Supported Employment Specialist, Workforce First Genesis

Join us in building a community where our clients, staff, and supporters find common ground and grow together. The Other Ones Foundation (TOOF) is a nonprofit that offers safe and dignified shelter, paired with vocational training, to create reliable pathways to housing and independence for our unhoused neighbors. TOOF represents a community where no one lives in the margins; where all people are inherently valued. Website: Nonprofit Offering Aid To People Experiencing Homelessness

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide support and practical job coaching to participants, with the goal of broadening skill sets and preparing participants to pursue opportunities for future independent employment

• Assess clients’ vocational performance on an ongoing basis

• Collaborate with colleagues to support client engagement efforts to maximize successful outcomes

• Maintain a safe and efficient work site by providing necessary work equipment, provide safety training to participants using the tools, and ensure all distributed supplies are accounted for and stored correctly at the end of each shift

• Provide engaged, client-centered supervision of crews which integrates organizational training standards into daily field operations

• Submit case notes and supporting documentation into Apricot, Tracktik (Incident Reports), and Microsoft365 in a timely manner and in accordance with organizational standards.

• Provide effective service delivery by utilizing person centered, strengths-based, trauma informed, and harm-reduction perspectives

• Collaborate with appropriate teams and partners to ensure accuracy of client sign-in, sign-out, and break reporting

• Proactively carries out client engagement, interview, and assessment efforts for clients interested in pursuing advanced workforce development opportunities

• Ensure effective communication between the SES team and workforce first participants by providing relevant feedback promptly and constructively

• Provide soft skills development via Personalized Improvement Plans, in collaboration with the Case Management Team

• May communicate program needs and/or submit work orders to fleet and facilities as it pertains to the scope of resident work opportunities or workforce first operations

• May operate a large passenger van with attached trailer daily, providing transportation for crew members to and from worksites

Supervisor

• Supportive Employment Specialist Team Lead

Compensation

FLSA status: Non-Exempt

$24.84/hour (Annualized $51,675.00) +5% if fully bilingual in Spanish or ASL

Employment Status and Schedule

Full-Time, 40 hours/week

1st Shift: M-F 8am-4pm

Shift differential of +10% compensation for hours worked between 7pm-7am weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays

Location

Onsite: Esperanza Community, 760 Bastrop Hwy SB, Austin, TX 78741

Benefits offered to Full-Time Employees

Medical, Dental, Vision

Group Term Life (employer paid), Life Insurance Buy Up, Short and Long Term Disability, Critical Illness, Accidental

Flexible Spending Account

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Paid training and professional development opportunities

401K Plan

TOOF is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to embracing diversity. The essential functions are the basic job duties that an employee must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation. Our organization is a fair chance hiring employer. Once a conditional offer of employment has been made to an applicant, the applicant will be subject to a background check/investigation in accordance with the federal, state, or local compliance.

Minimum Qualifications and Skills

• Ability to perform physical labor in outdoor and indoor environments, lift and move heavy items
• Strong communication skills; respectful and solution-focused
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries, engagement skills, de-escalation, and conflict mediation with a challenging population or in a stressful environment
• Ability to collaborate and problem-solve, independently or with a team
• Ability to effectively analyze key outputs, performance indicators, and other relevant data points in service of maintaining accountability to contractual obligations and program goals
• Reliable transportation and attendance

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Experience in social or vocational services
• Experience working with individuals that are experiencing homelessness
• Experience working in outdoor environments
• Valid Driver’s License and ability to be insured by our carrier
• Bilingual in Spanish.
• Experience driving passenger vans and/or trailers

Physical Demand Description

• Performing general physical activities
• Outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions
• Wear common protective or safety equipment
• Exposure to hazardous material or contaminants

The role will oversee the work projects of individuals participating in the Workforce First program (often outdoor/manual labor), provides basic life skills coaching, and employment-focused tasks and support. The Workforce First program is a radically low-barrier, short term work opportunity designed to address the immediate income needs of our participants that are experience homelessness.