Overview

Salary $42,000 year

Do you have a passion for making a difference in someone’s life? Are you looking for an opportunity to use your background and empathetic nature to work for a progressive, forward-thinking company? Then the LEAP Facilitator position is for you!

The LEAP Facilitator provides Lehigh County Jail inmates with critical job readiness and employability skills needed to secure employment once released. This position provides instruction to the LEAP participants pre-release within the American Job Center located in the jail, delivering a workforce curriculum, career pathway planning, and strategies that minimize employment barriers for returning citizens.

Responsibilities

· Effectively deliver job readiness and employability skills instruction using JOBTECH curriculum in both small group and individual settings to transitioning offenders to ultimately place them in jobs and reduce recidivism rates

· Counsel, motivate, and encourage job seekers in advancing employment, training, and retention goals and provides strategies that mitigate successful job placement and retention for participants

· Ensure the coordination of regular on-site, education and training activities by CareerLink staff, community partners and area employers

· Work with jail staff to collect and analyze information about LEAP participants through records, personal interviews and workforce ready assessments to help with career and occupational advising and planning

· Maintain current knowledge about instructional strategies, assessments and labor market information applicable to returning citizens and regional Second Chance employers

Qualifications

Education and Experience Requirements

· Bachelors’ degree or comparable experience in education/training, workforce, criminal justice or a related field

· Proven success in educational training, career counseling or corrections work with returning citizens and meeting prescribed goals

· Successful candidate will be required to obtain all necessary security clearances

· Valid driver's license and clean driving record required

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About EDSI EDSI is a progressive, forward-thinking, family-owned company that is B Corp Certified.