Education Employment Specialist

RFMH is seeking a qualified candidate to fill a half-time position as Supported Education Employment Specialist for the Washington Heights Community Service OnTrackNY team. OnTrackNY is a Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) treatment program that serves adolescents and young adults experiencing early psychosis. Our mission is to empower young people to make meaning of their experiences and to pursue their goals for school, work, and relationships.

The Supported Education Employment Specialist is a half-time, on-site position supporting participants in meeting their goals for school and work. The OnTrackNY model offers hopeful, youth-friendly, recovery-oriented work; a supportive & collaborative team-based approach; low participant care load; training and technical assistance in the CSC model; and a learning community of experts and colleagues.

• Engaging participants in establishing trusting, collaborative relationships directed toward the goal of school or employment
• Providing job development and job search services based on participants' interests (e.g. helping participants explore their interests, practice skills that can help them get a job, etc.)
• Spending significant time in the community (e.g. meeting participants at home, workplace, school, coffee shop, library, etc.)
• Meeting with school personnel and potential employers
• Using online applications and resources to assist participants with creating or updating resumes and job searching
• Arranging access to entitlements counseling for participants and their families
• Collaborating closely with team members and participating in the weekly team meeting
• Ensuring timely documentation of all services provided
  
  Collecting information and tracking data related to participants' engagement with school and work
• Completing other tasks as assigned

• Bachelor's degree

• (1) experience providing employment or education services.
• (1) year of experience working with adolescents and/or adults diagnosed with mental illness.
• Bilingual English/Spanish

1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032

The Mission of the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. (RFMH) is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. RFMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities.

To this end, RFMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring that RFMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. RFMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

The Research Foundation is a private not-for-profit corporation and is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits. Excellent Benefits Package. Affiliated Action/Equal Opportunity Employer - Disabled/Veteran, 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) compliant.