IPS Implementation Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: IPS Implementation Specialist

Grade: 25

Salary: $95,774-$115,604

The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene is seeking a qualified candidate to fill a IPS Implementation Specialist position. The IPS Implementation Specialist/Trainer selected for this position will provide training, program evaluation, and on-going technical assistance to IPS employment specialists, vocational staff members and program supervisors and managers at mental health provider agencies, and counties in California.

The incumbent will have primary responsibility for training and technical assistance activities related to IPS and will receive supervision and support from the initiative's lead and other senior staff.

Applicants must live in the state of California.

In order to provide the essential training and technical assistance with the necessary intensity and frequency for sites, incumbent will have regular and consistent contact with sites. This will occur through remote and on-site consultation visits as well as through face-to-face regional training sessions, on-line meetings, and webinars. Additionally, on-site program evaluations and fidelity report writing will be essential functions of the job.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• The Implementation Specialist will provide Individual Placement and Support (IPS) training and technical assistance within California
• This position requires regular overnight travel
• Provide in-person group training or virtual group training to IPS specialists, IPS supervisors, mental health practitioners, and state Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors.
• Assist counties by developing an IPS supported employment implementation plan.
• Through field mentoring, including skills demonstration, shadowing, and giving feedback, teach IPS supervisors how to coach frontline staff.
• Ensure that programmatic structure and agency culture support competitive integrated employment as an outcome.
• Identify barriers to implementing integrated services and facilitate resolutions.
• Provide ongoing consultation and guidance to counties regarding expanding and sustaining good-fidelity IPS.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in rehabilitation counseling, counseling, psychology, social work, or related human services area or the equivalent; OR (6) years of relevant experience in mental health services and vocational services or supported employment in a mental health system.
• At least (1) year of relevant experience as an IPS trainer, IPS Supervisor or VR/DOR Counselor who worked with an IPS program.
• This position will be located in California

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in a related field preferred.
• At least (3) years' experience as an IPS trainer and fidelity reviewer is preferred, though experience as an IPS supervisor is also desirable.
• At least (1) year of experience working with programs that serve young adults and use of the IPS-Y scale is preferred.
• At least (1) year of experience working on an ACT team (or with ACT teams) is preferred.

Work Location: 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032

To Apply: Submit an application through our website at Please note only applications submitted through our website will be considered.

The Mission of the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. (RFMH) is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. RFMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities. To this end, RFMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring that RFMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. RFMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

The Research Foundation is a private not-for-profit corporation and is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits. Excellent Benefits Package. Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer - Disabled/Veteran, 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) compliant.