Employment Counsellor - Surrey, Canada - Options Community Services
Description
We're Hiring
EMPLOYMENT COUNSELLOR / JOB COACH
Posting Requisition _22325 _
Program _WorkBC Employment _
- Services _
Job Type _Regular, Full-time (2 _
Location _Whalley and Newton, _
- vacancies) Surrey, BC _
Hours of work _35 hours per week _
Closing Date _Open until filledOptions Community Services is a non-profit registered charity providing social services primarily in Surrey, Delta, White
Rock and Langley. We believe in helping people help themselves. We believe in collaborating with individuals,
businesses, community groups and government to create focused, effective and responsive resources for the
community.
The Employment Counsellor/Job Coach for multi-barriered clients is responsible for achieving sustained employment
outcomes by utilizing all three service delivery channels - Outreach, Virtual and WorkBC Centres. The position provides
employability and formal needs assessments, case management and supports clients in job search activities including
referrals and assistance to those seeking sponsored training or other long-term interventions, promoting clients to
employers to generate job leads and secure sustainable employment, wage subsidy contracts, unpaid work
experiences, community attachment, and on the job training/coaching.
The Employment Counsellor/Job Coach is also responsible for staying abreast and following WorkBC Policy and ICM
requirements to ensure accurate data entry and record keeping in ICM and collection of statistical information. This
position will be responsible for meeting the specific targets and outcomes set by the funders, maintaining consistent
records and tracking data to report out on the program participants to both funder and Options Community Services.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Assess clients' eligibility for services and formal needs assessments, including assessment of skills, education,
appropriate referrals and develop best next steps towards sustainable employment to achieve targets.
- Work with clients to develop/update a collaborative returntowork action plan including resume development,
- Administer, monitor and track financial supports and services according to WorkBC policy and eligibility
supports related to long term interventions.
and other long-term interventions.
- Develop a specific client marketing plan that includes job target, employer targets and marketing strategies.
- Work one to one with clients to support and strengthen selfmarketing approaches including: targeted resumes,
- Contact and network with employers to build relationships and generate appropriate leads for sustainable
multi-barriered clients to access informational interviews, job shadowing, volunteering and training on the job.
- Provide thorough on the job coaching and followup support to clients and employers to ensure maximum
- Organize and participate in community initiatives, meetings, hiring fairs, collaborative events, program
_We are an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce_ Posted: 23-Jun-14
We're Hiring
- Open, maintain, and close ICM and physical files/records in accordance to requirements of the funder and
revisions and tracking of outcomes.
- Provide reports on services. All narrative and/or statistical reports completed to OCS and generally accepted
format specified by the supervisor, and/or the program's funder).
- Meet performance measurement targets, service/intervention level targets and outcome targets.
- Participate in team building and share information for program development in case conference and staff
- Build strong connections within the community for the purpose of marketing clients and branding of the
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Education, Training, and Experience:
- Minimum three years' demonstrated experience in employment counseling or post
combination of equivalent experience and training, with emphasis in employment counselling with multi
- barriered populations.
- 12 years of job development/job placement experience with clients with broad range of cultural backgrounds
- A Career Development Pract
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