1998 S Social Services - Employment Security Commission Work First Job development and Placement 08/18/98 8k

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Stme of NOM Carolire Page]of] Division of Social Services Contr t Application III. Service Program Description Orange County Depanment of Socml3ervices (DSS) is pwchasmg ^ta services ofa Job Development Specialist Gom the Employment Secwity Commission ofNorth Caroline. The GererW Assembly considers tlw Empoyment Secwity Commission the state's prmuvyjob placeme[rc emhoray. The Job Developme[rc Speialirt will be stetiotwd et the DSS and will be provid'mg services to Work First participmns. The foPowhig services are includM b this wntrt: • Vocational Assessmem aM Employment Counseling, • Job Readiness Tra'nting and lob Club, • Fkst Stop Registration, • Process UnemplpymerR [reursnce Claims • lob Developmeta etW Plarzmm[ (placemems hmlude dvece placements aM entered empbymevts), • Folbw-up Services Job Developmeo[ Specialist Duliea The lob Development Spmulist will assess and coureel Work Fvs[ partxiparrts who rare refrtN with m objective of beating empoyment. lob reed'mess avdjob club activhics will hxlude but are not Wvited to mfonation show employer expectatbn, approprete dress aM groaning, resume preparation, goal settwg and networking. O[hr denies ofthe lob Developmera Specalist areas follows: • Interview aPPlicants/pmticiPents to detemdne work history, eduwtioq having, erW St:il~, • Cotduct file searches of sadeblejob openings, • Ref applicant m e~loYws, • Pertbrmjob devebpment comans with empbyers to obtainjob orders, • Provide labor rrerket information to empbyers, applicants, and outer agereies Detemdve eligibilrtY for urcmploYment hmaavice, aM • Folbw-up wrth applicantsaM employers inmeffort to impadjob retentiom Performance Measures NoM Camlvm's Work Fvst Program, implemented N 1Wy 1995, E are ofthe vnst comprehmisive weware refirm efforts w Hx nation. The gwdwg principles of Work Fvst regWres Parems to take perso[ml responsibility Cor then children, limfts the receipt of Work F'as[ Cash Assivaance (temporary aM shad-term), and requves pereas to work. The Orange Cowry Department ofSocial Services, vt conjunction whh tM Employmem Secwuy Commisien have identified Hx Polbwing paformavce measves. • Locate full-time empbymevt for 125 work F"vrt pardcipenu. • Pertbrtn 45empbym visits to developjob openngs for Work Fvst participeMS. • Conduct muNhlYjob readiness workshops. Maintaw covmc[ wah participants and empbyers for three months after placement.