Career Advisor

Equus Workforce Solutions, formerly ResCare Workforce Services, is the nation's leading provider of workforce development services in North America. With a dedicated and passionate team, Equus puts the industry's best practices to work nationwide by focusing on the development, design, and delivery of demand-driven workforce solutions. Assisting over a million job seekers and thousands of employers annually, Equus Workforce Solutions is the most comprehensive workforce development company in the United States. For more information visit

ResCare Workforce Services is the WIOA Title I service provider in the PA CareerLinks, Northwest Region. We provide jobseeker and employer services in the PA CareerLinks and out in the community.

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· Manages a caseload of customers, providing services to one or more of the following customer groups: WIOA Youth, the universal population and other special program populations as required.
· Present and facilitate group job readiness, life skills, or job search training agenda
· Conduct group orientation for participants and provide a positive introduction to the job search and readiness program
· Ensure all participants achieve the critical competencies taught in the workshop
· Assess competencies using activities and audio-visual equipment
· Identify participant challenges to finding employment and prompt them to find solutions
· Conduct regular ongoing individual meetings with participants for job search, education, job retention and/or job readiness
· Complete an individualized orientation to component services
· Maintain information about area resources and employers
· Meet with participants to conduct one-on-one interviews; assesses job search plans; discuss obstacles to obtaining employment; and monitors daily activities
· Arrange for employers to speak to participants about employment and employer expectations
· Provide government agencies with prompt notification that a participant has lost or reduced hours of employment
· Maintain scheduled, periodic contact with participants in a variety of locations to assess job retention/advancement issues
· Provide information to participants on available training and/or jobs that will lead to advancement
· Send out correspondence to schedule appointments, requests employment verification, and acquires pay stubs when applicable
· Prepare, organize and maintain participant files reflecting the entire history of a program participant; files should be maintained in an audit-ready state including a log of supportive services issued
· Prepare summary documents for and attends appeal hearings when necessary

· Must be able to interact cordially and productively with a diverse population.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
· Must be able to work occasionally long or extended hours, including weekends.
· Must maintain the confidentiality of all information housed in the division.

· B.S. /B.A. in social services or related field, a minimum two (2) years working with targeted population required. Experience may be substituted for formal education.
· Case Management /Career Development experience preferred

All your ResCare Workforce Services is the WIOA Title I service provider in the PA CareerLinks, Northwest Region. We provide jobseeker and employer services in the PA CareerLink Centers and out in the community. The base office for this position is located in Oil City, 1-2 Days per week will be spent at this location, with services for this position being primarily in rural area of Crawford County. Information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Equus Workforce Solutions is a leading provider of workforce development services in North America. With a dedicated and passionate team, Equus puts the industry's best practices to work by focusing on the development, design, and delivery of demand-driven workforce solutions.

When you join Equus, you can expect extensive learning opportunities and networking programs. But most of all you can expect to make a lasting impact on the lives of others.

At Equus we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. Equus Workforce Solutions is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, religion, national origin, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or reprisal or any other characteristic protected under state, federal, or local law.