Candace Harrison

Experience

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  WEDCO Employment Center

  Sept 2009 - Oct 2012

  Employment Specialist

  •Provide vocational support services to clientele with a wide range of disabilities. •Facilitate Work Adjustment Training program by training Employment Coaches, marketing the program and maintaining employer relations within multiple industries such as Mi Ranchito Chip Factory, Papi Chulo's Mexican Restaurant, Marshal's, TjMaxx, Home Goods, Safeway, Fry's, St. Vincent De Paul, The Thrift Store, and Barro's Pizza; molding clients into perfect employees by providing on site job coaching, and coordination of client schedules and job coaches to ensure coverage. •Assist individuals in development of techniques used to acquire and maintain career employment. •Provide career counseling, job seeker’s skills, job coaching and development services, supported employment and education, and work adjustment training to aid in successful placement. •Aid in the education of development skills with emphasis in team building, stress management, grievance handling, conflict resolution, workplace communications and creative problem solving. •Market and raise awareness of services, clients, and events to local employers, Vocational Rehabilitation, Magellan, and other community organizations. Show less

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  Pinnacle Employment Services

  Dec 2012 - now

  •Market and develop relationships with community employers for community based job training •Successful implementation of program growth by 140% within the first 4 months of taking over coordination •Market Work Adjustment Training and Trial Work Experience services to referring sources and qualifying clientele •Ensure timely productivity of trainees and Job Coaches after onboarding •Maintain referring source relationships and coordination •Organize and process authorizations keeping track of units and service dates •Supervise and train job coaches •Obtain and organize new hire paperwork of trainees and job coaches •Organize and keep track of payroll •In charge of developing trainee and job coach shifts, employment sites, and service provisions •Create and edit job coach and trainee calendars as needed to ensure client coverage Show less •Provide vocational support services to clientele with a wide range of disabilities. •Assist individuals in development of techniques used to acquire and maintain career employment. •Provide career counseling, job seeker’s skills, job coaching and development services, supported employment and education, and work adjustment training to aid in successful placement. •Aid in the education of development skills with emphasis in team building, stress management, grievance handling, conflict resolution, workplace communications and creative problem solving. •Market and raise awareness of services, clients, and events to local employers, Vocational Rehabilitation, Magellan, and other community organizations. Show less

  • President / Managing Partner

    Sept 2015 - now

  • Work Adjustment Training Program Coordinator

    Jun 2013 - Oct 2015

  • Employment Specialist

    Oct 2012 - Oct 2015

  • Work Adjustment Training Supervisor

    Dec 2012 - Jun 2013