Employment Specialist

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Full Time New Haven, CT, US

Salary Range: $23.10 To $23.10 Hourly

Employment Specialist

Dynamic Diversity – Caring Collaboration – Individual Integrity – Community Connection

Full Time

R requisition

Salary Range: $23.10 Hourly

Schedule: 40 hours per week, with a flexible schedule that includes some evenings. Shifts are 9am-5pm, 10am-6pm, or 12pm-8:30pm on some days.

Chapel Haven Schleifer Center is an award-winning nonprofit company devoted to empowering adults with disabilities to live independent and self-determined lives. We believe self-advocacy supports the growth of our individuals and collaborate with them to create services that foster independence. In 2022, we celebrated 50 years of excellence in the field of disabilities and continue our dedication to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

If you share our core values of dynamic diversity, caring collaboration, individual integrity, and community connection, we want to hear from you!

Why consider a career at CHSC?

• Comprehensive benefits :
  Full-time employees receive a complete benefits package, including paid time off and tuition reimbursement.
• Flexible Opportunities: Part- time employees enjoy a flexible schedule, valuable hands-on experience, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of the individuals we support. Select Benefits may also be available.
• Room for growth: We offer a professional yet warm and welcoming workplace with opportunities for career advancement
• Staff longevity and Development: over 50% of our staff have been with us for 5+ plus years, many of whom started in entry-level roles and have grown into fulfilling, long-term careers spanning 10 plus years.
• A culture of Community and Compassion: We take pride in our strong sense of community, teamwork, and dedication to making a difference in the lives of those we serve.

Join us and become part of the team that values professional growth, meaningful work, and a culture of care!

The Role:

Career Ability at Chapel Haven Schleifer Center, Inc. was founded to meet a vital element of Chapel Haven's mission: meaningful employment for the individuals we serve. Meaningful employment is predicated upon an individual's choice, contributes to their quality of life, and allows them to earn a competitive wage for their work. Career Ability's employment services are the core of what we do, ensuring individuals are matched with opportunities that fit their interests, skills, and needs, receive the necessary support to acclimate to the work environment, and are set up for long-term success.

The Employment Specialist is a lead job coach responsible for supporting Career Ability in all aspects of employment supports, including employment, job retention, training, volunteering, and discovery. The Employment Specialist typically supports individuals in customized employment settings but may also support others who are building pre-vocational skills or who are in individual or group supported employment or volunteering. Building relationships with employers to ensure successful placements is a key part of the role, as is building positive rapport with individuals.

The Employment Specialist uses job coaching strategies to support success on the work site and completes reports, task analyses, vocational progress notes, and other required documentation.

• Provides job coaching, on-the-job training, and stabilization support to individuals, one-on-one and in small groups, to help them achieve their personal and career development goals and to support job retention.
• Teaches and models the skills…