Employment and Career Specialist

Concept prototype. Do not submit sensitive information. Planned instructions describe intended design, not an activated service.

Content owner: Program content reviewer (proposed; CHI assignment pending)
Review: Source-reviewed documentation; organizational and professional validation pending.
History: V5.8: public reference foundation · V6.0: enterprise specifications and linked registers

Purpose and audience

Connect a youth-selected goal with a validated opportunity.

Audience: Employment and Career Specialist. This article describes proposed operations; the tour itself is a public-safe read-only storyboard.

Entry, authentication and boundaries

Proposed career permission and assigned task.

May access: Consented career preferences and approved applications.

May not access: Full Journey, private reflections and unrestricted employer contact.

Step-by-step workflow

The 8-step guided tour is navigable with visible controls, keyboard arrows and horizontal touch swipes. These controls only change the explanation shown.

1. Verify assignment: Check career role, site and youth assignment. Responsible: Career authority. Shared: Staff scope Approval: Trust permission and MFA.
2. Understand career choice: Confirm the youth’s interests without imposing a path. Responsible: Young person. Shared: Selected career goal Approval: Current youth consent and approved assigned scope.
3. Validate opportunities: Review employer, safety, requirements and availability. Responsible: Career specialist. Shared: Provider and opportunity facts Approval: Approved vetting.
4. Prepare an application: Let the youth review what would be shared. Responsible: Young person. Shared: Approved application only Approval: Explicit youth approval.
5. Address a barrier: Refer transport, clothing or training needs for review. Responsible: Navigator. Shared: Only the explicitly selected goal or minimum necessary task summary; never private reflections. Approval: Assigned review and financial gate.
6. Make a referral: Use a approved process rather than sending from the prototype. Responsible: Career specialist. Shared: Consented application Approval: Provider and referral approval.
7. Follow up: Invite youth feedback and handle unsuitable placements. Responsible: Career specialist. Shared: Minimum necessary follow-up Approval: Safeguarding and communication consent.
8. Review milestone: Youth confirms progress or chooses to change the goal. Responsible: Young person. Shared: Selected goal milestone Approval: Youth review.

Exceptions and notifications

If trust permission and mfa is missing or invalid, stop this step. The responsible career authority would review an appropriate alternative; the prototype sends no escalation or notification.

If assigned review and financial gate is missing or invalid, stop this step. The responsible navigator would review an appropriate alternative; the prototype sends no escalation or notification.

If youth review is missing or invalid, stop this step. The responsible young person would review an appropriate alternative; the prototype sends no escalation or notification.

No notification, application, invitation or escalation is sent by this public tour. Future communication needs approved services, consent and appropriate safeguarding.

Example and expected result

Use fictional Alex’s GED/employment journey or a fictional supporter project to follow employment and career specialist. The expected result today is understanding who acts, what is shared and where approval is required—not a saved record or fulfilled service.

Youth confirms progress or chooses to change the goal.

Privacy and progress

Do not enter sensitive youth, clinical, donor or organizational information. Full Journey, private reflections and unrestricted employer contact.

Storyboard progress is a URL coordinate, not an operational record. Proposed service evidence, finance reconciliation and youth goal updates require separate approved systems. Youth retain final control of goal completion.

Current status and future dependencies

Tour controls: local prototype. Operational steps: Planned unless the step explicitly describes an existing public demonstration. Account activation, live coordination, payments and assignments remain Blocked pending reviews.

Prerequisites include verified CHI authority, appropriate consent, scoped permissions, MFA for staff, safeguarding/finance review, recovery readiness and a separately approved implementation/test package.