Employment Specialist

The Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model alleviates decades-old challenges that have led to a crisis in providing access to mental health and addiction care. As an integrated and sustainably-financed model for care delivery, CCBHCs:

• Ensure access to integrated, evidence-based addiction and mental health services, including 24/7 crisis response and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for addiction.
• Meet stringent criteria regarding timeliness of access, quality reporting, staffing and coordination with social services, criminal justice and education systems.
• Receive funding to support the real costs of expanding services to fully meet the need for care in their communities.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for developing and implementing strategies, prioritizing evidence-based approaches for client to obtain competitive employment opportunities, including for young adults.
• Conduct a functional assessment to determine client educational and vocational strengths, needs, abilities, preferences, goals for inclusion in their care plans.
• Provide training to clients regarding skills and strategies for getting and keeping a job.
• Serves as a liaison to possible and actual employers.
• Be an integral part of the CCBHC multidisciplinary team, including family care planning and collaboration.
• Offer individual counseling sessions and conduct regular vocational support groups with peer support for job-search activities including resume writing, the creation of a job search plan, and shared reviews of successful and unsuccessful job search activities.
• Serve as liaison to offsite employment assistance services.
• Assist administrative staff in collection of information for program effectiveness.
• Maintain accurate clinical records in compliance with all city, state, and federal regulations.
• Participate in all training programs for the Whole Family Health Model.
• Attend individual supervision with clinical supervisor.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Skilled and knowledgeable in working with people living with mental illness, substance abuse and co-occurring disorders with a strength-based, whole health approach.
• Knowledgeable with current vocational and job training evidenced based approaches, including assessments and testing.
• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with clients, colleagues, public, other agencies and their staff, and third-party insurance personnel.
• Cultural competence with Latino and other culture.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years’ experience providing vocational or employment services in a human services agency or closely related experience.   Very good interpersonal/communication and strong clinical skills.

Bilingual Spanish is greatly preferred.

HOURS PER WEEK: This is a full-time 40-hour week exempt salary position, utilizing a flex schedule.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENT: Moderate degree of travel to employers, home visits.