IPS Specialist

About Start Corporation

Start Corporation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1984. Our Mission is to promote opportunities, which enhance the self-sufficiency of people to empower them to live and function independently.

We are hiring an IPS Specialist to join our multi-disciplinary team and provide supported employment including job coaching, job placement, job skill development, benefits assistance, and rapid job search to individuals with severe and persistent mental illness in their homes and communities.

• High School Diploma (required)
• Bachelor and Master s Degree in social services field (preferred)
• Minimum of one year of training or experience in vocational services, employment, or relevant social services (required)
• Be over 18 years of age
• Possess a valid Louisiana driver’s license or Louisiana State  (required)

• Communicates respectfully and effectively and establishes professional relationships through active listening and demonstration of empathy and positive regard.
• Promotes recovery, independence, and personal choice for participants.
• Demonstrates knowledge of behavioral health symptoms, interventions, and impact.
• Maintains professional boundaries and operates within agency / ethical guidelines.
• Knowledge of agency and community resources and referral processes.

• Assists clients in identifying strengths, needs, and realistic goals to develop a service plan.
• Accurately identifies risk and responds appropriately.
• Effectively teaches vocational, recreational and/or social skills.
• Participates as part of a multidisciplinary team providing services for vocational rehabilitation.
• Completes assessments to help with recreational or social activities and/ or job skills coaching and preparation.
• Provides guidance, adaptive skills teaching to secure and retain employment, and referral to resources.
• Conducts business with a manner of professionalism that is conducive to recovery from mental illness and overall wellness.
• Provides supportive services for clients and arranges for the provision of services from community resources based on the case plan.
• Participates in setting case plan goals/objectives. Completes case plans with clients.
• Interviews clients and completes assessments and other clinical documentation.
• Completes case logs on all client services and ensures that logs are entered into the electronic data management system of the program they are employed by.
• Performs regular case maintenance activities including documenting actions, making narrative entries, preparing necessary reports and/or social summaries, etc.

Benefits include:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance; disability and life insurance; paid time off; 13 paid holidays per year for regular full-time employees; and a 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching.