Employment Specialist- On Call

Ablelight•Visalia, CA

8d•$20 - $20•Remote

About The Position

The Employment Specialist is a key team member of Bethesda’s supported employment mission, helping adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities find purpose and community through employment. The role develops a pipeline of clients and business partnerships, provides job coaching and employment-transition support, and ensures appropriate documentation and compliance. It also serves as a frontline resource for colleagues, people supported, and families, and contributes to onboarding, staff development, and operational administration. The position requires a flexible schedule, including occasional evenings and weekends. Pay is $20.00.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or commensurate experience.
Two years of relevant experience, including six months of experience with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
Active driver’s license; required if the role involves driving others or as required by state regulations.
Outstanding oral and written communication skills, including clear and effective communication with internal and external audiences and colleagues.
Ability to draft clear, concise, and culturally aware business correspondence.
Ability to think strategically, multitask, prioritize, respond promptly, and meet deadlines and performance goals.
Self-starter comfortable working remotely.
Ability and willingness to work a flexible schedule, including occasional evenings and weekends.

Nice To Haves

Previous leadership experience, such as project management, team or task leadership, or supervision.
Working knowledge of marketing and public relations and their relationship to business growth.

Responsibilities

Identify, develop, and maintain community and business relationships that support meaningful employment and advancement for people with disabilities.
Secure new clients for employment services and build a client pipeline through partnerships with school districts and colleges, including pre-employment transition services.
Maintain communication with employers, identify successes and opportunities, help remove employment barriers, and resolve issues related to community integration and independence.
Maintain cooperative relationships with vocational rehabilitation and other funding and referral sources.
Provide job coaching and full-cycle employment support, including career counseling, evaluation, skills training and assessment, job-readiness training, and job placement.
Participate in teams to develop and implement person-centered employment goals and objectives, including an employment plan (IPE).
Conduct regular job-site visits and provide support to assess work quality and client success and satisfaction.
Complete timely and thorough program and case documentation; follow licensing regulations, agency policies, best practices, and individual-rights protections.
Observe, evaluate, and document job performance; recommend goals and objectives; break tasks into achievable components; and promote inclusion and self-advocacy at community work sites.
Transport individuals to job sites when specified by contract.
Track and document client progress, employment, support-plan goals, licensing and certification requirements, and billing requirements.
Support timely client placement, retention goals, compliance with employer contracts, and billable-hours requirements; identify and address compliance gaps.
Serve as a frontline resource for colleagues, people supported, and parents or guardians; recommend quality and process improvements and escalate issues to the manager as needed.
Welcome, onboard, and train new colleagues in partnership with operational leaders, human resources, quality, and nursing; identify additional staff training and development needs.
Support standard operating procedures, including audits of individual support plans, monitoring medical supplies and prescriptions, and monthly facility audits.
Order food and supplies and allocate receipts to house and program financials; reconcile and enter personal-funds records.
Maintain a clean, safe, and healthy residential environment and a master calendar of appointments, facility activities, and meetings.