JFCS Pittsburgh

Counselor

• Provide individualized career counseling, both virtually and in person, to job seekers working toward stable employment and improved financial stability.
• Guide clients through exploratory conversations to identify skills, interests, work history, and future goals to inform the career planning process.
• Utilize structured tools and assessments to determine client work-readiness and eligibility for other supportive programs and services.
• Interpret assessment results to help clients identify priorities and key insights to shape their career pathway direction.
• Work with clients to co-create a job search strategy with clear, actionable steps to reach employment, education/training, or career advancement goals.
• Ensure each client has high quality application materials needed to conduct a successful job search.
• Maintain contact with clients during job search and after placement to support successful job retention and continued progress toward career goals.
• Provide on-site career support through regular, community-based office hours for individuals seeking drop-in or one-time assistance.
• Help to develop and facilitate virtual workshops matching current workforce trends, including Resume Writing, Job Search Techniques, Interviewing Skills, and other topics as required.
• Collaborate regularly with case managers and other internal staff across JFCS departments to ensure coordinated support and access to community resources for clients.
• Track and regularly monitor program data, including client engagement and case notes, in the agency database and across other platforms as needed.
• Participate in training, community meetings, and professional conferences, representing the Career Services department as required.
• Flexibility to adjust work schedule as needed to accommodate occasional evening appointments and/or other program activities.
• Assume other related duties as assigned.

Career Counselor – Economic Mobility

Manager

• Provide guardianship services for persons adjudicated incompetent by the court.
• Oversee client care and work with their caregivers on their behalf.
• Attend meetings regarding clients' care and well-being.
• Advocate for the clients' needs and best interests in all aspects of their lives.
• Conduct monthly visits/interactions with clients.
• Coordinate care with nursing homes, home health agencies, or care providers.
• Review medications and document all visits/communications/care conferences.
• Participate in care planning conferences regarding residential, health or educational programs of the client.

Guardianship Case Manager

Community Manager

• Lead a two-year design and implementation project on faith-based grief practices.
• Research national projects and nurture a “community of practice” on grief.
• Design curricula and a Grief Resource Guide for community support.
• Create accessible materials like handouts and online content.
• Design and deliver workshops on preparing families for loss.
• Plan for scaling of pilot initiative.

Career Counselor – Economic Mobility

Guardianship Case Manager

Community Grief Support Coordinator