Community Employment Program Specialist - Central Regional Hospital

State of North Carolina•Central Regional Hospital Granville, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The primary purpose of the Community Employment Specialist II position is to provide psychosocial treatment facilitation to assist patients in development of community living and vocational skills. Further, the position also focuses on assessing patients living skills, completing job readiness evaluations, developing a client job-placement plan, learning the job skills, duties, and expectations of employers, breaking the job down into manageable components, training the client to perform the job duties, and providing on-site supervision and support for the client.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a human services or business field such as human resources, marketing, business administration, business management, healthcare management, or public administration from an appropriately accredited institution; or Associate’s degree in a human services or business field (identified above) from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of directly related work experience; or High school or General Educational Development (GED) and four years of directly related work experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Must successfully complete all required initial one-time trainings, Trauma Informed Care training, and hospital/clinical orientations.
Successful annual completion of hospital training, Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NCI) training, discipline specific trainings, and required departmental training.
Successful completion of CPR certification every two years as well as any just-in-time training related to changes in hospital/departmental policies and/or corrective actions.
Applicant must successfully complete pre-employment drug testing and criminal record background checks.
All employees are required to adhere to the facility's Vaccination Policy.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of characteristics of psychiatric illness.
Ability to instruct in a group/classroom setting.
Ability to complete an initial patient work assessment as well as ongoing assessments when needed.
Ability to relate to patients in a supportive and therapeutic manner.
Willing to obtain CDL to meet programming needs upon hire.

Responsibilities

Provide psychosocial treatment facilitation to assist patients in development of community living and vocational skills.
Assess patients' living skills.
Complete job readiness evaluations.
Develop a client job-placement plan.
Learn the job skills, duties, and expectations of employers.
Break the job down into manageable components.
Train the client to perform the job duties.
Provide on-site supervision and support for the client.