Supported Employment Specialist

Requirements:

· Bachelor’s degree in human services, mental health, social services, vocational services or business.

· Two years of related experience or internship working with people with serious mental illness, co-occurring disorders and experience with vocational services.

· Possess a basic knowledge of serious mental illness (including symptoms, medications and treatment).

Responsibilities:

· Complete intake assessments on individuals referred to Supported Employment.

· Provide career exploration to individual consumers and job development for individuals enrolled in Supported Employment.

· Engage consumers in setting goals in order to reach successful job placement and maintaining employment.

· Evaluate consumers’ vocational needs on an ongoing basis.

· Outreach to employers building relationships with HR staff to develop jobs and provide support to employers and consumers.

· Maintain contact with other service providers to discuss the consumers’ needs with case managers, therapists and other treatment team members regularly to coordinate services.

· Develop the consumer’s understanding of job market expectations, e.g., interviewing skills, ADL skills, good job habits (appropriate work attire, punctuality and positive behaviors) and cover letter, resume and reference development.

· Provide on-and off-site support to consumers as needed to create job matches based on individuals’ interests and abilities.

· Offer feedback on work performance and problem solving for work improvement.

· Provide unlimited follow-along services to help consumers remain employed.

· Help consumers understand how working will affect benefits and link consumers to other social service agencies, e.g., Social Security, Workability, Medicaid, etc.

· Provide information to consumers, family members/significant others, care providers and other community agencies about the services Supported Employment offers.

· Engage consumers through all work phases of vocational exploration from job placement through maintaining the position.

· Meet with team leader on weekly basis to discuss individual cases.

· Attend Supported Employment-related trainings and networking meetings as scheduled.

· Maintain individual case files, treatment plans, logs and statistics as required.

· Work a flexible schedule as needed, including evenings as required.

· Conduct self in a professional manner consistent with the agency’s Code of Ethics.

· All other duties as assigned.

This full-time position provides generous paid time off, an offer of medical, dental and vision insurance and a 403(b) retirement plan with company match.

COVID-19 considerations:
All staff must either be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 or be willing to submit to weekly COVID-19 testing.  All staff, consumers and visitors must wear a face covering within all agency facilities.

Family Guidance Center of Warren County is an equal opportunity employer.