Overview

We’re Hiring: Job Developer 

Location: Cherry Hill 

Employment Type: Full-Time, In-Person

Are you looking for a new professional challenge? Do you want to build a fulfilling career with real purpose? Join Bancroft, one of the region’s largest nonprofit human services organizations. Here, you’ll be supported by coworkers who are committed to one another, and who strive toward one mission and purpose.

As a nonprofit organization, we are solely committed to supporting people with special needs and their families, to help make it One World. For Everyone.

Responsibilities

Position Summary:Provides jobsite development and coordination of career development for persons served within the Bancroftorganization to identify, maintain, and enhance community-based employment. Assist employmentspecialists/job coaches with job coaching duties to ensure proper generalization of skills across all settings andstaff.

Essential Responsibilities:1. Performs activities associated with the ongoing job development to best match the job preferences andneeds of the individual and prospective employer:2. Conducts job assessments on an ongoing basis with persons served to identify individual jobpreferences, interests, abilities, and satisfaction;3. Identifies and proactively approaches prospective employer organizations to encourage theemployment of persons served within their organizations; e.g., serves on business advisorycommittees, accesses existing employer database/network, attends job fairs, Chamber of Commercefunctions, etc.;

4. In consort with prospective employers, surveys, develops, and documents job openings for matching topersons served; conducts/coordinates and evaluates job sampling activities and on-site tours ofemployer job site to determine job suitability;5. Assists the employment specialist and persons served to identify individual career goals, documentcareer development plan, encourage progressive career growth, develop a resume, accompanypersons served to job interviews, provide support in completing job applications, etc. Supports andprovides information to persons served regarding Social Security benefits, Unemployment benefits,etc., and refers individual to appropriate agency/issue specialist, as needed.

Qualifications

Education: 

• BA/BS in Social Work, Psychology, or a related field required.
• National Certification by the commission of Rehabilitation counseling preferred. Related work experience of two years in employment services required. 
• Minimum of three years of experience working directly with individuals with disabiliites in a employment setting required

What You’ll Love About Bancroft

• Meaningful Purpose: We truly make a difference in the lives of others, which inspires us to be better people, and gives us purpose. 
• Lasting Bonds: We are a close-knit, committed team who feel like a second family
• Personal Growth: There are opportunities to learn and build skills, professional development, career advancement, tuition assistance, and loan repayment programs 
• Outstanding Benefits: We offer competitive salaries, retirement savings program, generous paid time off, medical and dental insurance, and more

The current hiring range for this position is: $23.79 - $27.41

About Bancroft

At Bancroft, you’ll do more than just make an impact. We are a care team of 2,700 employees across 200+ facilities and homes in NJ and DE committed to making a lasting difference in the lives of the people we serve and their loved ones. Together, we work diligently and compassionately, to improve the lives of the people we serve. Find your purpose and more at Bancroft.