Job Development
The Job
Development position provides a range of services to the community and to
Prairie Harvest clients who, without services would become homeless.
This range of services includes: service
coordination, consumer assessment, service monitoring and employment education
to consumers, businesses and the general public.
Specifically, the Job Developer will:
Provide an assessment of each client in the following areas:
 | Client’s need to work |
| Client’s interest in working |
| Client’s ability to work |
| Type of work that the client is interested in doing |
| Establish
relationships with community employers. |
| Provide
direction and assistance to participants in obtaining jobs with livable
wages and benefits. |
| Help
to identify, secure and supervise potential work contracts for work teams. |
| Work
to create better paying level jobs with the opportunity for advancement for
participants. |
| Conduct
individual and group training sessions on various work related skills such
as: |
| Job searching skills |
| Interviewing |
| Resume writing |
| Co-worker relationships |
| Appropriate hygiene/clothing for work |
| Accepting change in schedules |
| Information on how work effects SSI and SSDI benefits |
The Job Developer will work on
expanding job opportunities in the community as well as providing participants
with skill building activities so they can return to work.
The Job Developer will allow us to work on changing societies attitudes
about hiring people with disabilities as well as to work with participants in
changing their perceptions about working. It
will be a challenge for the Job Developer to train clients in this area as well
as the social benefits that go along with work: a reason to get up in the
morning, respect from co-workers, improved self-esteem, to name a few.
Just as challenging will be educating the community business leaders and
citizens about the potential the people we serve have in working in competitive
jobs.
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