Supported Employment Specialist

Employment Specialist

The Employment Specialist helps individuals supported by REACH achieve their employment goals through job development, career exploration, customized employment, and workplace support. This position works closely with individuals, families, employers, and support teams to create meaningful employment opportunities, develop job skills, and promote long-term employment success. Responsibilities also include supporting pre-vocational services, self-employment exploration, employer partnerships, and person-centered employment planning.

Key responsibilities include developing employment opportunities for individuals receiving services, building and maintaining relationships with employers and community partners, conducting job discovery, assessments, and career exploration activities, developing and implementing employment support plans and work-related goals, supporting individuals with pre-vocational services and self-employment exploration, collaborating with support teams to ensure successful job placement and retention, monitoring employment outcomes and adjusting supports as needed, maintaining accurate and timely service documentation, promoting REACH's mission, core values, and service principles, supervising, scheduling, training, and supporting Job Coach staff, assisting with recruitment, onboarding, and retention efforts, providing direct job support services and other duties as assigned.

Required qualifications include a high school diploma or GED, at least 21 years of age or older, strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills, and proficiency with computers and Microsoft Office applications. Preferred qualifications include experience in supported employment, human services, or developmental disabilities services, knowledge of Medicaid-funded services, disability programs, and employment supports, and experience developing employer partnerships and community employment opportunities.

This position includes office, community, and employment-site work. Regular travel within the community may be required. Duties may include extended computer use, direct support activities, outdoor work environments, and occasional lifting or physical assistance.

Conditions of employment include passing and maintaining all required background checks, obtaining and maintaining First Aid/CPR certification, completing required onboarding, training, and certification requirements, possessing and maintaining a valid Alaska Driver's License and required auto insurance, and complying with all REACH policies and regulatory requirements.