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Community Involvement
Highlights
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The Gary Job Corps Center's Student Government Association, staff and the San Marcos Embassy Suites staff shared Christmas cheer with residents from the San Marcos Nursing and Rehabilitation Center by caroling and sharing cookies.
For more than 5 years, the Gary Job Corps Center and Embassy Suites staffs have partnered together to volunteer their time at local nursing homes during Christmas, Father's Day, Mother's Days, and Valentine's Day events.
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Putting the Young People of America to Work
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As one of the nation's longest running Job Corps center operators, ResCare Workforce Services leverages a seven-point service delivery model that successfully places young adults on meaningful career paths. Learn more at ResCare.com.
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In a recent
Open Line letter, Job Corps National Director, Lenita Jacobs-Simmons,
announced a new career development program that will change career planning for Job Corps students.
The new program is called MyPACE, (My Pathway to Achieving Career Excellence) and includes a blended learning curriculum, a technology tool, lesson plans and robust, ongoing student engagement that allow Job Corps participants to set and track their achievements and connect with future sustainable-wage, high-demand jobs.
Read the
Open Line letter to learn more about the MyPACE career development program.
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Watch this video to understand how hundreds of high school students in west Texas are gaining valuable insights about career opportunities that will soon be available to them in their own backyard and how local businesses are making investments in them today to avoid workforce challenges in the future.
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'
Fresh Ideas' Welcomed
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Maintaining world-class Job Corps centers requires a constant review of new concepts and perspectives from each of our stakeholders.
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ResCare Workforce Services Hiring Leadership
Staff for New Milwaukee Job Corps Contract
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Earlier this month, ResCare Workforce Services began operating the Milwaukee Job Corps Center in Wisconsin.
The center is one of several Job Corps operations managed by ResCare Workforce Services, which has more than 40 years of experience in managing centers and programs that help young people ages 16-24 prepare themselves for employment, advanced education or military service.
The leadership staff has quickly built a competent team that is working to deliver life-transforming services to the participants at the Milwaukee Job Corps Center. However, there remain several important staff positions that need to be filled. They include:
Visit ResCare.com/Careers to learn more about these and other positions at the Milwaukee Job Corps Center.
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as Center Director for Milwaukee Campus
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Levros joins the ResCare staff with more than 10 years of experience working with adolescents in both Job Corps and residential treatment programs.
Most recently, he served as the training director at Blue Ridge Job Corps Center and has previously functioned in roles from residential advisor to center director at other Job Corps centers.
His experiences working with Job Corps centers of varying staff compositions and on-boarding strengths has him well-prepared to build a high-performing culture for staff and participants at the Milwaukee Job Corps Center.
Please join us in welcoming Juvenel Levros to the ResCare Workforce Services family.
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Gary Job Corps Honors Safety & Security Supervisor
as December
Employee of the Month
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Matthew Santy was selected as the December Employee of the Month for his outstanding dedication to the Gary Job Corps Center and the surrounding community.
Matthew has been employed by the Gary Job Corps Center for two years as the Safety & Security Supervisor.
He is a criminal justice graduate from Texas State University.
Training Director, Booker Presley, said Santy received the award because "he was very brave in his intervention with a distraught student.
He took extreme and selfless measures to keep the student from harm."
Pictured in the above photo from left to right: Reggie Gilliam, Safety & Security Manager, Matthew Santy, Safety & Security Supervisor, Patty Lankford, Center Director, and Booker Presley,Trainee Life Director.
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Report Shares Best Practices for Creating Sustainable Career Pathways for Disconnected Youth
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A recent report by the Center for Promise shares the results of five years of research to determine how society can better support young people in graduating from high school and transitioning into college and careers.
The report captures several key themes that include:
- The critical role relationships play in encouraging healthy youth development
- How workforce programs can re-engage disconnected youth
The retrospective look at the center's work over the past five years focuses on the challenging life experiences that confront many young people and examines effective strategies that help them find success.
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ResCare Workforce Services Is Seeking
Experienced Job Corps Staff Members
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ResCare Workforce Services is seeking experienced professionals who have a passion for helping America's young people develop the skills necessary to compete in today's workforce. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply for the following staff positions at these ResCare-operated Job Corps centers:
Red Rock Job Corps Center
Gary Job Corps Center
Visit
ResCare.com/Careers to learn more about these and other positions at ResCare-operated Job Corps centers.
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