Job DetailsJob LocationNew York, NYPosition TypeFull-TimeEducation LevelBA/BSSalary Range$45,000.00 - $55,000.00 SalaryJob ShiftMonday - Friday 9 AM - 5 PMDescriptionThe Bridge is an innovative and well-respected mental health agency serving adults with serious behavioral health diagnoses, substance use issues, and co-occurring medical conditions. The Bridge envisions a world where adults with mental illness can thrive in the Community. Our mission is to change lives by offering help, hope, and opportunity to vulnerable adults in New York City. We work from a Harm Reduction, Trauma-Informed perspective and acknowledge the impact that systemic racism has had on the communities we serve.Under the Program Director, the Employment Specialist helps adults with mental health and co-occurring disorders achieve their recovery goals by providing person-centered psychiatric rehabilitation and employment support within legal and ethical guidelines. This role involves working with individuals in the PROS program on employment goals using the IPS model and collaborating with other staff.Essential Position Functions:
- Primarily responsible for working with individuals in the program who have an employment-focused life role goal.
- Assisting individuals in skills and steps according to the IPS model for job attainment
- Document employment outcomes in the NYESS database.
- Dedicate time towards community outreach, developing relationships with potential employers and co-managing a database of employment sites for PROS participants seeking competitive work.
- Provide individual and group curricula-based employment related services and interventions to participants seeking employment, guided by IPS, CPI and OMH standards.
- Help participants identify how to use their natural and developed strengths towards their employment goal process.
- Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to provide participants with person-centered recovery and mental health services and with other employment support staff for effective collaboration.
- Document all participant contacts and services (progress notes, employment records in electronic health records in a timely manner and report necessary outcomes to governing bodies (CPI, OMH, etc.).
- Link participants to employment, education, vocational interests and community integration relevant to assist with employment goals.
- Must be able to maintain clear and appropriate boundaries with service recipients
- Basic knowledge of the public mental health system
- Experience working within the mental health/behavioral health field preferred
- Knowledge of harm reduction and person-centered service provision preferred
- Other duties as assigned.
QualificationsRequired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in social services- related field.
- Clinical supervision hours available.
- Demonstrate excellent time and task management skills, as well as oral and written communication skills.
- Bilingual is a plus.
- Strong computer skills
- Excellent interpersonal communication including the ability to establish empathic, empowering relationships with people who have experienced psychiatric disabilities and trauma
The Bridge Inc. is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer