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Orientation and Intake

When clients first enter Safer’s program, they go through a six-hour orientation and intake session. In a group session, clients are reminded that while Safer is there to help them in any way it can, the clients themselves are responsible for putting in the time and effort necessary to get their lives back on track. The relationship manifests itself as a partnership instead of a handout. Also during the orientation, clients complete a pair of assessments (one on the computer, the other on paper) that help identify barriers to employment (financial, emotional, physical, training, education, etc.) and potential skills or interests that could direct the job searching process.

Job Readiness

A key component to Safer's employment services is its weekly job readiness class.  Many of Safer's clients lack the skills necessary to be competitive on the job market.  These skills include interviewing, workplace etiquette, and the ability to appropriately address their backgrounds.  This educational model encourages clients to network with each other and their instructors to search for and obtain employment. 

Supportive Services

During the initial orientation and intake, Safer screens all clients for potential barriers to employment. These barriers could include court mandated substance abuse counseling, anger management, or other mental health assessments. Clients that arrive at Safer with these mandates are directed to our Supportive Services Department, where they address the required assessments before going on to our Retention Specialists to continue the job-readiness process.

Retention Services

Clients who don’t have mandates meet with an employment case manager, known as a Retention Specialist. These meetings help clients confront the task of obtaining and maintaining employment upon reentry. The Retention Specialist uses the assessments completed during orientation to determine a course of action best suited to the client’s particular skills and interests. The majority of clients attend a job-readiness training program, which consists of instructions on how to fill out applications, develop a resume, and prepare for an interview. Once a client has completed the week-long job-readiness training, he or she can participate in a retention group. A Retention Specialist oversees these group sessions as clients hunt for job leads and vent their frustrations and fears about the process.

Market Cultivation

While the client works with the Retention Specialist on job readiness, Safer’s Sector Managers are busy cultivating the job market. Sector Managers are the backbone of Pivotal Staffing, LLC, Safer’s professional staffing company created to help place its clients in the workforce. Trained in sales, marketing, and recruitment, Sector Managers discuss hiring Safer clients with employers in fields such as transportation, warehousing, hospitality, construction, landscaping, and manufacturing. When a client successfully finds a job, the Retention Specialist follows up once a week for the first 30 days, gauges the status of the transition and offers support, if needed.

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