Supported Employment Specialist
About the role
RHA Health Services is seeking a Supported Employment Specialist to join our team. This position requires an energetic and organized person with proven knowledge, skills, and abilities in achieving quantitative placement goals, knowledge and experience preparing clients for employment, developing unsubsidized jobs with private and public employers, placing clients into jobs, and providing follow-up support services to assure job retention. Applicants must demonstrate and apply knowledge about disabilities, including disability and privacy laws. They must also communicate effectively with clients and staff, exhibit effective customer service skills, promote client self-advocacy skills, and counseling skills.
Responsibilities
- Engage clients and assist them in identifying areas of employment interest.
- Maintain accurate, clinically sound, and up-to-date documentation as required associated with billing, assessment, treatment, person's progress, clinical team and other activities.
- Provide ongoing individual support and encouragement to clients.
- Match job seeking clients and employers using a variety of professional job placement and job development skills.
- Provide follow along supports and retention services including on-site job coaching to ensure client success and employer satisfaction.
- Document results of observations, consultations, and meetings to address client-related issues.
- Participate as a member of a supported employment team consisting of a clinical director, peer support staff and mental health professionals.
- Train, oversee and direct the activities of individuals while performing job duties.
- Work as liaison between the employer and employee to ensure needs are met.
- Provide support for individuals in a variety of ways such as assessment, job development, training, technical assistance, monitoring safety conditions, providing transportation and follow-along support.
- Establish and maintain good relationships with various individuals and agencies including area supervisors, referring agencies, VR counselors, parents/guardians, case workers, employers, etc.
- Receive, review, process, file and/or submit a variety of documents and reports and electronic files on individuals including time studies, performance ratings, time sheets, data sheets, production sheets, professional contact sheets, accident reports, client satisfaction surveys, etc.
Requirements
- Prefer a Bachelor’s Degree in a human services field from an accredited college or university and at least 1 year of experience working with intellectually developmentally disabled persons, mental health, substance abuse, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Average work schedule of 8 hours per day, 5 days per week. Some evening and weekend work may be required.
- Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug-screening exam, and possess a valid Driver’s License.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in recruiting and job placement.
Skills
- Knowledge and experience preparing clients for employment.
- Ability to communicate effectively with clients and staff.
- Customer service skills.
- Counseling skills.
- Job development skills.
- Technical assistance skills.
- Monitoring safety conditions.
- Transportation and follow-along support.
- Vocational assessment.
- Job support plans.
- Documentation of results of observations, consultations, and meetings.
- Support for individuals in a variety of ways.
- Relationship building with various individuals and agencies.
Benefits
- Payactiv: early access to the money you’ve earned from hours you’ve already worked, before payday!
- Employee perks and discount program: to help you save money!
- Paid Time Off (full-time employees only)
- Health/Insurance (full-time employees only)
- 401(k) retirement savings program
- Wellbeing Programs: Physical, Emotional and Financial
- Chronic Disease management programs for hypertension and diabetes (for qualifying employees)
- Free CPR, first aid, and job-specific training opportunities
Pay
Compensation is commensurate with experience.
Schedule
Average work schedule of 8 hours per day, 5 days per week. Some evening and weekend work may be required.