Employment Support Specialist - Sturtevant, United States - Attic Correctional Services Inc

Attic Correctional Services Inc

Verified Company

Sturtevant, United States

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

ATTIC Correctional Services is currently recruiting for a Full-time Employee Support Specialist at the Sturtevant Transitional Facility.

The person in this position is responsible for a caseload of adult correctional clients who participate in the Employment Support Services Program.

The person in this position will work directly with the superintendent or his/her designee to coordinate all employment support services.

Involvement with clients may be on an individual basis and/or in group settings.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

Coach inmates on the skill sets necessary to obtain and maintain gainful employment.
Ensure that all inmates assigned to the Correctional Center have proper identification documents to begin a private sector work assignment or that necessary documents are requested from the issuing authority within two (2) working days of the inmates' reception at the Correctional Center;
Provide inmates with transportation to obtain identification documentation, employment interviews, clothing or tools necessary to begin employment and/or transportation to and from a work site;
Assist inmates to obtain clothing or tools necessary to begin a job or crew assignment;
Develop a comprehensive financial plan that identifies all of the inmates' outstanding court or department ordered financial obligations and establishes a plan for repayment while at the correctional center;
Track the inmate hours worked, wages earned, taxes paid and wage statement deductions, establish and monitor a release savings account, establish plans for release spending and provide monthly statistical documentation for Department of Corrections' review;
Work with inmates and prospective employers or employment agencies to match inmate work skills with appropriate work release employment sites, orient inmates to work site performance expectations, communicate with inmates and employers via telephone or personal visits to assess performance and adjustment issues and work with inmates and employers to verify hours of work expectations;
Facilitate Employability Module and Pre-Release modules to include Transportation, Employment, Education and Transitional Prep competencies. Facilities will supply materials for prerelease modules. Applicant needs to have basic computer knowledge/skills; and
Assist with or facilitate the Cognitive Intervention Program, Anger Management, and Domestic Violence groups.
Maintain and update client files.
Collect and report program data to ACS and DOC personnel.
Maintain and promote trauma informed interactions with clients required of all ACS staff.
Perform other duties as assigned.

The person in this position is required to adhere to all agency program policies related to client confidentiality and fraternization.

Qualifications

All ESS workers must be at least 18 years of age.

ESS workers must have all of the following:
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A minimum of 15 credits of post-secondary education:

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A valid driver's license:

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A minimum of two years' licensed driving experience (i.e., held a valid driver's license for a minimum of two years).

Experience

ESS worker must have minimum of:

Six (6) months experience providing services to correctional clients;

Or
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Six (6) months experience delivering services to persons of all genders from various racial, religious, and ethnic backgrounds as well as individuals with a disability.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action
**As a Federal Contractor, ACS supports Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which prohibits discrimination of qualified individuals with disabilities, and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 which prohibits discrimination of covered veterans; and requires affirmative action in all personnel practices for qualified individuals with disabilities and for covered veterans.