What are the responsibilities and job description for the Employment Specialist position at Butler Behavioral Health?
WPA Employment Specialist
Starting at $17/hr.
Butler Behavioral Health has been providing high quality behavioral health services to our community since 1948. We value the unique characteristics, individual strengths and a holistic understanding of every client and their resources, to develop personalized treatment plans with focused objectives that result in “small steps” towards changing their lives. Our simple mission, to be one’s first choice for caring, comprehensive and well-coordinated behavioral health care services. We believe in three basic philosophies to provide the best care to our clients: quick and simple access to services, highest level of service engagement while inspiring our teams every day.
Work Place Associates is a community-based program which helps working age youth and adults with mental health or cognitive disabilities regain or improve the quality of their lives through meaningful employment supports. Examples of typical services provided include career counseling, vocational case management, benefits education, job development, and job coaching. Our WPA program is seeking an Employment Specialist to provide assessment, job development, and job coaching services for the people we serve in Southwest Ohio.
Responsibilities:
- Provide individualized instruction in a community based setting
- Act as a liaison between WorkPlace Associates Staff, the WorkPlace Associates Program Manager, funding sources, and employer contacts.
- Complete and document ongoing job search and coaching documentation.
- Communicate effectively with consumers, employers, co-workers, family members, funding sources, and agency personnel.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with consumers and other stakeholders
- Attend in-services, seminars and other training activities as scheduled
- Complete/submit all required paperwork. Maintain case records according to professional standards
- Via Microsoft Teams, conduct live, virtual small group instruction on vocational topics using the provided curriculum.
- Maintain case records in compliance with professional standards.
Minimum requirements:
- High School Diploma, Associate’s degree preferred
- Strong attention to detail and follow-up skills
- Social Service sales, or teaching experience preferred, but not required
- Experience utilizing case record system
- Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record
The WPA Employment Specialist is a full-time, hourly non-exempt position, with salary based on experience. We offer a supportive work environment, competitive wages well as:
- Benefits start on first day of work - Medical, dental, vision, company paid life insurance
- Medical plans starting at $28 a month– PPO/FSA or HDHP/HSA.
- Annual PTO offering includes accrual of 20 days of personal time off
- 401k with up to 6% company match – with 401k plan being vested on first day of work
- EAP benefits
- Mileage reimbursement
Salary : $17
