Employment Specialist

WHO IS LOGAN?

LOGAN Community Resources is our full name but who are we? LOGAN is a non-profit organization with community impact in Michiana.

Full-time

LOGAN Community Resources is our full name but who are we? LOGAN is a non-profit organization with community impact in Michiana.
What does LOGAN do and why do we exist? LOGAN supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities so that they and their families may achieve their desired quality of life.
What does LOGAN aspire to be? LOGAN envisions a community in which every individual, regardless of obstacles or challenges, is able to reach their full potential.
How do LOGAN employees do their jobs every day? LOGAN employees are dedicated to performing their duties with respect, kindness, honesty, loyalty, and quality in mind for LOGAN's clients, staff, and the agency.

• Accruing Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
• Medical, Dental/Orthodontia, and Vision plans
• Rx Help Prescription Cost Assistance Program & KISx Card for optimal surgical procedures
• 403(B) Traditional and ROTH retirement plans – Company match of up to 3% after 1 year of service
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long-term disability and Reliance Standard Supplemental Insurance Plans (Short-term disability, critical illness, acceded, accidental death & dismemberment)
• $15,000 company paid life insurance
• Full time employees eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
• Employee-Referral incentive for qualifying positions

The Employment Specialist is responsible for providing discovery, job research, job placement, and intermittent job maintenance services to individuals with barriers in the community. In addition, they will aid individuals referred by various funding sources for career exploration and job placement in the community.

• Provides individual assistance to participants that can include, but is not limited to, arranging, and assisting with interviews, preparing resumes and applications, vocational exploration, profiling, job site assessments, job shadows, trial work experiences, and job coaching.
• Identifies accommodations at work sites to enable the individuals to perform tasks as efficiently as possible.
• Develops and maintain productive relationships with local employers, referral sources, clients, parents, co-workers, and others as appropriate.
• Maintains familiarity with participant specific information by attending conferences and reading files prior to onset of job development.
• Maintains communication with client, employer, parents, funding sources and co-workers.
• Makes a minimum of weekly meaningful contact with each participant on caseload.
• Maintains business related information in business contact files.
• Monitors and documents in Accel participant progress including necessary prompts, redirection, and successes.
• Missed appointments, failed attempts to contact, no shows, etc. must be documented in Accel.
• Ensures proper documentation of services and submittal of all billing information on a timely basis.
• Maintains an average productivity rate or billable time of 85% per month. Paid Time Off, FMLA, and training will not count toward productivity or billable time.
• Maintain calendar in Outlook to support your schedule of appointments, meetings, trainings, and time off.
• Communicates with Director, often, for any schedule changes, need for overtime, assistance with schedule, and all other needs pertaining to work schedule.
• Ability to work remotely, spending majority of the work hours in the community with participants, allowing the most flexibility in securing billable hours.
• Attends and participates in department and agency meetings required.

• Expected to uphold the mission, vision, and values of LOGAN through attitude and actions of the individual.
• Expected to serve as a role model for persons served.
• Expected to serve as an advocate and to protect the human rights of persons served.
• Ensures that all communication takes place in a professional manner, reflecting both respect for persons served and the LOGAN image.
• Maintains all appropriate information in a confidential manner.
• Promotes health and safety of all staff and persons served through adherence to all agency policies and procedures.
• Seeks professional growth by keeping current on new philosophy, research, technology, strategies, etc
• Keeps informed of industry trends and best…