Suncoast Center
Location
St. Petersburg, Florida
The Community Employment Specialist assists individuals with severe mental illness in determining and achieving employment goals through community outreach and employer advocacy. They are responsible for maintaining accurate clinical documentation, participating in treatment planning meetings, and providing supportive links between clients and employers.
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in a related field and possess knowledge of employment-related practices. The role requires a valid Florida driver's license, a clean criminal background check, and the ability to work flexible hours including nights and weekends.
A Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling preferred
Licensure: N/A
Knowledge of employment related practices required. Previous experience with individuals with a severe and persistent mental illness and forensic involvement.
Must be 21 years of age.
Negative Drug Screening prior to hire and throughout employment.
Clear Criminal Background Check throughout employment with Suncoast Center and local checks prior to hire and annually along with DCF Level II prior to hire and as required by DCF, and Must have valid Florida Driver’s License Motor Vehicle checks prior to hire and annually with acceptable driving record maintained throughout employment along with reliable vehicle, valid registration, and valid vehicle insurance. (must be in compliance with Florida Laws and Administrative Codes with fingerprinting and determined to be of good moral character).
· Required to drive own car and/or company vehicle. Must meet established insurance requirements.
· FACT office, as well as in the community where most contacts occur. Exposure to extreme heat and humidity during the summer months.
· Available to cover on-call covering nighttime hours and weekends if required.
· Meets individually with persons served to assist them in determining employment possibilities using respectful and competency-based words and actions that take cultural differences into consideration and promote recovery by ensuring individual choice is valued.
· Ensures that whatever employment objectives are reached with the person served that these objectives are written on the person’s treatment plan with the plan of action accurately delineated.
· Establishes relationships with employers in the community to refer, support and advocate for persons served. Keeps a binder with all employer contacts and relevant information documented in it.
· Serves as a supportive link between the person served and the employer to advocate and assist with obstacles encountered when entering the work force and maintaining gainful employment.
· Completes all documentation correctly and in the required time frame including progress notes with objective to treatment plan clearly stated, timecard, and other documentation as requested by the team leader or needed to ensure all records are complete.
· Participates in daily staff organizational meetings and treatment planning review meetings. Discusses cases appropriately at staffings. When not able to be present at a daily meeting, calls in with specific review of client contacts over the previous 24-hour period.
· Provides other services to individuals served and/or the Team as needed and assigned by the team leader.
· Meets with the team leader for supervision when necessary to discuss cases and ensure excellence in clinical practice.
· Accomplishes individual goals
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