Vocational Manager

Job Description

Job Description

TITLE : Vocational Manager

REPORTS TO : Director of Vocational Services

FLSA CODE : Exempt

PROGRAM : Kate Rothko Center for Recovery – 15 Hell Gate Circ. Ward’s Island, NY 10035

Our Mission:

Since 1967, Odyssey House has gone beyond helping individuals beat drugs and alcohol. We help rebuild lives. There’s more to recovery than just getting clean. We help individuals get healthy again, too, with medical and dental care, fitness programs, support for your mental health and more. Individuals can stay with their children while in treatment, while learning new life skills, so they can stay together and repair other broken relationships in their lives. We provide educational and work skill trainings, outpatient services and available housing assistance, so individuals can step back into real life with a real future.

If that sounds different than other treatment programs, you’re right. Because Odyssey is where recovery gets real.

In addition to competitive salaries, Odyssey House offers:

• A 35-hour work week (as opposed to a 40-hour work week)
• Vacation Plan and Holiday Schedule
• Life Insurance
• Medical Insurance (Two Plans)
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Additional Insurance Coverages (hospitalization, accidental, critical illness coverage)
• Long-Term & Short-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account/Health Reimbursement Account
• 403(b) Plan
• Corporate Counseling Associates (CCA) EAP benefit
• Ability Assist Counseling Services (through The Hartford)
• Commuter Benefits
• Educational Assistance Programs
• Special shopping discounts through ADP Marketplace and PlumBenefits
• RUFit?! Fitness Program
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Assistance
• Optum Financial Service through ConnectYourCare
• Benefit Advocacy Center through Gallagher

Description of Duties and Responsibilities. 

The Vocational Manager is responsible for oversight of daily program operation, ensuring project goals are met, all reports are completed and submitted on time, and all rules are followed. The Vocational Manager delivers direct vocational rehabilitation services to program participants.

• Conducts outreach and delivers educational presentations to network service providers.

• Provides supervision to Employment Specialist and Peer Employment Coach.

• Coordinates implementation of all grant-funded program activities.

• Provides administrative oversight of clinical and employment support services.

• Leads multidisciplinary team meetings and clinical case conferences.

• Monitors participant enrollment, service utilization, and outcomes.

• Oversees GPRA and program evaluation activities.

• Assures that grant funded IPS and Therapeutic Community evidence-based practices remain well integrated with other program services.

• Develops and maintains collaborative relationships with local businesses, New York State Education Department Vocational Services and collateral service providers.

• Coordinates referrals for vocational rehabilitation activities and internship placement.

• Conducts comprehensive vocational and educational assessments.

• Administers educational and vocational testing to assist clients in exploring career and academic interests.

• Develops vocational and educational treatment plan goals and objectives.

• Provides individual and group counseling focused on developing the skills necessary for successfully engaging in job skills training and employment.

• Administers local performance measurement tools with program participant’s in accordance with program guidelines.

• Leads in grant monitoring activities, meetings, audits, and reporting.

• Ensures compliance with organizational, regulatory, and grant requirements.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Participates in in-service training and activities which assure fidelity to evidence-based practices.

• Monitors fidelity to evidence-based practices.

• Documents delivery of services in clinical record.

• Additional responsibilities as needed.

Qualifications for Position: 

• Minimum two (2) years of vocational rehabilitation experience in a behavioral health setting, including at least one (1) year working with individuals with substance use or mental health disorders.

• Master’s degree in human services discipline such as social work, rehabilitation counseling or mental health counseling required.

• CRC certification is preferred.

• Experience in a residential drug treatment setting is preferred.

• Supervisory experience preferred.

Skills and Knowledge Required: 

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and electronic health record systems.

• Familiar with New York State Education Department Vocational Rehabilitation Services

• Knowledge of vocational rehabilitation principles and strategies for successful competitive employment.

• Experience with electronic documentation systems.

Strong communication and care coordination skills.

• Ability to work effectively with individuals recovering from substance use disorders.

TRAVEL & SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS 

• Some local travel is required.

• Occasional out-of-state travel may be required.

Odyssey House is an equal opportunity employer maintaining a non-discriminatory policy on hiring of its personnel. Odyssey House, and its operational divisions, will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or citizen status in all employment decisions including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, training, rate of pay or other forms of compensation, layoff, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.