The Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services is looking for a Job Counselor/ Family Investment Specialist I to work in our Glen Burnie/Annapolis location. The Job Counselor will be responsible for meeting the employment needs of the Agency's Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA)/Food Stamps (FS) customers.

Essential Duties:

1. Provide current employment and labor market information for all suitable resources.

2. Assist each customer in establishing realistic employment objectives consistent with achieving federally mandated Work Participation and Universal Engagement.

3. Refer each client to the agency community partner resource entity responsible for employment readiness training.

4. Provide constant guidance and follow up as necessary to ensure employment and program compliance for the TCA program.

5. Record all work-related activities necessary to track each client’s path to achieving his/her employment goals for working towards self-sufficiency.

6. Monitor and accounting for each customer's job placement, performance, and progress.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.

Experience: Six months of public contact experience involving negotiating, interviewing, explaining information, gathering and compiling data, performing analysis of data, writing correspondence, and completing mathematical or legal tasks.

OR

Six months of general office, retail, food service, construction trades, or similar experience including data entry, record filing and maintenance, multi-line phone use, general computer skills and email software. General clerical, data processing, technical or administrative experience is defined as work performing a variety of duties which are clear-cut and typically found in office settings, such as filing, copying, inputting data, general computer skills, and directing telephone calls.

OR

Six months of experience in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Note: These requirements are established by the Family Investment Administration by authority provided in Human Services Article Title 5, Subtitle 2, Section 204 (b)(1) of the Annotated Code of Maryland. The Office of Personnel Services and Benefits of the Department of Budget and Management and the Examination Services Unit of the Maryland Department of Human Services do not have the authority to accept substitutions or equivalents.

This is a contractual position with benefits and is subject to a background check.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $19.02 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Are you willing to undergo a background check for this position?

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Work Location: In person