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- Assists with the development of a therapeutic milieu in accordance
with the United States Veterans Initiative Mission and Philosophy
and are consistent with funder priorities.
- Acts as a conduit for U.S.VETS to ensure engagement and coordination
with partners, such as county government agencies, community
organizations and programs for service-delivery for veterans through
the peer support program.
- Work directly with the Peer Support Specialist training school to
counsel students, identify and recruit potential student placements,
participate in Peer Career Expos, and monitor employment for six
months once placed to ensure sustainability and mitigate retention
challenges.
- Maintains a comprehensive list of employers and service providers to
connect peer support specialists to employment.
- Provide referrals to U.S.VETS or outside programs for any veterans
in need of other services such as housing, recovery and mental
health counseling.
- Uses innovative, evidence-based and community-identified strategies
to support peer support specialists to meet projected grant
deliverable of obtaining and sustaining employment.
- Collaborate with staff at partnering training organization, for
application management, data collection and entry, and other
grant/program functions.
- Responsible for quarterly reports, corrective action plans, as well
as reports for other Peer Support Specialist funders and
organizational weekly, monthly and year-end reports, ensuring
consistency with work plan and funders schedules.
- Conducts internal audits of client files of the peer support
specialists and participates in monitoring visits.
- Participate in employment related committees in L.A. County, such as
the USC Collaborative and the L.A. Veterans Employment Council.
- Coordinates Career Fairs and Informational events with perspective
peer support specialists and employers.
- Maintains and submits weekly schedules, timesheets, mileage logs,
expenses and other required documentation accurately and in a timely
manner.
- Attends team meetings as scheduled.
- Handles special projects as required
- Performs other duties as required.
