs.
• Works collaboratively with other team members within the Justice Initiatives Department and cross-agency.