Are you passionate about helping people achieve their career goals and aspirations? Are you skilled in building trust and rapport with others while empowering them to reach their full potential? If so, we at Families Forward in Caribou, ME have an exciting opportunity for you to join our vocational rehabilitation team as a full-time Job Coach. In this employment coordinator role, you work closely with program participants to help them explore their skills, interests, and strengths, develop a plan to achieve their employment goals and support them every step of the way. Join our team and make a difference in the lives of those in our community who need it most.

Our human services nonprofit loves our employees, which is why we pay our Job Coaches a competitive salary of $42,000 to $52,000, depending on your experience. In addition to competitive pay and our forward-thinking culture, we offer our Job Coaches exceptional benefits! If this sounds like the perfect vocational rehabilitation role for you, apply today! It's easy! Just fill out our initial mobile-friendly online application. We hope to meet you soon!

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This full-time vocational rehabilitation team member at our human services nonprofit works during regular business hours.

As a Job Coach with Families Forward, you have a unique opportunity to help program participants achieve their goals and succeed in their careers. With your exceptional people skills, you build trust and rapport with each participant, making them feel comfortable and valued from the start. By conducting comprehensive intakes in this job placement role, you explore their needs, strengths, interests, aptitudes, experience, and capabilities, helping them gain a deeper understanding of themselves and identify the right career path.

Your partnership with each participant leads to the development of a Family Contract Amendment (FCA), outlining their short-term and long-term employment and other goals. Through your guidance in this job placement specialist role, participants feel empowered and confident in their ability to achieve success. You meet with participants on your caseload regularly, document progress toward their goals, and provide ongoing orientation to ensure they're clear on their TANF and program requirements. Your communication skills come in handy as you secure releases and build effective communication with your participant's medical, behavioral health, and other providers. While working on our vocational rehabilitation team, you may even work with a targeted caseload, such as two-parent families or individuals enrolled in higher education.

Working as an employment coordinator, you utilize your talent for record-keeping as you document all communication and contact with participants and external partners in FedcapCARES. As a job placement specialist with our human services nonprofit, you make requests for needed support services such as childcare, transportation, educational services, and others to the Office of Family Independence (OFI) Support Services Unit to assist participants in achieving their FCA requirements. You uphold all agency policies and expectations in performing your job and run reports in FedcapCARES, using data to plan your daily and weekly tasks. You also contact and reschedule participants who miss appointments with you, ensuring everyone stays on track.

As a member of our vocational rehabilitation team, you represent Fedcap with all stakeholders and in the community in a positive and professional manner. Your passion for helping people and exceptional eye for detail make a real difference in the lives of program participants. You thrive in this job placement position, knowing you're changing your community for the better. Join our human services nonprofit as a Job Coach and help make a positive impact today!

WHY WORK WITH FAMILIES FORWARD

Founded in 1935, the Fedcap Group is the parent company of a growing number of top-tier nonprofit agencies dedicated to serving over 300,000 children and adults each year across the United States and the United Kingdom. Families Forward was created to meet the needs of the people in Maine. We're a human services organization committed to helping individuals obtain long-term economic well-being. We work hard to provide access to employment, training, education, and community resources.

Nearly 60% of our staff have lived in Maine for over 20 years. "Mainers" to the core, our team models the strong work ethic and integrity our state is known for. We value each and every employee! This is why our human services nonprofit provides competitive compensation, robust benefits, and plenty of opportunities for personal and professional growth to our job placement specialists.

OUR IDEAL JOB COACH

• Top-notch communicator - has solid verbal and written communication skills
• Passionate - cares about making a difference in our community through our human services nonprofit in a job placement position
• Dependable - is someone who guests and vocational rehabilitation team members can rely on
• Organized - able to effectively prioritize and delegate multiple tasks
• Enthusiastic - is highly energized and motivated to be a team player

If this sounds like you, keep reading!

REQUIREMENTS FOR A JOB COACH

• Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience
• Valid driver's license

Fluency in Arabic, Portuguese, Somali, French, or Lingala is a plus. We would love for this job coach to have previous experience in the employment services field. We are looking for a job placement specialist that is an excellent communicator as well as a team player. We need an organized individual with great time management skills. Being personable and compassionate is key to succeeding in the employment coordinator role. If you meet the above requirements, we need you as a member of our human services nonprofit. Apply today to join our vocational rehabilitation team as a Job Coach!

Location: 04736