EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST

Employment Specialist

Supported Employment Specialists assist individuals facing mental health challenges in finding competitive employment. Employment Specialists empower individuals to obtain and maintain meaningful jobs in the community, aligning with their preferences, strengths, experiences, interests and talents. Employment Specialists conduct career assessments, facilitate job development activities, assist with benefits planning and job related support.

Essential Job Function:

• The Employment Specialist assists our consumers in choosing, getting and keeping a job.
• Performs the role of case manager offering guidance and support with job seeking skills including interviewing and applications. Seeks other services and resources as needed. Provides job coaching and MH supports
• Knowledge of work practices such as environmental preference, safety, entitlements
• Provides timely and effective advocacy, consultation, service coordination, evaluation, written reports, and contacts to community resources and related professionals as required by PBHG standards and consumer needs.

Competencies:

• Demonstrates proficiency in verbal and written communication
• Effectively uses outreach to engage consumers into program
• Performs job responsibility with a minimum supervision
• Creativity/problem solving. Has good ideas and solutions and will seek out assistance when needed
• Completes timely and evidenced based documentation to departmental and agency standards

Qualifications:

• Education BA in human services or AA plus 2 years experience in providing human services or 5 years human service experience
• Valid NJ Driver's License-Good Driving Record

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

o Medical, Dental and Prescription Insurance

o 403(b) Retirement Plan

o Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

o Long Term Disability Insurance

o Life and AD&D Insurance

o Employee Assistance Program

o Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account

o Voluntary Benefits, such as Vision Insurance, Aflac, Pet Insurance

o Staff Training and Development Opportunities

o Employee Referral Bonus program

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