Catholic Charities: Diocese of Nashville
Social Work: Employment Specialist
Catholic Charities: Diocese of Nashville
Job Summary
Rate: $39,000.00 – $41,000.00
Location: 2806 McGavock Pike Nashville, TN
Shift: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (Flexible Scheduling Allowed)
Catholic Charities was founded in 1962 with the mission of providing holistic care within Middle Tennessee. Our programs consist of the following homelessness prevention, re-housing, food distribution, emergency materials, utility payments, refugee resettlement, clinical counseling, adoption, and family support, parenting, and multi-pronged community support through neighborhood-embedded family resource centers. Catholic Charities is an established non-profit and is still growing year after year. If you are seeking a job with purpose then you are finally home.
Job Summary:
Provides employment services to refugees, asylees, humanitarian parolees, Cuban-Haitian entrants, and foreign-born victims of trafficking.
Job Responsibilities
- Conducts assessments of experience, skills, and barriers to employment with clients.
- Assists clients with preliminary employment services including but not limited to opening a bank account, applying for a state ID, completing job applications, creating resumes, attending interviews, and securing employment.
- Assists clients in removing barriers to employment including but not limited to transportation, childcare, and English language proficiency.
- Provides job coaching and follow-up services to ensure the success of job placement, including completing household budgets with clients.
- Builds and maintains positive relationships with potential and existing employment partners including employers, organizations providing skill-building opportunities, and temporary agencies.
- Documents all services and activities and ensure client files are accurate, complete, and up to date.
- Reviews program guidelines and updates and participates in training to ensure that services meet the expectations and requirements outlined by the funding.
- Operates an agency vehicle to provide transportation for clients to job interviews and other appointments.
- Actively participates in monthly supervision, bi-weekly team meetings, and monthly department training.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required Education and/or Experience
- High school diploma or GED with 2 or more years of related experience OR associate degree, preferably in social work.
- Experience working with refugees or across cultures preferred.
- Experience working with employers preferred.
Required Skills:
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in one or more refugee languages with a preference for Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Dari, Arabic, Burmese, Somali, Ukrainian, Russian, Spanish, or Kurdish.
- Ability to facilitate intercultural communication and create an inclusive environment.
- Ability to exercise good judgment, courtesy, and tact in dealing with the public and staff.
- Ability to handle confidential information with extreme professionalism.
- Attention to detail and adherence to deadlines.
- Ability to plan and organize work.
- Ability to follow tasks through to completion.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work well as a team and independently with minimal direction.
- Ability to go up and down steps, load and unload car seats, and lift up to 20 lbs.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to learn databases, and other systems, including Salesforce.
- A current driver’s license is required. Ability to legally operate a motor vehicle and provide own transportation.
Catholic Charities of Tennessee is an equal-opportunity employer. Catholic Charities does not discriminate in regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Additional Information
Benefits
- (10) vacation days.
- (12) personal days.
- (18) paid holidays.
- Christmas & Easter Break Included
- 403B plan with company match.
- Pension plan.
- Health insurance, vision, and dental coverage.
How to Apply
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Details
- Date Posted: October 23, 2024
- Type: Full-Time
- Job Function: Administrative
- Service Area: Social / Human Services
- Start Date: 11/04/2024
- Salary Range: $39,000 - $41,000
- Working Hours: 37.5 Hours / Week M-F 8:00AM - 4:30PM