Council on Aging’s Emerging Professionals Program provides recent college graduates with real-world experience working in one of these areas with one of southwestern Ohio’s largest – and most respected – non-profit organizations:
- Case Management:
- Clinical Operations
- Licensed Clinical
- Business Operations
Choose one of three different program tracks, depending on your area of career interest:
Clinical – Licensed
The Case Management track is 6-9 months and includes speakers, observations, check-in by leadership, group challenges, provider visits, shadowing different positions, visits to nursing homes and assisted living facilities, individual projects and a graduation ceremony.
Clinical – Operations
The Case Management track is 6-9 months and includes speakers, observations, check-in by leadership, group challenges, provider visits, shadowing different positions, visits to nursing homes and assisted living facilities, individual projects and a graduation ceremony.
Business Operations
The Business/Operations track is 24 months and consists of six-month-long department rotations in these areas: Human Resources, Finance/Accounting, Data Management and Compliance. There will be a graduation ceremony at the end of the program.
What does the program pay?
Salary starts at $40,000 and we offer a $2,500 signing bonus!
What are the program’s requirements?
- Recent graduate (within two years before or after program start date):
- Business Operations Track: Bachelor’s degree
- Clinical Operations Track: Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Gerontology, Psychology, Sociology, Human Services or related social-service field
- Clinical Licensed Track: Bachelor’s degree in social work or nursing and working on RN or LSW licensure; or existing LSW or RN.
- Initiative
- Problem-solving skills.
- Conflict Management skills
- Judgment
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Relationship building skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Self-awareness
- A valid driver’s license and reliable transportation for travel within Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, and Warren Counties.
- Proficient computer skills including the Windows operating systems, MS Word, MS Excel, data entry and the ability to learn new software applications as needed.
Why consider us for your career? We offer:
- DEIB environment
- Flexible work hours within our 37.5-hour work week
- Hybrid workforce
- Opportunities for advancement and professional development
- Competitive benefits package
- LISW Group Supervision for Social Workers
- Reimbursement of LSW or RN licensure fee
A little more about us…
We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing quality of life for older adults, people with disabilities, their families and caregivers. We promote choice, independence, dignity and well-being through a range of services that help people remain in their homes for as long as possible.
We are a state-designated Area Agency on Aging, serving a five-county region. One call to us links people to the wide variety of agencies, information and programs that serve older adults and people with disabilities.
Our next cohort will begin in June of 2025.