Employment Specialist DEN New Heights

DEPARTMENT

Bayaud Enterprises partners with Denver Department of Housing Stability (HOST), Colorado Department of Correction (CDOC) and Denver International Airport (DEN) to conduct outreach and recruitment for job readiness programs. Denver Day Works (DDW) is for individuals and families experiencing homelessness that are not currently engaged in other community programs. The DEN New Heights program is for individuals recently released from CDOC. The overall purpose of these programs is to provide supportive services and job readiness that leads to employment in the community. Most of these programs also provide paid work experience to qualified clients while they engage in employment discovery and job search (DDW, New Heights).

• Apply assessment criteria needed to determine employability.
• Establish and maintain rapport with all participants.
• Work with participants on an individual basis to assist in the development of an individualized plan for employment and attaining the goals and objectives outlined within.
• Coordinate with internal and external vocational specialists to help participant job placement.
• Cultivate and maintain strong working relationships with employers and community partners.
• Complete all documentation and data entry as necessary daily.
• Attending applicable staff and community meetings.
• Coach participants in discussion of disabilities and necessary accommodations as well as previous justice involvement.
• Provide ongoing guidance, advice, and employment related assistance to participants.
• Develop resumes, perform mock interviews, and provide general job coaching.
• Conduct intake assessment identifying needs, goals, and responsibilities of participant and program staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Understanding of employment challenges and barriers faced by people with disability, experiencing poverty and/or homelessness to obtain and retain employment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, grammar, and reasoning skills.
• Ability to manage confidential and sensitive information without breach.
• Proficient in data entry.
• Ability to function in a positive manner in a demanding work environment, to demonstrate a high degree of flexibility, to respond to priorities and schedules that change frequently.
• Considerable experience in crisis intervention and trauma informed care practices.
• Commitment to the potential of people to live a sustainable and fulfilling life regardless of their current situation or perceived limitations.
• Personal commitment to working within an integrated services model with emphasis on employment as a key component to ending poverty and homelessness.
• Proficient Microsoft Office skills; especially Outlook, and Word.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in a related field OR
• High school diploma with two years' experience in career development counseling and/or training.
• The candidate for this position should have considerable experience in crisis intervention and trauma informed care practices; supporting individuals experiencing poverty, homelessness, and disabilities to obtain and retain employment.

• Valid driver's license with good driving history, and the ability to pass Bayaud's motor vehicle carrier's insurance requirements.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret and variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear; the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty pounds. Specific vision abilities by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment will be a combination of a temperature-controlled office environment and in the field meeting with participants in the Colorado weather.

This position is not eligible for an "Alternative Work Plan". All duties must be performed in the office or in the community with participants. Special projects will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

TRAVEL

Occasional travel will include Meetings in the community. Pick up/delivery of supplies or items needed for participants. Other travel as needed. Will drive company vehicle for these purposes. If a personal vehicle is used for work travel, this driver will be reimbursed at the federal rate for mileage.

Equipment Used: PC, telephone, copy machine, fax, postage meter, calculator.

Bayaud Enterprises is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve.