Refugee Employment Specialist in Garden City, Kansas at Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas Inc

Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas, Inc.

REFUGEE EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST

POSITION DESCRIPTION

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Job Status: Full-time -- Generally 40 hours per week.

Supervisor: Executive Director and Director of Family Services

Essential Job Function / Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Assist and support new refugees arriving in Southwest Kansas.
• Support secondary-migrant refugees that move to Southwest Kansas and have been here for less than 5 years.
• Assess refugees for their knowledge on cultural orientation topics.
• Coordinate with volunteers and other community partners to provide necessary resources and advocate for continuing to welcome refugees into our community.
• Assess work skills and work experience for appropriate job placement.
• Support refugees to obtain work skills and vocabulary.

Purpose and Scope:

To help the refugee community to obtain self-sufficiency and community resources that will maintain or improve their living situation. To provide assistance in obtaining and maintaining employment.

General Responsibilities:

• Determine eligibility for employment program based on KSOR Policies and Procedures.
• Complete Family Self Sufficiency Plan and Individual Employment Plan for each individual on the program.
• Assist refugees in completing job applications and understanding job readiness skills.
• Connect refugees to ELT Programming based on their skill level.
• Monitor job performance and re-assess as required by policy and procedures. 2-week, 90 days, 6 months and one year.
• Keeping accurate and up-to-date case notes. Case notes should be entered within 72 hours.
• Submit detailed and thorough documentation in compliance with Catholic Charities, USCCB and KSOR policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular and timely communication with supervisor and staff around any issues concerning the refugees.
• Participate in ongoing supervision and team meetings.
• Inform supervisor of any challenges, and successes in working with the refugee population.
• Participate in trainings that are available both in and outside the agency.
• Maintains confidentiality and appropriately handles sensitive information in compliance with HIP AA standards.
• Acts as liaison between families and community partners as necessary.
• Update MaacLink Database within 72 hours.
• Complete the ICS 100 & ICS 200 Training Sessions in relation to Disaster Management.
• Be aware of the agency Disaster Communication Plan and the roles that each team member will be responsible for.

Position Specifications/Requirements:

Skills, Knowledge and/or Abilities

• Proficient in written and verbal communication.
• Highly motivated individual with good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with people of diverse backgrounds.
• Possess superior organizational skills with an attention to detail.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Competent use of computer systems and software.
• Maintaining client and agency confidentiality.

Education, Training, Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree

Working Environment

• Catholic Charities Garden City Office & Dodge City Office.
• May be some need for flexible working hours.

PHYSICAL STRENGTH DEMANDS: Please mark the appropriate strength rating with a “v”:

The Physical Demands Strength Rating reflects the estimated overall strength requirement of the job. It represents the strength requirements, which are considered to be important for average, successful work performance. The strength rating is expressed by one of the following two terms.

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary Work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time, but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible. NOTE: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

Physical

• Standing
• Walking
• Sitting
• Lifting
• Carrying
• Pushing
• Pulling
• Climbing
• Stairs
• Ramps
• In-Out/Vehicles
• Stooping
• Kneeling
• Crouching
• Crawling
• Reaching
• Head and Neck Movement
• Movement Across Mid-line

Coordination

• Balancing
• Handling
• Controls (buttons, knobs, pedals, levers, cranks)
• Grasp
• Finger Dexterity
• Manual Dexterity
• Motor Coordination
• Driving; Must have a valid driver’s license and good driving record

Mental

• Alertness
• Precision
• Ingenuity
• Problem Solving
• Analytic Ability
• Memory
• Creativity
• Concentration