What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supported Employment Specialist (Degree) position at Monadnock Family Services?
Description
Begin your career with us. Build your career with us. Stay with us for the duration of your career. We have an amazing pattern of longevity among our staff. We have career ladders to keep you moving up!
Come in as a Supported Employment Specialist, get your Bachelor’s Degree, move on to your Master’s Degree and get that capstone Doctorate, working all the while and receiving financial incentives and tuition reimbursement all the way! Why float around waiting for your career to take off? Apply once and ride with us to the top of your career.
The Supported Employment Specialist works under the direction of a written Individual Service Plan, to provides community employment supports to adults with a severe and persistent mental illness. These services may include the provision of mental-illness management supports in a variety of employment settings. Develops and maintains relationships with community employers and other vocational programs to increase collaborative efforts.
Requirements
1. A baccalaureate degree in social work, rehabilitation, psychology, education, or a related human service field and one year of experience working with persons with severe and persistent mental illness or two years experience in a human service field preferably within supported employment services.
2. An equivalent combination of education and experience, such that:
a) one additional year of education in a human service field may be substituted for each year of experience required; and
b) one additional year of experience in a human service program may be substituted for one year of education required; and
c) other experience in the provision of services to persons with severe and persistent mental illness or by other persons who
have personal knowledge of mental illness, may be substituted for the experience required, given demonstrable skills or
competencies derived from the experience.
d) a waiver is approved by the Bureau of Behavioral Health.
3. A commitment to psychosocial rehabilitation with a consumer adult population.
4. Demonstrated communication skills.
5. A good driving record, reliable transportation, and the ability to transport consumers when necessary to achieve treatment goals.
