Level Entry Job Location THE SANTA FE BRIDGE - GAINESVILLE, FL 32609 Position Type Full Time Education Level Bachelor's Degree Salary Range $15.50 Hourly
Travel Percentage None Job Shift Any Job Category Human Resources
Progress your career with Florida’s largest and fastest growing Community Re-Entry services provider. Bridges of America is the oldest and most successful private non-profit provider of re-entry services in the state of Florida, providing a continuum of care in Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Programs, Transition Centers, and Community Release Centers, for ex- offenders and probation populations. At Bridges of America we “Believe a Man Can Change. “Join us in changing lives at our Santa Fe Bridge location. We are looking for individuals with strong leadership skills and a passion for inspiring, helping and challenging people and we want you to be a part of our Clinical team as an Employment Specialist Employment Specialist delivers Employment Re-Entry Skills and Job Placement/Retention/Advancement curriculum to inmates, recruits and orients potential employers, assist with job checks, assesses inmates skill for potential employment, assist inmates with completing resumes and job applications, provides employment counseling, delivers budgeting skill curriculum and assists inmates with their weekly budgeting skills.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:
Through public relations develop new job contacts for inmate employment.
Oversee and audit inmate employment files.
Update employment information to data entry on a weekly basis.
Conduct Job Readiness and Job Coping classes, including ED Preview.
Coordinate inmate transportation schedules.
Attend department head meetings and clinical staff meetings.
Monitor inmate work schedules, promotions, and salaries.
Conduct on-site visits to inmate employers at least once per month.
Monitor inmate job interviews and job searches.
Develop and maintain an accurate and current job bank.
Verify inmate employment prior to allowing inmate to work on site.
Ensure the Community Work Agreement form is completed by the employer.
EXPERIENCE: One year of experience in criminal justice field; experience in 1) Human Resources, 2) Job Placement, and 3) Public Relations desired.
EDUCATION: Bachelor Degree in related field preferred.
Bridges International / Bridges of America is the provider of services and counseling to persons with chemical dependency/addiction and/or criminal behavior problems the opportunity to experience freedom from the life threatening diseases while maintaining personnel safety and satisfaction. Our program is designed to eliminate the root cause of problems and provide healing for the whole person: mind, body, and spirit; to return the persons served back into the community as productive citizens. We work with the Department of Correction and the Criminal Justice System to manage many of their re-entry programs and assist the individual both from secure managed facilities and unsecure work release programs.
