Support adults with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) enrolled in Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) with engagement in employment in fidelity to the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model.
Requirements
- Significant experience in work services (e.g. soft skill development, job coaching, job development, placement support) for people with SMI.
- Strong organizational and written and oral communication skills.
- Capable of taking an assignment from concept to completion with minimal supervision.
- Ability to travel in NYC utilizing public transportation.
- Bilingual Spanish/English preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provides employment readiness needs assessments and develops individualized plans congruent with participant needs, preferences, goals and readiness
- Conducts rapid job search for participants
- Carries out systemic job development and partnering with employers in the community
- Develops employment opportunities for participants by establishing linkages and relationships with potential employers in the community
- Provides ongoing support and coaching to assist participants engaged in employment or employment readiness activities to improve behaviors, interpersonal skills, and work ethics necessary to maintain employment
- Works with employers to facilitate reasonable accommodation for participants according to participant need
- Assures monitoring and documentation of participant progress by developing and maintaining tracking and progress reports
Other
- At least 65% of the work week is spent in the field in the community.
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Strong organizational and written and oral communication skills.
- Capable of taking an assignment from concept to completion with minimal supervision.
- Ability to travel in NYC utilizing public transportation.
