Employment Specialist - Next Chapter
About The Position
WellPower provides you with the support you need to help you develop a career in helping others succeed. We innovate, adapt, and leverage the diverse perspectives of the people on our team and the people we serve in everything we do. WellPower envisions a community where every person’s mental health is fostered through strength, resilience and hope. We empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support. Our Guiding Principles: Person Centered. We honor people’s identities, lived experience and journeys and treat every person with the dignity we all deserve. Exceptional Care. We offer compassionate, innovative services that meet people where they are, from immediate support to long-term recovery. Integrity. We operate from a deep foundation of ethical, accountable practices in all we do. Organizational Resilience. We meet the moment and adapt to changing contexts with collaborative creativity, agile business processes, and financial stewardship.
Requirements
- ES II: Bachelor degree in rehabilitation or related field.
- ES III: Masters degree in vocational rehabilitation or related field; with one year of experience in a vocational rehabilitation setting or experience with specific duties of this position is preferred.
Nice To Haves
- Bilingual proficiency in Spanish & ASL
Responsibilities
- Responsible for development of competitive community jobs and skill-building activities needed to attain employment.
- Provide consistent vocational assessments to assist people we serve to be successful in jobs.
- Employment specialist duties are required to identify programs and eligibility as to ensure access for the people we serve.
- Work closely with employers to coach people we serve and provide appropriate interventions.
- Research and develop community contacts that help with job placements.
- Complete reporting pertaining to program measurements.
- Coordinate with clinical teams and therapists regarding vocational objectives.
- Find employment for diverse populations with serious and persistent mental illness.
- Work in the community 60% of the time.
- Public relations and community organizational skills
- Demonstrated ability in program development.
- Ability to work with people we serve with sever and persistent mental illness.
- Ability to give, receive, analyze information, formulate work plans, prepare written materials and articulate goals and action plans.
Benefits
- Support to help you develop a career in helping others succeed
- Comprehensive behavioral health care and comprehensive support
- Tuberculosis (TB) screening, testing - TB screening and testing, is required and must be completed prior to hire (i.e., preplacement), and maintained during employment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
