Employment type: full time About The Career Foundation: The Career Foundation is a dynamic non-profit organization and registered charity that offers a wide range of employment, training, and workforce development services to job seekers and employers. Since its inception in 1988, The Career Foundation has steadily expanded its services. Operating out of seven locations in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area, as well as offices in British Columbia, Alberta, and Nova Scotia, we now help thousands of people each year successfully achieve their employment goals. Our team of dedicated professionals has described The Career Foundation as caring, compassionate, innovative, and team-oriented. For more information about us and our services, please visit our website at CareerFoundation.com . Some of the features available to our employees include: Competitive compensation Employee wellness initiatives Paid days off for religious observance purposes Paid days off for personal wellness purposes Program and Role Description: The Career Foundation’s Disability Employment Services Program is dedicated to supporting job seekers accessing the Ontario government’s Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) . Our program offers comprehensive employment services to these job seekers, including job search assistance, job matching and placement, job coaching, retention support, and more. Employers committed to inclusive hiring can also benefit from our tailored services, such as direct access to skilled job seekers with disabilities, assistance in organizing and hosting community hiring events, and guidance on effectively onboarding and coaching new hires to ensure long-term job retention. As an ODSP Employment Services and Placement Specialist , you will be an important member of the program team responsible for supporting ODSP clients in securing and maintaining meaningful employment. Your responsibilities will include providing tailored job search assistance, job matching, job development, job carving, coaching, and retention support to your assigned caseload. Additionally, you will build and maintain effective relationships with employers to identify suitable job opportunities for program clients and will be responsible for achieving individual targets assigned to you that contribute to the team’s collective ability to meet all contractual obligations with the program’s government funder. Position Type: Full-time (37.5 hours per week) contract until March 31, 2027, with excellent potential for permanency. Starting Salary: The starting annual salary for this position is $57,000.00 (or $58k if the successful candidate holds a master’s degree, full bilingualism in French, or full proficiency in Sign Language). Base Location and Travel Requirements: This position is based at The Career Foundation’s Scarborough office, located near Kingston Rd & Midland Ave , and requires local travel to employer locations, community partner sites, and other stakeholder locations to fulfill core responsibilities, including community outreach and employer engagement. The successful candidate should have a valid Ontario G driver’s licence and a reliable vehicle to perform essential deliverables of the role. The position also allows for periodic work-from-home days on a rotational basis, contingent on program needs, operational requirements, and performance. The hybrid schedule requires a private work-from-home space with reliable high-speed internet. A company laptop, cell phone, and other necessary equipment will be provided. Vacancy Status: This posting is for an existing vacancy. Start: As soon as possible. Reporting to: Program Coordinator Vulnerable Sector Check: An offer of employment for this opportunity will be contingent on the incumbent providing an acceptable Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC). Use of Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not currently used to screen, assess, or select applicants at any stage of the hiring process. Responsibilities include: Employment Coaching, Wraparound Support, and Case Management Provides solution-based employment coaching and ongoing support to a caseload of clients in the areas of job search, résumé development, interview preparation, job retention, and other relevant topics to help them achieve successful outcomes. Proactively monitors and documents each client’s needs and progress, and makes adjustments to individualized action plans as needed to successfully achieve employment outcomes. Consistently monitors and tracks caseload success rates to achieve individual targets that contribute to the team’s overall objectives and requirements from the program’s funder. Provides comprehensive coordination of accommodation supports for clients, ensuring that their specific needs are met to enable full participation in services that lead to employment. Determines client eligibility for financial supports, administers eligible supports, and ensures proper documentation is on file to support expenditures. Assesses and facilitates wraparound and intervention resources required to help clients address and overcome barriers that may prevent them from achieving successful employment outcomes. Guides and supports clients in completing applications for employment and training opportunities. Conducts timely follow-ups with clients throughout their job search efforts and provides repeat, one-on-one job coaching sessions and support as needed to review goals, address barriers, and ensure clients are making progress toward goals, including facilitating community-based referrals when needed. Conducts intakes and completes individualized needs assessments with new clients to establish their eligibility for services and pre-employment needs. Collects, organizes, and analyzes new client information through completed needs assessments and other mechanisms to appraise clients’ interests, aptitudes, and abilities to create individualized action plans that lead to successful outcomes. Enters and maintains thorough writt