Case Manager

Reports to :

• Statewide Program Supervisor  FLSA Status : Exempt  Job Type : Full-Time  Supervisory Responsibility : No  Work Location : Saginaw   POSITION OVERVIEW :   This position helps participants increase their job readiness, provides job search techniques, career planning, support services, workplace soft skills, and internship opportunities, and provides post-employment job retention and wage progression services.

It helps participants develop critical thinking skills, reduce employment / barriers, and increase self-esteem.  RESPONSIBILITIES :

Refer to, advocate with, and coordinate community resources.  Provide participants with support services to reduce barriers to employment and ensure accurate documentation of support services.  Help customers increase job readiness through skill development, resume assistance, and improved interview and soft skills.  Maintain current, accurately documented participant files, and complete all required paperwork and service tracking reports according to deadlines.  Enter participant records into a database, and update and maintain data regularly.  Maintain employment resource information and promote job-ready participants to area employers.  Provide follow-up to employees and employers to enhance employee retention and wage progression.  QUALIFICATIONS :

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Women, people of color, LGBTQ, veterans, and disabled candidates are encouraged to apply.  Organization  The Michigan AFL-CIO WDI is a non-profit federation of more than forty labor unions representing over 1 million working people across Michigan.

Employees of the Michigan AFL-CIO WDI may work in collaboration with one, or all, of our affiliated nonprofit organizations in the Federation, including :