In PersonAt least 45% of work hours are spent in the community; the position requires transporting consumers in a personal or agency vehicle.
Social & Community Services
About the job
Requirements
Education and experience equivalent to a degree in mental health, social services, or business.
Must maintain appropriate auto insurance coverage that permits transporting consumers in a personal vehicle and/or agency vehicle.
Must complete required daily, monthly, and annual documentation and tracking while adhering to HIPAA standards, integrity, and ethics.
Must expect to support individuals with work preparedness, résumé building, application completion and submission, motivational and mock interviewing, interview support, on-the-job support, and job retention.
Responsibilities
Provide employment-focused services throughout the vocational rehabilitation process, including vocational assessments, career planning, job development, job placement, and job retention.
Support individuals in identifying, obtaining, and maintaining meaningful employment aligned with their interests, strengths, skills, and career goals.
Build positive relationships with employers and develop quality job matches.
Support individuals' recovery from mental illness, physical illness, and substance use disorders.
Incorporate the Recovery Model and the evidence-based practice of Supported Employment into all interactions and services.
Apply the principles of hope and recovery, personal responsibility, peer support, respect and empathy, non-stigmatizing language, empowerment, recognition and development of individual strengths, and self-determination.
Use a person-centered, individualized approach to support job seekers according to their skills and career goals, and support employers with advice and resources to meet their labor needs.
Manage a caseload of 10–24 individuals.
Spend at least 45% of work hours in the community.
Desired Qualifications
Experience working with people with severe mental illness.
Experience providing employment services.
Marketing experience and knowledge of the work world.
Salary Range: 18 to 18 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-hour-wage)
Arundel Lodge is a non-profit organization that works toward a world where behavioral health disorders are not a limit to achieving a meaningful life in the community.
General Description
The Employment Specialist is an integral member of Arundel Lodge and plays a key role in supporting the culture, independence, and quality of life experienced by the individuals served.
The Employment Specialist is responsible for providing employment-focused services throughout the vocational rehabilitation process, including vocational assessments, career planning, job development, job placement, and job retention. The Employment Specialist supports individuals in identifying, obtaining, and maintaining meaningful employment that aligns with their interests, strengths, skills, and career goals.
Employment Specialists recognize that they have dual customers: the individuals receiving services and the employers with whom they work. Building positive relationships with employers and developing quality job matches are essential components of the role.
The primary focus of the Employment Specialist is to support individuals in their journey of recovery from mental illness, physical illness, and substance use disorders. Employment Specialists are expected to incorporate Arundel Lodge’sRecovery Model and Evidence-Based Practice of Supported Employment into all interactions and services provided to individuals served.
Interactions and interventions should reflect these practices in a manner that an outside observer could readily recognize the core principles of the Recovery Model and Supported Employment. These principles are non-linear and holistic and emphasize:
Hope and recovery
Personal responsibility
Peer support
Respect and empathy
Non-stigmatizing language
Empowerment
Recognition and development of individual strengths
Self-determination
Experience
Experience working with people with severe mental illness, experience providing employment services, marketing and knowledge of the work world are preferred but not required.
In Supported Employment the candidate should expect to support individuals with work preparedness, resume building, application completion and submission, motivational and mock interviewing, interview support, on the job support, and job retention.
Duties
A partnership between job seeker, employment specialist and employer! Supported employment takes a person-centered, individualized approach. Job seekers receive support tailored to their specific skills and career goals; employers are supported with advice and resources to help meet their unique labor needs. In Supported Employment the candidate should expect to support individuals with work preparedness, resume building, application completion and submission, motivational and mock interviewing, interview support, on the job support, and job retention.
Qualifications
Education and experience equivalent to a degree in mental health, social services, or business. Experience working with people with severe mental illness, experience providing employment services, marketing and knowledge of the work world are preferred but not required.
Transportation Requirement
This position requires transporting consumers in your personal vehicle and/or an agency vehicle. Employees must maintain appropriate auto insurance coverage that permits transportation of consumers. At least 45% of hours worked will be spent in the community.
Arundel Lodge provides initial and ongoing training and support to Employment Specialists regarding the Recovery Model and Evidence-Based Practice of Supported Employment. Employment Specialists are expected to demonstrate and incorporate these practices consistently in the performance of their assigned responsibilities.
The qualified candidate should expect to manage a caseload of 10-24 individuals. Daily, monthly and annual required documentation submission and tracking while adhering to HIPPA standards with integrity and ethics.