Employment Liaison

About the role

This position is responsible for providing psychosocial, rehabilitation and recovery-oriented services for adults. Specifically, this role supports participants in achieving and maintaining employment.

Responsibilities

• Engages members and establishes trusting, collaborative relationships directed toward the goal of competitive employment in community job settings with other workers who do not necessarily have disabilities.
• Affords assistance and advocacy for our clients in meeting their expressed goals while living in the community. Additional support in areas of medication management, housing, counseling and advocacy will be provided as needed.
• Assesses member’s vocational functioning on an ongoing basis utilizing background information and work experiences.
• With the member's permission, provides education and support to family members.
• Discusses member's preference for disclosure of psychiatric status to employers.
• Conducts a minimum of six employer contacts per week to learn business needs and be able to describe member’s strengths relevant to the position.
• Provides individualized follow-along supports to assist members in maintaining employment.
• Writes job support plans with members, incorporating input from the mental health team. Adjusts plan according to member needs and preferences.
• Provides education and support to employers as agreed upon by members, which may include job development and job search activities, negotiating job accommodations and follow-along contact by the employment specialist with the employer.
• Participates in weekly meetings with the treatment team and communicates individually with team members between meetings in order to coordinate and integrate vocational services into mental health treatment.
• Attends County Employment Collaborative meetings and brings information gathered back to the team.
• Provides prompt intervention in the event of a crisis by notifying leadership and engaging first responders where indicated.
• Completes necessary paperwork to maintain record keeping for all necessary tracking of services provided to members and guests, and other program outcome information.
• Provides effective and accurate information in briefing peers and colleagues.

Requirements

• A typical way of obtaining the knowledge, skills and abilities outlined above is through graduation from a four (4) year college or university with Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or related field and four years varied experience as a provider of mental health services or Associate Arts Degree and six years of full time/equivalent (FTE) direct care experience in a behavioral health setting. At least two of the six years must be post AA experience.
• California driver’s license & current vehicle insurance/registration
• Reliable means of transportation capable of passing vehicle safety inspection if more than five years old excluding all modes of two-wheeled transport inclusive of bicycles, mopeds and motorcycles.

Qualifications

• Education, Training and Experience: A typical way of obtaining the knowledge, skills and abilities outlined above is through graduation from a four (4) year college or university with Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or related field and four years varied experience as a provider of mental health services or Associate Arts Degree and six years of full time/equivalent (FTE) direct care experience in a behavioral health setting. At least two of the six years must be post AA experience.

Skills

• Ability to engage members and establish trusting, collaborative relationships directed toward the goal of competitive employment in community job settings with other workers who do not necessarily have disabilities.
• Ability to provide assistance and advocacy for clients in meeting their expressed goals while living in the community. Additional support in areas of medication management, housing, counseling and advocacy will be provided as needed.
• Ability to assess member’s vocational functioning on an ongoing basis utilizing background information and work experiences.
• Ability to provide education and support to family members.
• Ability to discuss member's preference for disclosure of psychiatric status to employers.
• Ability to conduct a minimum of six employer contacts per week to learn business needs and be able to describe member’s strengths relevant to the position.
• Ability to provide individualized follow-along supports to assist members in maintaining employment.
• Ability to write job support plans with members, incorporating input from the mental health team. Adjusts plan according to member needs and preferences.
• Ability to provide education and support to employers as agreed upon by members, which may include job development and job search activities, negotiating job accommodations and follow-along contact by the employment specialist with the employer.
• Ability to participate in weekly meetings with the treatment team and communicate individually with team members between meetings in order to coordinate and integrate vocational services into mental health treatment.
• Ability to attend County Employment Collaborative meetings and bring information gathered back to the team.
• Ability to provide prompt intervention in the event of a crisis by notifying leadership and engaging first responders where indicated.
• Ability to complete necessary paperwork to maintain record keeping for all necessary tracking of services provided to members and guests, and other program outcome information.
• Ability to provide effective and accurate information in briefing peers and colleagues.

Benefits

• N/A

Pay

• $24.00 to $25.98