Employment Specialist, Case Manager
Employment Specialist, Case Manager
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22-05-2025
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Job Description
Why work with YWCA Seattle King Snohomish
YWCA SKS is the regions largest nonprofit organization with a 120 year legacy focused on the needs of women with programs serving 7000 people each year. When you work with YWCA you make a difference.
Were women and BIPOCled familycentered and supportive of employees. As a fulltime YWCA employee (30 hours) youll enjoy a benefits package including medical insurance generous vacation holiday sick leave plans and an outstanding retirement your passion for racial equity and social justice to work apply today!
What Youll Do
The YWCA Community Jobs program works in partnership with DSHS to provide paid work experience to help people on TANF transition from state assistance to fulltime employment. The Employment Specialist works with parents on TANF referred by DSHS to acquire workplace readiness skills remove barriers to employment obtain needed training and support services and find unsubsidized employment that will enable selfsufficiency within a 69 month timeframe.
The Employment Specialist also works closely with nonprofit government and tribal worksites and worksite supervisors to ensure a valuable subsidized work experience for each participant. In addition the Employment Specialist maintains extensive records of clients progress and reports on achievement of program outcomes using the EJas operating system and must following strict timelines and meet report deadlines. Additional services provided by the Employment Specialist will include working with forprofit employers to develop jobs for participants.
This position has a social justice component that will require critical thinking around how external systems impact the work that we are doing through the lens of racism and intersections with poverty. Knowing the core principals of antiracism and grounding those principles in everyday work as well as working well in nonwhite environments and championing antiracism policy are required job skills and core values. As an equal opportunity employer we highly encourage people of color to apply.
Responsibilities
- Recruit interview screen determine eligibility stabilize enroll and orient program participants
- Administer score and/or interpreting skills and interest assessments for clients
- Determine clients job readiness training placement and support service needs
- Work with clients to develop career and employment objectives and individual development action plans
- Provide clients with support services and/or makes referrals to other community agencies to resolve barriers to employment
- Work as a member of a case management team or advocate with other community service providers to deliver support services and ensure followthrough
- Provide individual and group job search preparation and training to clarify and develop the habits and attitudes needed to be successful in the workplace
- Coach clients in developing resumes cover letters and other job search materials
- Provide clients with appropriate employer referrals and job search information
- Make job placements
- Maintain complete and accurate client files
- Collect and compile statistics
- Initiate and develop relationships with local employers for the purpose of developing job and internship opportunities and placing clients
- Identify employer needs for skills and training
- Make appropriate job and internship placements matching participant and employer needs and program requirements
- Work directly with employers to find out what their hiring needs are market qualified candidates to those positions and follow up accordingly
- Develop and maintain mutually beneficial relationships between the YWCA and employers
- Act as the bridge between job seekers and employers to ensure that each placement is appropriate set up for success and meets the specific needs of the employer as well as the career interests of the job seeker
- Monitor work site experiences and maintain ongoing communication with employers and supervisors to ensure the success of each customer placement which may include conflict mediation if necessary
- Network with local Chambers of Commerce industry associations HR groups diversity networks and other collaborations to learn about business needs
- Maintain regular contact with Interns and Worksite supervisors to get feedback on Intern performance resolve problems and provide additional training as needed
- Plan and lead classes and support groups for clients during the internship
- Work with Program Director to provide Worksite coaching on diversity accommodation and training issues
- Work with Program Director to develop and use performance evaluations and feedback mechanisms to ensure Internship outcomes are met and Worksites are satisfied with services
- Actively engages in agencywideRace and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI) and strives for racially equitable outcomes; takes responsibility for creating and maintaining a safe and welcoming community by making room for people of color trans and gendernonconforming folks and other populations who routinely encounter systemic oppressions
- Adhere to all Volunteer Services protocols relative to volunteer usage recognition and monitoring
- Attend required safety training and meetings; follow all safety and health guidelines standards practices policies and procedures; and actively participate in the agencys Emergency Preparedness program and activities
- Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in social services social work education or related field desired. An equivalent combination of experience and education will be considered.
- One to two years of demonstrated experience required performing work related to client recruitment and enrollment career assessment and planning support services occupational training workplace readiness job placement records maintenance and outcomes reporting
- Additional experience in job and worksite development internship placement and retention services may be required
- Knowledge of the local labor market and target client population(s)
- Knowledge of career assessment methods
- Demonstrated knowledge and skills of basic computer competencies suchas email calendaringentrylevel data entryandfamiliarity withMicrosoft Office products
- Knowledge of local occupational training programs and resources
- Strong customer service orientation
- Demonstrated commitment to antiracist principles
- Demonstrated understanding of the intersection of racism and poverty
- Experience working with communities of color and people from different cultures than your own
- Creativity in problemsolving decision making and negotiating solutions
- Working independently and as a member of a team
- Prioritizing and organizing workload and managing time to meet deadlines
- Candidate must be able to travel independently between multiple work sites within a day
- Bilingual language skills are highly desired
Physical Demands
- Continuously exchanges information through listening and talking with clients agency staff employers representatives of community organizations and other individuals in the community
- Frequently stands walks sits and climbs in performing duties in the office and in traveling to offsite meetings
- Frequently reaches and grasps in using telephones computers fax machines and other office equipment and supplies
- Frequently lifts and carries up to 5 lbs. of paperwork files and training materials occasionally up to 40 lbs.
- Frequently to occasionally performs close work while updating files reading program information and using computer
- Occasionally kneels bends pushes and pulls in obtaining files in drawers
- Occasionally stands for long periods of time while conducting training programs or attending job fairs
- *Continuously Over 80% of the time * Frequently 2080% * Occasionally Under 20%
$26.50 $26.50 an hour
Hours: 40 Hours per week
Excellent benefits package including medical insurance retirement plan plus generous vacation holiday and sick leave plans
At the time of hire employees may enroll voluntarily in the Fidelity 403b Plan
After two years of employment employees are eligible to participate in the YWCA Retirement Fund
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YWCA encourages applicants with a variety of experiences to apply!
At YWCA we recognize that lived expertise is a powerful asset. This refers to the insights knowledge and skills developed by those who have navigated systems and experienced inequity.
Valuing lived expertise helps build trust with program participants develop culturally responsive programs and break down barriers to equity. It enriches our collective understanding and enhances our ability to serve communities that are furthest from opportunity.
Mental Health Considerations
All employees of the YWCA interact with clients who have experienced or are experiencing trauma in various forms including but not limited to racial trauma domestic violence sexual violence homelessness unemployment and financial hardship. As a result employees are at risk of secondary encourage employees to seek support inside and outside the workplace and maintain selfcare routines.
Equal Opportunity Employment
YWCA Seattle King Snohomishis an Equal Opportunity read more about this view theEEO is the LawPoster and thisEEO is the Law Poster Supplement.
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