Employment Specialist
Easterseals MORC•Southfield, MI
About The Position
Easterseals MORC is hiring an Employment Specialist to provide supported employment and vocational services to adults with severe and persistent mental illness. The position includes assessing clients’ vocational needs, developing goals and program plans, coordinating community-based services, and providing vocational case management, rehabilitation, support, and crisis intervention. The specialist also coaches team staff in approaches and practices used to deliver supported employment services and collaborates with the clinical team to monitor clients’ treatment progress and basic needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, with a major in a human services field, in accordance with Medicaid Provider Manual Guidelines.
- At least one year of full-time work experience providing vocational counseling services in a mental health setting; a master’s degree in a human services field may substitute for one year of the required experience.
Responsibilities
- Help colleagues get work done, promote cooperation, model caring and cooperative behavior, share resources, and volunteer to support others’ success.
- Coach team staff to build competencies for providing supported employment services, including strength-based interactions, person-centered planning, Stage of Change, Motivational Interviewing, co-occurring principles and interventions, and practice protocols.
- Assess and evaluate the vocational needs of adult clients with severe and persistent mental illness, maintain contact with clients on the caseload, and develop goals.
- Assist clients in developing appropriate program plans to address identified needs.
- Complete referral forms and clinical and legal documentation needed to obtain community-based services for clients.
- Maintain records of client contact for agency documentation, team presentations, reviews, and staff meetings.
- Provide vocational case management for support, rehabilitation, and/or crisis intervention.
- Monitor and evaluate vocational situations and settings to assess treatment consistency and progress.
- Coordinate with the clinical team to monitor medication adherence, transportation needs, and provision of other basic needs.
Benefits
- Low-cost dental, health, and vision insurance
- Dependent care reimbursement
- Up to five days of paid FMLA for maternity, paternity, foster care, and adoption
- Generous 401(k) retirement plan
- Bonus of up to $125 for taking five days off in a row
- Wellness programs
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) employer
- Bonuses and extra incentives
- Mileage reimbursement in accordance with the IRS rate
- Free financial planning services through partnerships with the LoVasco Consulting Group and SoFi
- Student loan repayment options
- Pet insurance
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Job Type
Full-time
