L&I Vocational Services Specialist , Everett

Description

Keep Washington Safe and Working!
Our Values:
Customer Focus, One L&I, Respect, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Learning and Growth, Reliability

Bring your skills and talents to L&I, the employer of choice. Join our team and work in a positive, goal-oriented atmosphere. Your reward at the end of each day is satisfaction of a job well done and knowing you have provided an invaluable service to our fellow citizens of Washington.

Our Vocational Services Specialist 3, is a journey level position, which supports the agency goal of helping workers heal and return-to-work by assisting injured workers and all job seekers of Washington State to return to gainful employment. You will help support vocational recovery and prevent work disability and facilitate return to work when an on-the-job injury or exposure occurs.

The individual in this position will partner with Work Source, private sector vocational professionals and employers with return-to-work opportunities. The individual will be located within the Work Source centers in Everett. You will ensure that L&I workers and the general public have access to all the work readiness and job resources available.

This role supports vocational recovery under direction of the Regional ERTW Supervisor and with the support and guidance of the Regional Program Manager and the ERTW Program Manager.

The Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) is a diverse state agency dedicated to the safety, health, and security of Washington's workers. We help employers meet safety and health standards and inspect workplaces when alerted to hazards. As administrators of the state's workers' compensation system, we are similar to a large insurance company, providing medical and limited wage-replacement coverage to workers who suffer job-related injuries and illness.

Our rules and enforcement programs also help ensure workers are paid what they are owed, that children's and teens' work hours are limited, and that consumers are protected from unsound business practices.

Insurance Services is the largest division within the agency and administers one of the premier workers’ compensation organizations in the nation serving over 3.8 million employees working for 260,000 employers.

The Employer Services program within the Insurance Services Division is responsible for establishing and maintaining industrial insurance accounts for over 180,000+ employers and 2.5 million employees doing business throughout the state of Washington. The program provides a wide array of services to employers in the State Fund from helping new businesses get workers’ compensation coverage to specialized underwriting.

• Participate in local Work Source team meetings or work groups.
• Coordinate and provide work-readiness and return-to-work assistance to job seekers and employers of Washington State through the partnership of L&I and Work Source.
• Assist job seekers, Work Source partners, attorneys, employers, medical providers, and/or private sector vocational rehabilitation counselors (VRCs) to facilitate successful return to work or develop a plan to return to work.
• Apply advanced knowledge of Washington workers’ compensation law and Work Source tools and resources to assist job seekers’ return to work efforts.
• Recognize the unique needs of job seekers, particularly injured workers, and develop return to work plan(s) with job seekers using a worker centric approach.
• Provide Career Services to all appropriate job seekers which may include:
• Resume Assistance
• Interview Skills
• Networking
• Workshop Referrals
• On the Job Training
• Provide guidance for job seeking strategies and make referrals to connect job seekers with appropriate Work Source and community resources.
• Identify and make appropriate referrals for co-enrollment services within the Work Source partnership.
• Refer to and/or administer skills assessment modules that are available at the Work Source Center Location.
• Build awareness of L&I incentive programs.
• Provide return to work and related support for private sector VRCs to aid in their providing vocational services to assigned injured workers.
• Use the…