Reentry Coordinator at Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

Description

Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania is a nonprofit organization that funds job training, education, and other community programs by selling donated clothing and household items in Goodwill stores and online. We offer life-changing work on a mission-minded team. We are 1,000 working as one and each of us is essential to helping our community thrive. For three years running, Goodwill has been named to Forbes’ list of America’s “Most Inspiring Companies”.

We offer a wide range of career opportunities ranging from entry-level to management in retail, human services, and administrative fields. Learn more about working at Goodwill. You can help. We can show you how.

The Re-Entry Coordinator will oversee the program creation and ongoing success of the First Step Act (FSA) including supervision of direct staff. The Coordinator and their staff will provide employment-focused pre and post-reentry services to those currently incarcerated within a prison or contracted facility as well as those under legal supervision while in the community. This position will need to maintain team agility in service delivery as each participant’s successful phase completion will vary. It will be critical for the Coordinator to collaborate with other Goodwill departments and/or community organizations to ensure appropriate services are delivered with excellence. They will act as a liaison to funding sources, families, customers, employers and other community organizations and stakeholders.will oversee the program creation and ongoing success of the First Step Act (FSA) including supervision of direct staff. The Coordinator and their staff will provide employment-focused pre and post-reentry services to those currently incarcerated within a prison or contracted facility as well as those under legal supervision while in the community. This position will need to maintain team agility in service delivery as each participant’s successful phase completion will vary. It will be critical for the Coordinator to collaborate with other Goodwill departments and/or community organizations to ensure appropriate services are delivered with excellence. They will act as a liaison to funding sources, families, customers, employers and other community organizations and stakeholders.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Plan, direct, and evaluate the work of program staff, volunteers, and students/interns.


• Based off participant’s phase completion, utilize and/or develop and update the Individual
  Development Plan(IDP) for participant(s); retrieving or inputting into database as applicable.


• Facilitate a job club within contracted facilities and in the community presenting best practices
  and focusing on retention seeking efforts.


• Deliver PA DOC’s Pathway to Success curriculum and other curricula as assigned. Integrating
  interactive, hands-on lesson plans to appeal to a variety of learning styles while making necessary
  adaptations to fit the population being served.

Travel Required: Yes, travel is required.

Schedule: Monday - Friday, schedule varies based on participant needs. 

External Hiring Range:  $45,760.00 to $47,590.40

Retention Incentive: $1500 after 6 months of employment and $1500 after 1 year of employment 

Qualifications: 

• Masters degree and 1year experience related to providing human/social services and case management required; Experience with justice involved and incarcerated individual(s) strongly preferred.


• Bachelors degree and 3 years experience related to providing human/social services and case management required; Experience with justice involved and incarcerated individual(s) strongly preferred.


• Associates degree and 5 years experience related to providing human/social services and case management required; Experience with justice involved and incarcerated individual(s) strongly preferred.

Additional Qualifications: 

• Candidates are expected to provide current valid clearances (Child Abuse Clearance, FBI Fingerprints Clearance, and PATCH) upon hire.  

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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