Vocational Employment Project Coordinator - Next Chapter

WellPower envisions a community where every person’s mental health is fostered through strength, resilience and hope. We empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support.

Our Guiding Principles:

• Person Centered. We honor people’s identities, lived experience and journeys and treat every person with the dignity we all deserve. 
• Exceptional Care. We offer compassionate, innovative services that meet people where they are, from immediate support to long-term recovery.
• Integrity. We operate from a deep foundation of ethical, accountable practices in all we do.
• Organizational Resilience. We meet the moment and adapt to changing contexts with collaborative creativity, agile business processes, and financial stewardship.

Position Summary:

​​Vocational Employment Project Coordinators administer, monitor, and report out on assigned special project within the Employment program. Works integrally within clinical treatment teams to align vocational goals with recovery outcomes, focusing on rapid job search, placement, and long-term career sustainability. By collaboratively managing the development of community jobs and ensuring quality placements, and that both the people we serve and our employer partners achieve mutual success. Responsible for coordinating and delivering high-fidelity vocational rehabilitation services to support the people we serve (PWS) in achieving their community employment goals. This role leads job development and placement activities, including the cultivation of strategic employer partnerships to ensure quality job matches across a variety of work experiences and employment types. ​

Location: 456 N Bannock St

Compensation:

• $31.25/hr, $65,000/yr

Responsibilities & Job  Duties: 

• ​​​Develop workflow, channels of communication, and procedures for the program.​

• ​Administer, monitor, and report out on assigned special project within the Rehabilitative Services Department.

• ​​​Coordinate care between the rehabilitation department and clinical teams; collaborate with treatment clinicians and support staff.

• ​Coordinate care between the rehabilitation department and the clinical teams.​

• ​​​Complete comprehensive vocational assessments, utilizing aptitude, interest and other assessment tools.​

• ​Responsible for development of competitive community jobs and skill-building activities needed to attain employment.

• ​Develop individualized training plans for the people we serve in the vocational/rehabilitation program.

• ​Complete timely and accurate data, reports, and clinical documentation as required.

• ​​​Coordination of activities for the people we serve at assigned workstations/sites at WellPower or outside employers.​

• ​Conduct rehabilitative and goal-oriented employment opportunities.

• ​Identify programs and access eligibility to ensure access and opportunity for the people we serve.

• ​Research and job develop community employers that help with job placements.

• ​Monitor the progress of the people we serve and activities with the people we serve, documenting services provided.

• ​Plan and facilitate social activities within the community and with the program.

• ​Other duties as assigned​

Requirements & Qualifications:        

​​Education:

• ​Bachelor’s degree with minimum of three years of vocational experience

​or

• ​Masters in related field

​Experience:

• ​​​Minimum three years of experience working with severe and persistent mental illness​.

​Credentials/Certification:

• ​​​​Certified Psychiatrics Rehabilitation Practitioner preferred.

• ​Must have a valid driver’s license.​​

Typical Physical & Mental Demands:

​​​Requires sitting, standing, bending and reaching. May require lifting up to 50 pounds. Requires manual dexterity sufficient to operate standard office machines such as computers, fax machines, the telephone and other office and/or clinical equipment. Employees will need to use personal vehicle or public transport to attend off-site meetings with community partners (e.g., DVR, Workforce Centers), employers, conduct job site visits, facilitate community-based trainings, and participate in organizational events across different WellPower locations. Frequently, depending on project phases and meeting schedules for 1-3 hours meetings or job development. Typically, local daytime travel consisting of short trips (15–45 minutes) within the Denver metro area. Occasional full-day attendance at regional conferences or off-site workshops may be required.

Working Conditions

​​Exposure to extreme heat, cold, fumes, or high noise levels is minimal and typically limited to short durations during travel between locations or while visiting employers and community partner sites. Employees are expected to follow standard health and safety protocols as directed by the organization or specific site requirements (e.g., masks during specific public health mandates).​

Learn more about WellPower:

WellPower is committed to fair and equitable hiring with salaries based on relevant factors, such as work experience, education, and certification/licensure (rather than wage history). Toward the principle of equal pay for equal work, we post and hire within defined hiring salary ranges. We ask all applicants to carefully review the hiring salary range for each posted job opportunity, as we will not hire outside the predetermined range.

WellPower is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

For a complete overview of our robust benefits, visit: https://wellpower.org/workplace-of-choice

Tuberculosis (TB) screening, testing  -  TB  screening and testing, is required and must be completed prior to hire ( i.e., preplacement), and maintained during employment