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Outreach Counsellor, Employment - Winnipeg, Canada - Connect Employment Services Inc.
Connect Employment Services Inc.
Winnipeg, Canada
Verified Company
1 month ago
Description
Work Term:
Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: College, CEGEP or other nonuniversity certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- Experience: Experience an asset
Work setting:
- Communitybased agency
- Employment agency services
- Public sector
- Community service organization
- Associations and non profit organizations
- Urban area
- Business and/or industry
- Social service or charity agency
Tasks:
- Interview clients to obtain employment history, educational background and career goals
- Identify barriers to employment and assist clients with such matters as job readiness skills, job search strategies, writing résumés and preparing for job interviews
- Perform administrative tasks
- Advise employers on human resource and other employmentrelated issues
- Administer and interpret tests designed to determine the interests, aptitudes and abilities of clients
- Collect labour market information for clients regarding job openings, entry and skill requirements and other occupational information
- Provide established workers with information and strategies for dealing with job dissatisfaction, making midcareer changes and adjusting to workplace transitions
- Provide established workers with information and strategies for maintaining a job or moving within an organization
- Provide consulting services to community groups and agencies, businesses, industry and other organizations involved in providing communitybased career planning support or resources
- Contact potential applicants to arrange interviews
- Identify current and prospective staffing requirements
- Advise job applicants on employment requirements and terms and conditions of employment
- Notify applicants of results of selection process and prepare job offers
- Collect and screen applicants
- Counsel clients, provide therapy and mediation services, and facilitate group sessions
- Liaise with community agencies or partners, and identify additional or alternative services and provide referrals
Computer and technology knowledge:
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Windows
- MS Word
- Internet
- Database software
Security and safety:
- Criminal record check
- Adult Abuse Registry check
Transportation/travel information:
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
Personal suitability:
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Flexibility
Screening questions:
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
Health benefits:
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits:
- Mileage paid
Long term benefits:
- Life insurance
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Other benefits:
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Travel insurance
