Employment Specialist

Helping-Celebrate-Abilities; Village of Endicott (NY); Sur place; USD 25 000 - 28 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Generous paid time off

Retirement plan with company matching

Telehealth/concierge medicine

FSA

HSA

Life insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Critical illness/specified disease

Employee assistance program

Résumé du poste

Helping-Celebrate-Abilities in the Village of Endicott, NY, is hiring a Full-Time Support Specialist to help individuals achieve vocational goals and maintain clear communication with supervisors about work plans.

You will provide orientation, training, supervision, and follow-along services at the work site, while building cooperative relationships with host company staff and families to ensure smooth service delivery.

Qualifications

• High School / GED with a minimum of 2-4 years experience working with the developmentally disabled population.
• Combination of education and experience that meets or exceeds the standards of the program.

Responsabilités

• Provide necessary orientation, training, supervision, and follow along services to assigned individuals at the work site. Implement treatment according to defined program objectives.
• Maintain cooperative working relationships with host company employees, referral agency representatives and all other personnel including the consumer and family to assure the necessary integration and coordination of service delivery to individuals.
• Responsible for training individuals to perform assigned work to best of their ability. Familiarizes individuals with their new work environment.
• Assist individuals in learning other new tasks such as organization, time management, professionalism and interpersonal relations.
• Help individuals work through issues that may arise on the job by using creative problem-solving.
• Assist the Supported Employment individual to maintain employment stability.
• Submit documentation of all services provided for the month for billing purposes in a timely manner.
• Maintains a thorough working knowledge of and adheres to organization policies and procedures.
• Timely and accurate documentation as required by Quality and Fiscal Standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

Connaissances

Advocacy

Problem-solving

Negotiation

Initiative

Creativity

Organizational ability

Multitasking

Excel

Outlook

Word

Internet Explorer

Windows OS

Formation

High School / GED

Outils

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Windows Operating System

Description du poste

• Base Pay $18.00 - $20.00 / Hour
• Job Category Residential
• Employee Type Full-Time
• Required Degree High school

Position Overview

Under general supervision, provide direct support in enabling individuals to achieve their vocational goals and provide clear communication with supervisory staff regarding the progress of their work plan.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide necessary orientation, training, supervision, and follow along services to assigned individuals at the work site. Implement treatment according to defined program objectives.
• Maintain cooperative working relationships with host company employees, referral agency representatives and all other personnel including the consumer and family to assure the necessary integration and coordination of service delivery to individuals.
• Responsible for training individuals to perform assigned work to best of their ability. Familiarizes individuals with their new work environment.
• Assist individuals in learning other new tasks such as organization, time management, professionalism and interpersonal relations.
• Help individuals work through issues that may arise on the job by using creative problem-solving.
• Assist the Supported Employment individual to maintain employment stability.
• Submit documentation of all services provided for the month for billing purposes in a timely manner.
• Maintains a thorough working knowledge of and adheres to organization policies and procedures.
• Timely and accurate documentation as required by Quality and Fiscal Standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Requirements

• High School / GED with a minimum of 2-4 years experience working with the developmentally disabled population.

OR

• A combination of education and experience that meets or exceeds the standards of the program.

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Must have the ability to provide strong advocacy, problem-solving and negotiating skills, and the ability to foster positive relationships.
• Must obtain and maintain training as required by OPWDD.
• The ability to show initiative, motivation, creativity and ability to understand many areas of OPWDD requirements.
• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, and other office procedures and terminology.
• Excellent communication and language skills with the ability to take on roles and responsibilities on a pro-active basis.
• Must be confident with organizational ability and possess the capacity to multi-task.
• Proficient with Internet Explorer; Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Outlook; Microsoft Word; and Windows Operating System.

Summary

HCA is proud to offer a competitive suite of benefits including but not limited to:

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• Generous paid time off including vacation, holiday, personal, and sick time
• Retirement plan with company matching
• Telehealth/concierge medicine
• FSA
• HSA
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Critical illness/specified disease insurance
• Employee assistance program

Equal Opportunity Statement

HCA is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of HCA to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin or citizenship, age, genetic predisposition or carrier status, gender identity or expression, disability, military or veteran status, sexual or reproductive health decisions, traits historically associated with race, height, weight and/or any other status or characteristic protected by law.