Supported Employment Specialist

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Supported Employment Specialist

Regular

If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services! This position requires an energetic and organized person with proven knowledge, skills, and abilities in achieving quantitative placement goals, knowledge and experience preparing clients for employment, developing unsubsidized jobs with private and public employers, placing clients into jobs, and providing follow-up support services to assure job retention.

Must demonstrate and apply knowledge about disabilities, including disability and privacy laws. Ability to communicate effectively with clients and staff, exhibit effective customer service skills, promote client self-advocacy skills and counseling skills. This position provides and coordinates a wide range of supportive employment services. The program's practice model is based on the Individual Supportive Employment with Long-Term Vocational Supports as defined by the Department of Justice.

Assist adults with a wide range of mental health issues and conditions in obtaining employment.

This position requires an energetic and organized person with proven knowledge, skills and abilities in achieving quantitative placement goals, knowledge and experience preparing clients for employment, developing unsubsidized jobs with private and public employers, placing clients into jobs, and providing follow-up support services to assure job retention. Must demonstrate and apply knowledge about disabilities, including disability and privacy laws. Ability to communicate effectively with clients and staff, exhibit effective customer service skills, promote client self-advocacy skills and counseling skills.

This position provides and coordinates a wide range of supportive employment services. The program's practice model is based on the Individual Supportive Employment with Long-Term Vocational Supports as defined by the Department of Justice.

Assist adults with a wide range of mental health issues and conditions in obtaining employment.

• Prefer a Bachelor’s Degree in a human services field from an accredited college or university and at least 1 year of experience working with intellectually developmentally disabled persons, mental health, substance abuse,, or a Minimum of 2 years’ experience in recruiting and job placement, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Applicant must be able to pass a pre-employment drug-screening exam, and possess a valid Driver’s License.
• Education, Licensure, and Experience required for the position include:
  Bachelor’s degree preferred. Minimum of 2 years’ experience in recruiting and job placement.

Clinical team integration (with Employment Support Professionals as members of a clinical team); participate in ongoing collaboration with client’s treatment team for clinical consultation, employment plan or for the development of behavioral health support services.

• Assist clients in making the decision as to whether they will disclose their disability to an employer, ensuring that individuals have all necessary information available on the potential ramifications of their choices, and promoting their preferences and self-determination.
• Provide support for individuals in a variety of ways such as vocational assessment, job development, training, technical assistance, monitoring safety conditions, transportation and follow - along support.
• Receive, review, process, file and/or submit a variety of documents and reports and electronic files on client’s including time studies, performance ratings, time sheets, data sheets, production sheets, professional contact sheets, accident reports, client satisfaction surveys, etc.
• Establish a job matrix (accounts) to support employment interest expressed by clients served. Engage clients and assist them in identifying areas of employment interest.
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