Support Employment Specialist

Location: Northern

Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services.

Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are recruiting for the following position:

Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization

Works autonomously and collectively as an empowered staff member of Sea Mar’s Behavioral Health   program. Participates in the development and ongoing delivery of services. This position works   exclusively with the First Episode Psychosis (FEP) team and its enrolled consumers. FEP is an evidence  based practice in the treatment of consumers through a multidisciplinary team providing   early intervention for first episode psychosis.

The FEP team seeks to deliver high fidelity  clinical, rehabilitative and support services to generate the best possible outcomes for enrolled   consumers. This position is responsible for his/her own caseload, for providing the team with   consultations regarding vocational services, and for the delivery of Individual Placement and Support   (IPS) Model evidence based Supported Employment and Education (SEE) services for FEP clients.  

Duties and Responsibilities  As a mission-driven organization, the core values of, and the services offered at Sea Mar are based on   the belief that everyone deserves to be respectfully treated in a way that preserves dignity and enhances   self-worth. Sea Mar is an advocate for its clients and aims to achieve industry-leading, client-centered,   culturally-aware services.
Sea Mar employees serve as an extension of this mission and demonstrate their commitment to an   excellent client experience by:
Understanding and empathizing with client needs   Surpassing client expectations   Demonstrating a high level of integrity   Exhibiting compassion and commitment   Advocating for social justice   Taking pride in individual work as well as that of the team   Continually learning to stay current with industry standards, best practices and technology  

Job Description  As a Sea Mar employee, the individual in this position commits to adherence to these values to their   utmost ability and endeavors to strengthen and embody this mission daily.

• Provide IPS Model SEE services to help clients find and maintain employment or school enrollment  in community-based and integrated settings of their choosing.  
• Conduct consistent engagement of enrolled consumers on the many economic, social, medical  and recovery benefits of employment and/or education.  
• Assess consumer employment and/or academic interests, abilities, preferences, barriers, likes, dislikes  and strengths through a vocational and/or educational assessment as per the IPS Model of SEE.  Continued assessment as consumers are placed in community-based jobs or school. Fully attend to  the risks and benefits of disclosure as part of the assessment as these will impact the delivery of  services. Attend to the need for benefits planning to evaluate the impact of working and wages on  consumer public benefits.

• Assess the effect(s) of the client's mental illness on employment, with Identification of specific  behaviors that interfere with the client's work performance and development of interventions to  reduce, manage or eliminate those…