Job Description: Case Manager


Company: Opportunity Place
Location: Sackville, Nova Scotia
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Case Manager

Opportunity Place, a Nova Scotia Works Employment Services Centre, provides access to high quality, inclusive employment services for employers and job seekers in Bedford/Sackville and area.  We provide one-on-one support, workshop facilitation, employment assessments, case management, job development, employer engagement and employment maintenance services. 

To support our clients, we are hiring a Case Manager.  Working cohesively within a team of employment services professionals, the successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of both in-house and outreach services to our clients; will be highly dynamic, organized and detail oriented, with outstanding people skills, highly adaptable and have a passion for helping clients to achieve their career goals.

Case Manager Responsibilities:
Conduct client needs assessment; identify barriers to employment; develop a plan to address barriers; monitor and evaluate the plan; adjust as needed; provide group facilitation services; follow-up and support.

Case Manager Skills and Competencies:

Career Development 

  • Working knowledge of career development theory and applications
  • Ability to define and manage  career and personal development goals and transition 
  • Adherence to inclusionary practice, ethical decision making, and respect for diversity 
  • Solid understanding of assessment processes, tools and resources 
  • Working knowledge of employment/career related services, programs and interventions 
  • Commitment to professional development and career self-management 

Facilitation

  • Ability to design, organize and facilitate group sessions with diverse client groups on a broad range of topics
  • Good understanding of adult learning principles/ understanding of program evaluation concepts

Case Manager Education, Training, Certification, Experience:

  • Preference will be given to individuals with a bachelor's degree/post-secondary education  in Sociology, Psychology, Education, Human Services or Human Resources, or equivalent education and work experience 
  • Must be certified or willing to attain Career Development Practitioner certification.  The successful candidate must meet the criteria to achieve certification. See www.nscda.ca
  • Several years of relevant experience in services related to career development working with diverse clients 
  • Must have significant demonstrated experience in facilitating learning group activities, workshops
  • Ability to secure a clear Vulnerable Sector Check and/or Criminal Record Check
  • Bilingual (French) considered an asset 

Start Date:  Immediate

 Hours of Work: 9-430 Mon-Fri (some flexibility may be required)

Please send your resume and cover letter in a Word Format, merged into one document to mhudson@opportunityplace.ca  by April 27, 2019.

The Opportunity Place (OPRA) Board of Directors is committed to respecting, fostering and supporting diversity and inclusion at Opportunity Place within its leadership and governance. OPRA believes that respect must be demonstrated by its leadership.  Diverse and inclusive perspectives in decision making produce better decisions.  An organization which reflects the diversity of the many networks, groups, and communities within a framework of respect, equity, sensitivity and competency in all aspects will be more effective in serving and working within those communities.
  
We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workforce with a range of characteristics that make individuals unique.  These characteristics include, but are not limited to, dimensions such as national origin, language, race, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio economic status and family structures. 

All applicants who are members of an employment equity group are encouraged to self-identify.     

  
 

108 Cobequid Road, Suite 100, Lower Sackville NS B4C 2N2
www.opportunityplace.ca