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Wheaton, Il, Us

Wheaton, Il, Us

Lisle, Il

Maintain a caseload of clients receiving training and job search skills. Facilitate job seeker workshops.• Perform comprehensive assessments to determine clients' skills, barriers, and need for support to obtain employment• Develop individualized plans with milestones and touchpoints resulting in 87% of clients employed at the program exit• Create detailed service plans for populations with barriers, including formerly incarcerated, mental and physical disabilities, and immigrants. Resulting in 90% employment rate• Implement routines and processes to maintain and update accurate client files for monitoring• Compile WIOA performance data from multiple systems and interpret them to analyze trends, deficiencies, and opportunities• Analyze WIOA performance measures and implement routines achieving 80% above goal and 20% above the threshold• Designed and currently facilitate ongoing new job seeker workshop. Participation rates of 20-70 clients

Wheaton

Helping those with a mental health diagnosis achieve meaningful employment through support. Last year our team helped 32 people gain employment!Testimony from one of our clients who just started first job in over two years:"For as long as I can remember, I have struggled with anxiety. When I was in my early 20's, I also started to experience symptoms of psychosis. A short time later, I was diagnosed. The combination of these two diseases was frightening, and put me in a vulnerable position I had never been in before. Not only was I scared, but I also felt alone. I immediately started taking medication and began seeking treatment. One of the many different ways I have helped myself is by volunteering at the NAMI Rise and Shine Cafe. The suggestion first came to me from my mother, who had heard about the program from a friend. I am very thankful that this program was brought to my attention, as I have instantly felt at home since joining the cafe. I started by just volunteering one day a week, and as my confidence grew, I picked up more days until I felt comfortable volunteering there days a week. The cafe not only has provided me with the stability similar to having a job, but it has given me the chance to meet people who struggle with things similar to what I, myself, struggle with. Those, perhaps, have been the two most important things to my recovery. Now, instead of feeling sad or upset because of my situation, I feel fortunate. I am happy to have gained the knowledge and experience of volunteering at the cafe and I know it has made me a better person. Overall, NAMI and the Rise and Shine cafe have given me hope and even understanding during a difficult period of my life. The NAMI staff as a whole has been understanding and supportive, more so than I could ever ask. I believe that I would not be where I am today in my recovery without the people I have met over my time at the Rise and Shine cafe."

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Various

Provide team members with the resources, guidance, and motivation to achieve or surpass objectives across all aspects of customer servicing. Promote company's strategic vision and goals to staff members. Lead overall staffing functions ranging from recruitment and selection to training and performance evaluations. Enforce compliance with corporate regulations, policies, procedures, and standards. Plan and rollout sales initiatives as well as seasonal merchandising plans.Grew sales 40% and headcount 25% by orchestrating successful store expansion from a discount facility to a supercenter.Fueled profits through leveraging of budgets and assets protection / management.Delivered expense reductions while effectively implementing price markdowns, enforcing safety regulations, and improving inventory control with the development / implementation of enhanced operational plans / strategies.Improved associate performance, morale, and engagement by 40% through support initiatives.; Served as primary leadership force of up to 12 discount / superstores, generating from $200M to $500M+ in annual sales revenues.