CONTRACTED EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING PROVIDER
Core deliverables
- Create a referral and scheduling process with RRB and assess each participant’s employment interests, skills, work history, documentation needs, barriers, and training readiness.
- Provide job-readiness coaching, resume and application support, interview preparation, and workplace-expectations guidance.
- Connect participants to occupational training, apprenticeships, credential programs, fair-chance employers, and appropriate supportive services.
- Deliver the budgeted workforce-readiness workshop and track referrals, engagement, training enrollment, interviews, placement, and other agreed outcomes.
- Coordinate with the Reentry Navigator on barriers and follow-up while maintaining participant privacy and clear professional boundaries.
Preferred qualifications
- Demonstrated experience serving returning citizens or jobseekers facing significant employment barriers.
- Established relationships with Baltimore-area employers, training providers, or apprenticeship programs.
- Knowledge of fair-chance hiring, record-related employment barriers, workforce funding, supportive-service resources, and measurable outcome reporting.
Program targets
- At least 60% of participants referred to workforce services and at least 50% engaged.
- At least 35% of participants obtain employment or enter training, subject to final grant measurement rules.
Contract manager
- Restorative Program Manager or designated RRB program lead
Status
- Independent contractor or partner-agency agreement
Service area
- Job readiness, training navigation, employment placement, and retention support
Approved allocation
- $1,500 for 30 budgeted hours at $50/hour, plus one $475 readiness workshop
Restorative Response
- Baltimore is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.