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Are you looking to join a dynamic team focused on providing high quality health care to communities across Brooklyn & Queens? If so, you’ve come to the right place. For 125 years, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has been providing quality social services to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens, and currently offers 160-plus programs and services for children, youth, adults, seniors, and those struggling with mental illness. Catholic Charities provides comprehensive care coordination and treatment services to individuals living with serious mental illness, complex medical needs and substance use needs. Under the Individual Placement and Support Initiative (IPS) through OMH, the Employment Specialist will support clients under two programs delivering care to individuals living with mental illness who need assistance in achieving their employment goals. The Employment Specialist will work closely with the CCNS Queens ACT team, which is a mobile, multidisciplinary mental health treatment team that provides an integrated set of evidence-based treatment, rehabilitation, case management, and support services. ACT supports client recovery through a highly individualized approach that provides clients with the tools to obtain and maintain housing, employment, relationships and relief from symptoms and medication side effects. The CCNS Community Oriented Recovery and Empowerment (CORE) program delivers Psychosocial Rehabilitation services to clients in their home and community, and the Employment Specialist would contribute to these efforts, supporting an individual’s employment journey.
The Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Employment Specialist will provide intensive in-home and community-based services to help individuals living with severe mental illness achieve employment-related goals and work at regular jobs of their choosing. The IPS Employment Specialist will support the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Community Oriented Recovery and Empowerment (CORE) programs via implementation of evidence-based supported employment methods to assist individuals in meeting and sustaining their employment goals and working towards greater financial security. Under the supervision of the Clinical Director, The IPS Employment Specialist will implement key principles of IPS in Office of Mental Health (OMH) Rehabilitative Programs such as: integrating employment services with mental health treatment, supporting achievement of competitive integrated employment, systematic job development and placement, benefits counseling, and job coaching, all within a person-centered model of care with zero exclusions, meaning all clients are able to receive this service regardless of previous history employment history, psychiatric history or current barriers.
Duties of the Employment Specialist are as follows:
Work collaboratively with ACT team and CORE PSR members and function as a vital part of interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary community based rehabilitation teams.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES
Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services field.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING
We offer competitive Salary and excellent benefits including generous time off, Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement Savings with Agency Match, Transit, life insurance and other additional voluntary benefits. EOE/AA
For more information on our organization, please visit our website at:
www.ccbq.org
Other details
Apply online:
https://us241.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePortal/en-US/ccbq/Posting/View/21288
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $30.21 - $33.84 per hour
Work Location: In person
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