The John Howard Society of Durham Region has an exciting opportunity for you. If you have a love of learning, a passion to teach and have excellent reading, writing, digital and math skills, we would like to encourage you to apply.
Pre-Employment Training Instructor Division: Literacy and Basic Skills Program, Employment and Training Services
Work Status: Full-Time
Location: Durham Region (all offices as required)
About the Role:
The Literacy and Basic Skills Program, known as the Learning Alternatives Program, of the John Howard Society of Durham Region is funded by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development. The program helps individuals to develop and apply communication, numeracy, and digital skills to achieve their goals of employment, post-secondary, apprenticeship, secondary school credit or independence. The program focuses on adults who are unemployed or employed and who need to improve foundational skills to maintain or upgrade their workplace skills. Program delivery is individualized dependent on learner goals within a group setting.
Reporting to the Director of Employment and Training Services, the Instructor will work closely with the Employment and Training teams to design curriculum and deliver pre-employment training to individuals that support the development and growth of foundational soft skills, critical thinking, financial literacy, business fundamentals, computer and technology use, and labour market sector specific training.
The role will support and help the Employment and Training teams to coordinate the transition of individuals from Pre-Employment training services to Employment Services and vice versa.
You’ll be working on things like:
Service User Support
- Conduct initial, on-going and exit educational assessments to determine adult literacy levels, milestones, and goal attainment.
- Develop curriculum and facilitate teaching 1:1 in-person or virtually or, to a group with learning objectives and outcomes based on learner goals, labour market demand, employer needs, and funder requirements.
- Demonstrate advanced digital technology, reading, writing and math skills and an understanding of OALCF levels 1, 2 and 3 to effectively guide learners and develop relevant curriculum.
- Foster a positive learning environment for service users of diverse socio, economic and cultural backgrounds.
- Develop strategies for facilitating pre-employment training to individuals with complex needs.
- In consultation with the employment and training teams, evaluate processes and implement methods to gather service user feedback.
- Alongside the teams you will support or conduct one-to-one intake and assessments to determine life stability supports, employment and training goals and identify steps to educational attainment or employment.
- Plan and deliver workshops such as Pathways to Post secondary, Essential Skills, Digital Technology, Better Jobs Ontario or any related employment and education informational workshops or workplace orientation sessions to assist service users to develop skills and strategies required to meet the expectations of work, education and/or training.
- Support the Employment and Training teams to deliver workshops where skills deficiencies might pose a challenge for service users such as Smart Serve, Basic Food Safety, Better Jobs Ontario, and computer one-to-one training.
Case Management/Documentation
- Maintains up-to-date case notes, progress reports and service user files with clear rationale for methods and interventions used, and statistical documentation in accordance with the program requirements. Must meet quality standards and provide accurate and timely data entry and filing procedures to the database.
- Use Cognitive Skills counselling or other counselling models to evaluate education and employment readiness, negotiate readiness for change and develop a suitable action plan (where required)
- In consultation with Employment and Training teams, advise/clarify educational goal paths and provide relevant pre-employment instruction based on the Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum Framework (OALCF)
- Work together with both the Employment and Training teams to ensure coordination between programs for participants and utilizing available resources. Participate in on-going case conferencing meetings with Employment and Training teams to support service determination needs.
- Complete and track follow up interventions with service users as required.
Community, Administration & Other
- In consultation with the teams, market JHS training programs in the community in accordance with program marketing and outreach plan
- Establish relationships with employers or sector associations in Durham Region to determine labour market needs and training opportunities.
- Work in partnership with LBS community and Employment Service Network
- Establish and maintain positive relationships with other community services agencies and employers.
- Maintain statistical data relative to program objectives including service user and contractual information; participate in program record keeping in an accurate and auditable manner in accordance with established program procedures (Excel)
- Achieve all services outcomes and targets as developed by the funder and agency.
- Make referrals to community agencies as deemed appropriate.
- Ensure that all services are provided within the standards of service maintained by JHS and consistent with the agency’s philosophical beliefs.
- Representing the agency in the community when required
- Attend workshops, meetings and seminars as requested.
- Other related duties as required.
If you have the following…we want to hear from you!
- Completed post secondary education in Education, Social Services, or related field.
- Teaching/tutoring experience and demonstrated understanding and application of the principles of adult education.
- Facilitation, Employment, and general counselling experience.
- Knowledge of pre-employment support methods, retraining opportunities and labour market information and resources.
- Postsecondary proficiencies for math, reading, writing, grammar, and digital technology skills (i.e excel, word). You will be asked to demonstrate.
- Understanding of Skills for Success and the OALCF framework, i.e., goal paths, competencies, tasks, and levels of performance
- You are a self-starter.
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Solid understanding of group dynamics and ability to motivate others.
- A strong understanding of adult learners’ needs and circumstances.
- Proven experience working with all different demographics of learners or job seekers, including youth, newcomers, internationally trained professionals, newcomers, OW, EI and ODSP recipients, individuals experiencing long term unemployment and differently abled persons.
- Strong case management assessment skills
- Able to take initiative and work as part of a team.
- Understanding and knowledge of learning styles and learning disabilities and their impact on learning.
- Strong computer skills in a Windows environment using Office 365 applications (Word, Excel PowerPoint), as well as knowledge of computerized learning software applications.
- Experienced in using Zoom to host/co-host meetings, including using polls, breakout rooms, annotation mode.
- Strong knowledge of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WordPress
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
We value candidates that can contribute their education, work experience and anti-oppressive practices focusing on the following related perspectives:
- Work in collaboration with other staff to value experience, contributions and perspective and ensure program responsibilities/expectations are met
- Able to bring knowledge of Employment & Training and Harm Reduction and Addiction and Mental Health practices is an asset
- Be able to work with the service users to respond to their needs and concerns as it relates to the goal of the program
- Understands the challenges related to employment and the labour market
- Provide a wide variety of counselling modalities with service users
- Has the ability to educate service users, community agencies and businesses
- Awareness of the existing issues, strengths, trends and challenges within Durham Region
- Clear boundaries with service users and community
Status: Full Time
Hours: 8am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, must be able to work flexible shifts with notice
Location: Durham Region (Oshawa based) with required travel to JHS office locations and community partners
Reports to: Director of Employment Services and Training
Travel: Yes, as required (mileage reimbursement)
Salary: $22.34 to $22.81 per hour to start
Benefits: Yes – Extended Health, Life, LTD, Dental, LTD, Accident, RRSP and EAP
Start Date: September
POSTED: August 23, 2023
CLOSES: August 31, 2023
Please apply through this link: https://jhsdurham.bamboohr.com/careers/321
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
The terms and conditions of employment are in accordance with the Collective Agreement between the John Howard Society of Durham and C.U.P.E. (Bargaining Unit Local 2936.13).
Successful applicants must provide a satisfactory Criminal Investigation Reference for the vulnerable sector, dated within the past six (6) months.
Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the recruitment and assessment process in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) . Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.
At John Howard Society we value inclusion and diversity. We are committed to fostering a culture that is respectful, inclusive and accessible and to employing a workforce that is representative of the diverse community we provide services to. As an equal opportunity employer we welcome applications from all qualified applicants.
The John Howard Society is committed to providing a safe and healthy work environment and to preventing the transmission of COVID 19 infections among employees and service users and believes that immunization against COVID-19 is an individual and societal responsibility and that we must do everything possible to protect our clients, families, employees, students, volunteers, and contractors against the spread of COVID-19.
About Us
We thank you for your interest in obtaining employment with the John Howard Society of Durham Region. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. John Howard Society of Durham is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
To Learn More About our Agency
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Updated August 2023