Career Coach for Inclusive Employment

Centerstone; Springfield (MO); Híbrido; USD 42.000 - 52.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Paid time off

Benefits package

Training opportunities

Career mobility

Inclusive culture

Mission-driven workplace

Descripción de la vacante

Brightli in Springfield, MO is seeking a Supported Employment Specialist to help individuals with disabilities achieve lasting vocational success. You will provide individualized career planning, job placement, retention support, and collaborate with local employers to create integrated opportunities.

Travel is extensive and may include evenings or weekends. The role emphasizes advocacy, community partnerships, and delivering services with dignity and respect in a compassionate team environment.

Formación

• Possess a high school diploma or equivalent certificate.
• Possess at least one year of experience providing employment services.
• Preferably possess an associate or bachelor’s degree in an applicable field from an accredited institution.

Responsabilidades

• Provide individualized career planning, vocational counseling, job placement, and retention services based on each client’s strengths, needs, abilities, preferences, and employment goals.
• Develop relationships with local employers and deliver employer services that create competitive, integrated employment opportunities while addressing recruitment needs.
• Teach and reinforce job-search, interviewing, workplace-readiness, and job-retention skills through interviews, coaching, and community-based activities.
• Review vocational, medical, psychological, and educational information to support informed career planning and employment services.
• Assist clients with benefits planning at the beginning of services, before starting a new job, and when considering changes in work hours or pay.
• Conduct client orientations covering available services, rights, responsibilities, and employment-related disclosure.
• Participate in team and planning meetings that use shared decision-making to support clients’ employment goals.
• Advocate for clients with employers, referral sources, family members, schools, social service agencies, and other community stakeholders.
• Educate employers about the benefits of hiring individuals with disabilities and help facilitate reasonable job accommodations, assistive technology, workplace adaptations, and job carving.
• Promote services and clients professionally through employer outreach, community events, awareness activities, presentations, and public speaking.
• Maintain frequent communication with referral sources to coordinate services for shared clients and identify potential referrals.
• Provide on-site or off-site job coaching and employment support, including responding to crises that may occur at a client’s worksite.
• Travel extensively within the community to conduct job development and employment-support activities, including transporting clients when required.
• Report referrals, placements, retention outcomes, job-development activity, and areas of concern to the supervisor regularly.
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with CARF, contractual, documentation, and service-delivery standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Leadership.

Conocimientos

Customer service

Communication

Driving

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Case management

Advocacy

Educación

High school diploma

Associate's degree

Bachelor's degree

Herramientas

CRM software

Vehicle for travel

Descripción del empleo

Brightli in Springfield, MO is seeking a Supported Employment Specialist to help individuals with disabilities achieve lasting vocational success. You will provide individualized career planning, job placement, retention support, and collaborate with local employers to create integrated opportunities.

Travel is extensive and may include evenings or weekends. The role emphasizes advocacy, community partnerships, and delivering services with dignity and respect in a compassionate team environment.