Employment Specialist

About our Program

Pacific Clinics will be opening a high‑intensity, community‑based Adult Full Service Partnership (FSP) programs for adults age 18+ with serious mental illness (SMI) and complex needs. The program delivers “whatever‑it‑takes,” recovery‑oriented services primarily in the community to stabilize individuals, reduce hospitalizations and incarceration, prevent homelessness, and support long‑term recovery and community integration.

Pacific Clinics will be opening a high‑intensity, community‑based Adult Full Service Partnership (FSP) programs for adults age 18+ with serious mental illness (SMI) and complex needs. The program delivers “whatever‑it‑takes,” recovery‑oriented services primarily in the community to stabilize individuals, reduce hospitalizations and incarceration, prevent homelessness, and support long‑term recovery and community integration.

The ACT FSP (Assertive Community Treatment - Full-Service Partnership) program is an intensive, community‑based mental health service for 96 individuals with serious mental illness who have high needs. It provides wraparound, multidisciplinary support, including psychiatry, therapy, case management, crisis intervention, housing assistance, and rehabilitation, delivered with a community-driven approach. The goal is to reduce hospitalization and incarceration, promote recovery, support housing stability, and improve quality of life through continuous, personalized care.

This program will also serve those who are involved in the justice system as well.

Pacific Clinics will be opening a high‑intensity, community‑based Adult Full Service Partnership (FSP) programs for adults age 18+ with serious mental illness (SMI) and complex needs. The program delivers “whatever‑it‑takes,” recovery‑oriented services primarily in the community to stabilize individuals, reduce hospitalizations and incarceration, prevent homelessness, and support long‑term recovery and community integration.

• The initial compensation for this position ranges from $23.00 - $27.41/ per hour; depending on experience, location, and internal equity considerations.
• 8% License Differential for LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, PsyD. and select Peer Certifications.

• Benefits Eligibility starts on day ONE
• We provide a robust benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, See our Benefits Page HERE.
• 401K Employer Match up to 4%
• Competitive Time Off Plans

$23.00 - $27.41

Responsible for locating and placing consumers in volunteer work experience positions in the community. Assists consumers with maximizing functional work behaviors and overcoming barriers to employment through training in appropriate work-related behaviors. Facilitates consumers' transition from the Work Adjustment Program to the Employment Services Program and into competitive employment in the community.

• Engages consumers and assesses consumers' work readiness.
• Assists consumers with identifying barriers they may have to obtaining employment in the community.
• Collaborates with the consumer, the consumer's therapist, case manager, and other team members to develop and implement an employment plan that addresses overcoming the consumer's barriers to employment.
• Assists/coaches consumers in the development of job search skills, transportation arrangements, resume preparation, interviewing techniques and job retention.
• Teaches Peer Support Specialist courses and Work Readiness/Pre-employment workshops.
• Maintains listing of job opportunities and establishes relationships with prospective employers.
• When appropriate visits work site, observes actual work in progress and prepares analysis of work environment, job requirements and specific job tasks.
• Meets with consumers on a weekly basis or more frequently as needed.
• Maintains ongoing liaison with supervisors obtaining feedback regarding consumer performance; assists in resolving problems quickly and efficiently.
• Accompanies consumers to placement interviews, work sites, etc. as needed.
• Keeps program staff informed about consumer performance and support needs and follows up to assure all issues are…