At Central Carolina Community College, we create transformative lifelong learning opportunities!  We expect all employees to find ways to remove barriers to student success and provide all students a pathway to achievable dreams. Our employees are charged to recognize the challenges we face and to respond to them with empathy, understanding, and a willingness to help.

Job Corps Scholars (JCS) is a government-funded, no cost education and vocational training program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor that helps socioeconomically disadvantaged youth between the ages of 16-24 improve the quality of their lives through academic and career technical training. The program provides intensive counseling services to support and facilitate each student's employment and career success. Job Corps' mission is to attract eligible young people, teach them the skills they need to become employable and independent, and place them in meaningful jobs or further education.

Job Corps' focus is centered around ten career success standards. This set of behavioral expectations in the areas of employability, social development, and independent living skills include: workplace relationships and ethics, communications, personal growth and development, interpersonal skills, information management, multicultural awareness, career and personal planning, independent living, continuous learning, and problem solving and critical thinking.

This is a grant-funded position with an anticipated grant end date of June 30, 2023 with the possibility of the grant being renewed by the U.S. Department of Labor.  Continuation of position is contingent upon grant funds.

Essential Duties

• Provide individual counseling to a caseload of approximately 40 JCS participants using an intrusive advising model guided by an appreciative advising approach.
• Initiate and maintain individual folders on each assigned student; maintain electronic student file updates, case notes and Individualized Service Strategy Plan (ISSP). Collaborate with an Employment Counselor on implementation of strategies outlined in the ISSP for successful participant employment. 
• Conduct in-depth interviews and evaluation to identify education/employment barriers and appropriate JCS services and refer to college/community resources. 
• Provide assessments for academic skill levels and design individualized intervention strategies based on student needs. 
• Conduct assessment for supportive services needs, distribute supportive services, and make referrals to community agencies for further supportive services. 
• Assist students in communicating effectively with faculty, encouraging them to self-advocate and contacting faculty directly as needed.
• Assist participants with course selection and registration prior to the beginning of each semester.
• Facilitate workshops for students focused on personal and academic skill-building.
• Recommend medical or psychiatric evaluation for emotional or psychological problems; conduct referrals to Student Assistance Program, and document student use of program. 
• Utilize new concepts and approaches; recommend and conduct training sessions and conferences to develop greater proficiency among staff in areas of guidance and social adjustment.
• Meet weekly with other JCS staff to discuss achievements and concerns of the program and individual students, and implement program modifications for improvement, if necessary.
• Maintain contact with students' families, as appropriate. 
• Maintain files; enter case notes and other progress notes.
• Plan and participate in student employability programs and cohort building activities.
• Promote the development of career success standards by modeling appropriate behaviors, mentoring students when necessary and monitoring both positive and negative behaviors through interventions.
• Serve on College committees as assigned.
• Complete the annual five-hour staff development.
• Encourage and support College activities, policies, procedures, and philosophies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.