Name: Nancy Sidell
ECCC Board Position: Service Delivery
Education: B.A. Psychology, Minor in Business (Indiana University)
Organization: OhioMeansJobs|Cleveland-Cuyahoga County (OMJ|CC)
Current Position and what you do: Coordinate Equal Access Services at OMJ|CC to ensure accessibility of both the building and services provided. Meet with staff and customers of OMJ|CC to help them navigate services that support people with disabilities in their job search. Train OMJ|CC staff on disability-related concepts. Promote cross-agency collaboration to support job seekers. Coordinate language services for job seekers needing interpreter or translation services. Provide Equal Opportunity Officer assistance to resolve customer complaints as well as improve overall services to customers.
Proudest Professional accomplishment: Finding ways to help customers navigate through the pandemic when all of the OMJ|CC staff were working remotely and our customers needed support in many different ways, while also supporting my daughter with schooling from home for the year. One of my previous supervisors gave me a "Master Juggler" superlative once, but that was when I feel like I actually earned it.
Describe your values and how they inform your career: Listening to job seekers stories to understand who they are, where they want to go, and how they want to be supported has been the through line in my career in Vocational Rehabilitation. Since I began working in my current position in 2005, there has also been great value in learning about and collaborating with local services providers.
Who are you outside of work: When I am not at work, I spend most of my time with my family or playing tennis with friends. I am also just a kid from Akron, just not as famous as the other guy.
ECCC Board Position: Service Delivery
Education: B.A. Psychology, Minor in Business (Indiana University)
Organization: OhioMeansJobs|Cleveland-Cuyahoga County (OMJ|CC)
Current Position and what you do: Coordinate Equal Access Services at OMJ|CC to ensure accessibility of both the building and services provided. Meet with staff and customers of OMJ|CC to help them navigate services that support people with disabilities in their job search. Train OMJ|CC staff on disability-related concepts. Promote cross-agency collaboration to support job seekers. Coordinate language services for job seekers needing interpreter or translation services. Provide Equal Opportunity Officer assistance to resolve customer complaints as well as improve overall services to customers.
Proudest Professional accomplishment: Finding ways to help customers navigate through the pandemic when all of the OMJ|CC staff were working remotely and our customers needed support in many different ways, while also supporting my daughter with schooling from home for the year. One of my previous supervisors gave me a "Master Juggler" superlative once, but that was when I feel like I actually earned it.
Describe your values and how they inform your career: Listening to job seekers stories to understand who they are, where they want to go, and how they want to be supported has been the through line in my career in Vocational Rehabilitation. Since I began working in my current position in 2005, there has also been great value in learning about and collaborating with local services providers.
Who are you outside of work: When I am not at work, I spend most of my time with my family or playing tennis with friends. I am also just a kid from Akron, just not as famous as the other guy.
