Position: Job Developer/Job Coach
Function: Supports 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. At least 65% of the work week is spent in the field in the community.
Reports to: ACT Team Leader
Deployed to: Bronx ACT Team
Schedule: Mondays-Fridays (8am-4pm or 9am-5pm)
Tasks:
- 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
- Assists individuals in understanding and managing changes to their benefits and entitlements based on their employment income
- Assures monitoring and documentation of participant progress by developing and maintaining tracking and progress reports
- Enters data into the NY Employment Services System (NYESS) and Child and Adult Integrated Reporting System (CAIRS)
- Attends training as assigned including participation in trainings and technical assistance related to IPS
- Actively participates in the Center for Practice Innovations IPS Learning Collaborative
- Collaborates as an active member of the ACT team in promoting employment related goals and objectives for participants
- Duties as assigned by supervisor
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