Employment Specialist

St. Patrick Center is hiring an Employment Specialist to provide treatment, rehabilitation, advocacy, and case management services to program clients with severe and persistent mental illnesses or chemical dependency challenges.

Requirements

• Conduct comprehensive, ongoing assessments of program clients' mental illness, physical health, housing status and other relevant needs.
• Manage primary case load by completing treatment plans, DLA-20, & coordinating care through weekly schedules.
• Assist clients in seeking competitive employment in the community.
• Coach clients with job interview skills and assist with paperwork.
• Provide direct clinical services to clients on individual and group basis in office and community settings, making appropriate changes in treatment plans to ensure client's ability to cope with internal and external stresses.
• Refer clients to appropriate community agencies, assisting clients when needed.
• Act as liaison and consult with community agencies & program clients to maintain coordination in the treatment process.
• Collaborate with other members of the ACT team during daily and weekly staff meetings.
• Provide on-call crisis intervention in coordination with other ACT team members, covering nighttime hours and weekends.
• Maintain SPC client tracking system and client files, documenting client progress to maintain a permanent record of client activity within 24-hour timeframe required by DMH and BJC/administrative agent.
• Responsible for agency policy regarding work hours, building security & all written personnel standards

Benefits

• Free supervision
• Student loan forgiveness opportunities