Manager of Summer Youth & Placement Services

Shift : Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Employment Status: Full Time, Salary

FLSA: Exempt

Travel: 50% - 75% travel during peak months

Vocational Guidance Services (VGS) changes lives and strengthens our communities through services that educate, empower, and provide the opportunity to earn a paycheck! VGS is a highly acclaimed, successful, private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) vocational rehabilitation agency with over 135 years of dedicated experience serving persons with disabilities or other barriers to employment. We are currently seeking a Manager of Summer Youth & Placement Services to perform the following job duties.

Responsibilities

- Responsible for managing placement staff and ensuring that the department meets budgetary goals this includes placement services, community-based work adjustment/assessments, Pre-ETS services, and/or vocational evaluation opportunities.

- Responsible for execution of all components of the summer youth program including planning and developing sites, managing transportation, completing reports, hiring of job coaches, onboarding students and job coaches, and payroll.

- Hiring and supervision of all department job coaches including summer youth and placement including assigning and training coaches

- Customize services and accommodate requests made by referral sources and area employers to provide new opportunities and services that best meet the needs of our individuals.

- Develop and assist in growing our services.

- Develop employer sites for summer youth programming, community based adjustment/assessments, and community employment.

- Align selection of assigned employers/businesses with the service plan/vocational goals, maintaining consistently high frequency and quality communication with individual's job placement and supports team including the coordination of vocational specialists/job coaches on site.

- Manage a caseload of less than 15 and facilitate placement into appropriate, long-term employment commensurate with individual's goals, interests, abilities, and limitations.

- Assist program individuals in their job search by ensuring they attain and maintain solid job search skills and by providing service support and coordination.

- Comply with CARF accreditation programmatic/administrative requirements.

- Liaison to the Employment Collaborative

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; and four years related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of the two is required.

- Must have a CESP or complete during an agreed upon timeframe (3-6 months) upon hire

- Demonstrated skills in salesmanship and marketing.

- Basic knowledge of computer operations, and Microsoft software applications including Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.

- Must have reliable transportation

Vocational Guidance Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability & Veterans.