IN-FSSA-DDRS-WIOA Partner Navigators Dist11

Job id: 737116

Department: IDOH

Position: Partner Navigators

Location: Vocational Rehab. Office 401 SE 6th Street Suite 212 Evansville IN 47713

Duration: 6 Months

• This is a fulltime position 37.5 hours a week working MondayFriday with a 1hour unpaid lunch break.
• This position does require fingerprinting and background checks.
• This position will require traveling within the district the candidate is working. Please see the attached map for districts. Mileage will be reimbursed at the current State Rate.
• This position will be a hybrid position with the capability of working remotely.
• Candidate must reside in District 11 Counties Knox Gibson Posey Vanderburgh Warrick Pike Dubois Spender and Perry counties.

• Embedded WIOA partner navigators will coordinate services that advance competitive integrated employment for individuals served across partner programs.

Objectives:

• Increase the number of individuals with disabilities served across partner programs and leverage support and resources to serve those individuals.
• Streamline access to services across partner programs reducing or eliminating gaps or barriers in accessing needed services and identifying a shared service delivery approach.
• Implementing successful practices to support participant navigation through Workforce services including transition from high school into postsecondary training with a clearly defined vocational goal; securing wraparound supports to promote successful completion of postsecondary training for youth and adults especially with individuals experiencing barriers to successful completion; facilitating access to meaningful workbased learning activities; and coordinating other needed services to support quality employment outcomes.
• WIOA partner navigators (WPNs) will be embedded in the culture of the designated Work One center(s) and VR office(s).
• WPNs will be an embedded resource with knowledge of programming services and access points across partner programs.
• WPNs will be skilled in relationship building to support appropriate linkages and mutual delivery of services to shared participants across partner programs.
• To facilitate this approach WPNs will be housed at both partner sites embedded in the culture of partner agencies regularly attend staff meetings and obtain and retain knowledge of partner program services.
• Their primary role is to connect individuals with disabilities to appropriate partner programs promote a streamlined crossreferral process improve service and program access for individuals with disabilities and guide braided service delivery across programs. WPNs will serve as a resource for colleagues and may arrange for ongoing crosstraining across partner programs.
  

Requirements.

• Bachelors degree plus at least two years of experience in training social services workforce services vocational rehabilitation education or related fields.
• Knowledge of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience with building and retaining partner and stakeholder relationships.
• Experience in working with individuals and job seekers with disabilities is strongly preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Selfstarter who can work independently