Employment Specialist

Employment Specialist delivers Employment Re-Entry Skills and Job Placement/Retention/Advancement curriculum to inmates, recruits and/orients potential employers, assist with job checks, assesses inmates' skill for potential employment, assist inmates with completing resumes and job applications, provides employment counseling, delivers budgeting skill curriculum and assists inmates with their weekly budgeting skills. Responsibilities include developing new job contacts through public relations, overseeing inmate employment files, updating employment information in data entry weekly, conducting Job Readiness and Job Coping classes (including ED Preview), coordinating inmate transportation schedules, attending department head and clinical staff meetings, monitoring inmate work schedules, promotions, and salaries, conducting on-site visits to inmate employers monthly, monitoring inmate job interviews and job searches, developing and maintaining an accurate job bank, verifying inmate employment prior to allowing work on site, and ensuring the Community Work Agreement form is completed by employers.