Job Placement Resource Specialist

The role

The Job Placement Resource Specialist coordinates employment and social support services for Offender Success participants. This role involves analyzing the labor market, building business relationships, and assisting participants with career management and social supports.

What you will do

• Work with participants, parole agents, and community coordinators to assist with job placement and supportive services
• Administer assessments and produce action plans for participants regarding long-term Economic Stability
• Utilize assessments to identify financial assistance needs, educational goals, and employment strengths
• Work with businesses to verify employment and determine future suitability for participants
• Understand labor market and in-demand industries for participants
• Engage and connect with business alliance groups to support employer needs
• Partner with Region 8 workforce boards Business Services Team for employer outreach and education
• Link participants to training opportunities with local workforce boards, community colleges, and training providers
• Receive referrals from the parole office and conduct required reporting on the mandated MDOC spreadsheet
• Create and maintain files with updated case notes

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of training and/or experience OR relative field work or experience in criminal justice, counseling, social work, sociology or related field
• Understand the challenges of those individuals' seeking services who are returning into society after incarceration
• Microsoft spreadsheet knowledge
• Strong communication skills
• Disciplined analytical thinking/ decision making

Nice to have

• Knowledge or experience related to Criminal Justice or Corrections
• Knowledge and experience related to workforce employment and training programs

Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Benefits
• Opportunities for Growth
• Robust onboarding experience
• Team of Teams training
• Job training and development

About the company

Kinexus Group is a community development organization creating solutions for business, workforce, and community challenges to promote economic vitality in Michigan.