Hiring Organization: Focus on Renewal

Salary: $44000

Benefits: Medical insurance dental insurance 403(b) plan vacation time paid sick

time paid personal time paid holidays Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

About Focus on Renewal

The Focus On Renewal StoRox Neighborhood Corporation (FOR) was founded in 1969. FOR founders led a group of mobilized citizens and community activists to create an umbrella organization for much needed social services now ranging from food security nutrition earlychildhood education support groups crime prevention and mental health services. Also included are arts programs for all ages and access to the StoRox Public Library. FOR has now grown to house 30 staff at four locations throughout McKees Rocks and Stowe Township. The Organization provides support to the people in our

neighborhood through programs for all ages designed to develop resilient contributing members of a thriving community. We work with a wide range of partners to ensure high quality programming is accessible to all 13000 residents of the StoRox Community.

Program Overview

Achieving Change Through Transitional Employment Services (ACTES) is a new and critical program at Focus on Renewal. The Behavioral Health Manager is responsible for overseeing the quality and fidelity of the cognitive behavioral intervention (CBI) component of the Allegheny County Community Violence Reduction Initiative transitional employment and service delivery program. This program is adapted from the READI Chicago model and developed in partnership with Heartland Alliance.

Position Description

The Coach is responsible for providing quality wraparound case management services to program participants for the Allegheny County Community Violence Reduction Initiative transitional employment program and service delivery program. This program is adapted from the READI Chicago model and developed in partnership with Heartland Alliance.

The Coach will provide individual coaching personal and professional development case management and ongoing supportive services to participants and their families. The Coach will be responsible for connecting both staff and program participants to resources intended to address emerging needs. The position requires a firm knowledge base of accessible trauma informed culturally relevant resources proven to support men experiencing complex trauma caused by prolonged exposure to poverty crime and victimization from violent offenses. The Coach will be an excellent problem solver comfortable with conflict and facilitating conflict resolution interventions energetic and flexible and collaborative.

The Coach will report directly to the Site Staff Supervisor.

Duties

• Provide seamless support to participants and staff:
• Participate in professional development trainings including but not limited to trainings focused on principles of traumainformed care cognitivebehavioral therapy motivational interviewing conflict deescalation harm reduction and other relevant concepts and apply that knowledge on a daily basis.
• Attend regular staff meetings partner meetings one on one supervision meetings and community meetings.
• Successfully complete training in designated CBT curriculum and be prepared to deliver CBT sessions to participants as a substitute facilitator in the event that clinical staff is unable to do so.
• Review daily feedback performance reports from Work Crew Supervisor and respond accordingly with participants in collaboration with the Clinician and Clinical Support.
• Visit crews at work sites to enhance understanding of participants behaviors in various settings.
• Support unsubsidized job retention efforts through participant followup contacts checkins with employers when appropriate alumni visits and events.
• Develop and maintain referral relationships for a range of support services; connect participants to appropriate services as needed; document disposition of appointments. Establish a directory of communitybased resources to address wraparound service needs.
• As directed by Work Crew Supervisor act as an intermediary between workers and employers when issues arise in the workplace
• Participate in participant case reviews.
• Complete and submit timely and accurate incident reports and all necessary paperwork data entry and reporting within 24 hours.
• Manage a caseload of approximately 15 program participants.
• Serve as a general advocate for participants; provide mentoring and supportive case management services to participants.
• Facilitate the development of individualized participant plans to achieve goals; continually reassesses goals and progress toward goals with participants in weekly sessions.
• Provide job search assistance and guide participants through transitional work experience and advancement opportunities.
• Perform assessments for participant career interests and aptitudes in order to match them with subsidized employment tasks unsubsidized employment opportunities and appropriate training.
• Lead workreadiness and job search skills instruction including soft skills resume preparation interviewing skills job search techniques and related topics at the appropriate time in the TJ experience (in alignment with the participants career stage).
• Document the frequency at which resources are requested and utilized by both staff and participants.
• Provide biweekly reports to site management that highlight emerging resource patterns opportunities and partnerships.
• Provide family support services.
• Engage participants families and support networks to provide relevant and appropriate referrals keeping in mind/adhering to best practice standards.
• Maintain professional communication with all necessary family stakeholders (i.e. family members referring agencies Outreach Workers etc.
• Connect families in need to (inperson/virtual) familycentered learning activities that support well defined goals and outcomes.
• Connect participant families to clinical bereavement support peer support groups and family services.
• Track family engagement efforts by documenting support service and case management provided to address needs.
• All other duties as assigned which may include weekends and/or events.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in a relevant field of study such as social work or psychology required. Three to five years formal work experience performing case management counseling/coaching in a social service setting preferably with formerly incarcerated individuals opportunity youth or similarly atrisk populations required.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills; excellent organizational skills.
• Computer literacy commensurate with job duties.
• Knowledge of workforce development and employment services for chronically unemployed individuals or individuals experiencing poverty preferred.
• Knowledge of the local community preferred including the ecosystem of violence prevention intervention and reduction organizations and actors as well as local supports and service providers preferred.
• Familiarity and understanding of cognitivebehavioral therapy motivational interviewing and traumainformed care and restorative justice practices preferred.
• Individuals with criminal records and other lived experience are encouraged to apply.
• No current group or gang affiliations; no pending criminal cases.
• Must have a current Act 33/34 on file.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• This position requires travel to sites across the region including program sites transitional jobs placement sites unsubsidized employer partners and other stakeholders
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• The employee is required to use hands to key handle or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is regularly required to sit stand and walk.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

For more information on READI a program originally launched in Chicago by the Heartland Alliance please visit:

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An Equal Opportunity Employer