Voc Specialist 1 - Grade 18

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This title exists in Children&Family Svcs, Off of and has approximately 18 positions.

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Salary Information for Voc Specialist 1
Title Grade Hiring Rate/yr Job Rate/yr
Voc Specialist 1 18 $65,001 $82,656
Voc Specialist 2 21 $75,850 $96,173

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Job Duties

As a Vocational Specialist 1, you would coordinate vocational programs for youth placed in the custody of the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). You would help individuals advance their academic and vocational skills and enhance their ability to secure and maintain employment. Under general supervision, you would perform the full range of academic and vocational evaluation and assessment activities to evaluate the youth’s vocational levels by meeting with the individual youth to determine specific needs, designing and implementing an appropriate employability plan, and overseeing the development of youth portfolios (vocational folders). In addition, you would work with local employers and other staff to develop job training and placement opportunities in the community, oversee work-based learning programs, maintain records of contacts with placement resources, and follow-up periodically on placements. A Vocational Specialist 1 provides direction in the integration of academic and workforce development skills and supervises Vocational Instructors and, in some cases, other facility staff in implementing the various components of the career, education, and employment training program. Vocational Specialists also assist in an administrative capacity to aid the education administrator with monitoring education programming and are responsible for data entry in various types of data systems.

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Summary of Minimum Qualifications

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26-543

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