Supportive Employment Specialist

Are you passionate about helping individuals overcome barriers and build pathways toward meaningful employment and independence?

As an Employment Specialist, you will play a vital role in empowering individuals receiving behavioral health services by providing vocational support, job development, employment coaching, and community-based services. Working alongside an integrated clinical team, you will help consumers identify career goals, connect with opportunities, and build the skills needed for long-term success.

If you are driven by community impact, workforce development, and helping individuals achieve meaningful change through employment, we encourage you to apply and become part of a team committed to empowering lives through opportunity and support.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain confidentiality of records relating to consumers information
• Administrative duties: Answering the phone, typing, etc.
• Develop, implement and monitor Individual Service Plans (IEP).
• Develop appropriate employment opportunities in the community. Identify and develop job sites in the community based on individual needs, abilities and preferences.
• Perform situational assessments and vocational explorations. Observe and document consumers’ vocational assets and limitations, ability to engage in competitive employment, need for and ability to benefit from supported employment, including natural supports.
• Document and monitor progress and attendance to ensure goals of the ISP are appropriate.
• On a regular and continuous basis exercises administrative judgment and assumes responsibility for decisions, consequences and results having an impact on people, costs and/or quality of service within the functional area.
• Coordinate and communicate with referral sources, community agencies, and providers.
• Assist consumers with job seeking skills, interview techniques, resume preparation and development of competitive worker characteristics.
• May work directly with consumers at their worksites. Provide vocational instruction and assistance in developing primary worker characteristics and appropriate social skills.
• Write timely and accurate assessment reports, progress reports and program reviews. Document all services in a timely and accurate manner. Maintain current computer case management and program notes. Complete all paperwork in a timely manner.
• Maintain all consumer files and maintain HIPPA compliance for privacy while ensuring best practices. Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, this position has access to consumer’s Protected Health Information (PHI).
• Provide feedback to and elicit input from consumers, family members and significant others, counselors and employment services team. Empower consumers and their advocates, families and designated others to participate actively in planning and carrying out program plans.
• Assist consumers in accessing all resources and benefits available to them including financial, counseling and housing programs.
• Maintain and submit to Program Manager monthly attendance sheets and other relevant materials such as placement reports, master lists, change of status, etc. in a timely fashion.
• Provide transportation to and from worksites as needed.
• Participate in staff meetings, in-service training and staff development programs, professional meetings, conferences and related programs as requested.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

• Education: Bachelor's or Master’s degree in social work or another human service related field.
• Key Competencies: Microsoft Word, Lotus, excel
• Physical Requirements: Able to lift at least fifty pounds (50).