EMPLOYMENT DEVEVLOPMENT LIAISON

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Are you looking for a career you can feel good about? We hire only those that strive to do their best. By joining our family, you'll receive the honor and recognition that comes with working for the industry's global leader in evidenced based rehabilitation.

Who We Are:

GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.

Why Work for GEO:

• We believe that work is more than a place you go to every day. It is about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things.
• Employee benefits play an important role in making The GEO Group a great place to work. At GEO, we believe in the three pillars of employee wellbeing: physical, emotional, and financial. With comprehensive benefits and competitive wages, we trust that you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.

Responsibilities

Summary

This position supports a network of job development and pre-employment services within the Program Area and is familiar with pre-employment services, transitional work opportunities and long-term job opportunities within the Program Area. This position has basic knowledge of the expungement process, the benefits of completing the process, and/or the ability to provide information or a referral on how to expunge a criminal record, or obtain a Certificate of Rehabilitation.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinates and monitors job development services taking place at CBP facilities within the Program Area.
• Provides support for CBP Job Developers.
• Develops a network of prospective employers (e.g., trade associations, labor unions, etc.) within the Program Area that will work with participants.
• Liaison with DAPO and DRP on employment related policy issues.
• Collects and maintains employment data for the Program Area.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Two (2) years of experience as a Job Developer or Employment Specialist or in a similar position.
• Must understand a variety of models including cognitive behavioral therapy and criminogenic risk factors.
• Ability to recognize the importance of family, social networks, and community systems in the treatment and recovery process.
• Ability to know and comply with program documentation requirements, applicable ethical and professional standards of conduct.
• Ability to provide services appropriate to the personal and cultural identity and language of the participant.
• Ability to tailor program services to the participant's stage of dependence, change, or recovery.
• Ability to appropriately use strategies from accepted and culturally models with participants with substance use and other criminogenic risk factors
• Ability to establish rapport with Participants, including management of crisis situation and determination of need for additional professional assistance.
• Ability to facilitate the participant's engagement in the treatment and recovery process.
• Must possess the skills necessary to implement the employment plan, consult as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, and assess ongoing planning efficacy.
• Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.

GEO Reentry Services LLC.