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                                                                            Job Description Specifications                                                     Job Summary:   The Project Coordinator for the California Violence Intervention & Prevention Project (CalVIP) is responsible for providing direct services and support for project participants. This position liaises with existing Case Managers (referral partners), educational partners and prospective employers to support and augment the education-to-employment pathway for CalVIP participants, Project Coordinators provide active advocacy, wrap-around and relational credibility to participants with former criminal-justice involvement who are pursuing education-to-employment pathways.      Essential Duties:   Provide trauma-informed, participant-centered case management of CalVIP participants.    Cultivates relationships with project participants to cultivate trust, build and maintain relationships, and support from enrollment through discharge/program completion.    Guides participants through all available services including vocational training, work readiness training, including advocacy and sourcing for needed services (if available through CalVIP project).   Maintain active and regular contact with participants to gather data about participants’ needs and performance outcomes.    May provide training that reduce barriers to programs completion.    Provides consistent case management support.    Supports participants to overcome historical barriers to employment, including acquisition of educational credentials, transportation, work-related clothing and tools, record expungement, physical/health issues, technological challenges, and/or child support payments.    Collaboratively constructs personal development plans identifying needed additional resources and makes appropriate referrals.    Works with participants to monitor progress towards goals, identify and address challenges, and provide ongoing support.    May liaise with existing Case Managers or referral partner to ensure a warm hand-off into the CalVIP project.   May liaise with CalVIP Finance Specialist or Project Director to ensure eligibility, fund availability, or fund utilization.    May liaise with External Evaluator to maintain or acquire data points, coordinate interviews, or assess project satisfaction.    Develop relationships with potential employer organizations within Los Angeles community that may hire certified Amity Works students and graduates.    Coordinate intake, and eligibility and aptitude/interest assessment of prospective CalVIP participants.    Provide participants with job readiness services, including mock interviewing, coaching regarding appropriate disclosure of part justice involvement or parole status to potential employers.    Prepare, review and update individual service plans (ISP) for participan