HRC PROGRAM COORDINATOR

SUMMARY
The HRC Program Coordinator (HRCPC) will assist clients in assessing their job skills for positions, instruct clients in job seeking, application procedures, resume writing, interview preparation, and job retention skills and attitudes. The HRCPC will arrange for interviews, monitor client performance on the job and counsel participants when job performance is not satisfactory. The HRCPC will also conduct workshops on everyday life skills such as cooking, cleaning, shopping, personal care, getting to relevant medical and psychiatric appointments, meeting the requirements of a lease, getting along with neighbors and others, decreasing isolation, fostering community integration and productive use of leisure time, and budget development and management. The HRCPC will also plan and implement weekly programs and/or activities for clients.

REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor’s degree (completed or expected in next two years) plus one year of experience providing programming, daily living skills and job readiness classes to homeless individuals or other relevant human service experience, or bachelor’s degree that required a one-year practicum working directly with homeless individuals with mental disabilities and one year above experience. Or an associate’s degree in a health or human services field and two years of experience as stated above. Bilingual Spanish/English preferred.

DUTIES
• Offer services in a manner that is sensitive and responsive to each individual’s cultural, linguistic and lifestyle needs and preferences.

• Establish respectful, effective relationships with HRC clients and with the housing and outreach team.

• Collaborate with the housing team on the implementation of individualized service plans for all participants, as well as observe and record information that can further the therapeutic goals of each client.

• Must maintain confidentiality.

• Develop employment opportunities for homeless clients.

• Provide information, pre-employment assessment and workforce re-entry planning services and coordination.

• Work with participants to improve job performance and gain necessary job skills, review other employment options, maintain contact with employers during the participants' employment, and report results to appropriate staff, track participant activity and progress data.

• Initiate and maintain ongoing personal contacts with a variety of businesses and industry representatives and job placement/training agencies to promote HOPE for participant placement.

• Collect data from employers related to available jobs including requirements and skills.

• Match job skills with applicant qualifications.

• Refers qualified applicants to employers and conduct necessary follow-up when applicants are placed in positions.

• Help arrange for job interviews.

• Provide workshops on handling finances, importance of budgeting, making purchases, and meeting financial obligations.

• Provide daily living skills workshops in routine housekeeping tasks, meal preparation, dressing, personal hygiene, administration of medications and other areas of daily living, home safety, first aid and emergency procedures.

• Provide follow up services to ensure that client needs are being met.

• Plan and implement weekly programs and/or activities.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.