Employment Specialist

HCA - Helping Celebrate Abilities; Village of Endicott (NY); On-site; USD 36,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Job summary

HCA - Helping Celebrate Abilities is seeking a dedicated individual to provide direct support to clients pursuing vocational goals and to communicate progress to supervisors. You will orient, train, supervise, and follow along with clients at the work site under supervision.

You will also help clients learn new tasks, manage time, stay organized, and resolve on-the-job issues through creative problem solving while maintaining employment stability and compliant documentation.

Qualifications

• High School / GED with 2–4 years experience working with the developmentally disabled population.
• Or a combination of education and experience meeting program standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide orientation, training, supervision, and follow-along services at the work site.
• Maintain cooperative relationships with host company staff, referral agencies, consumers, and families.
• Train individuals to perform assigned work and familiarize them with the work environment.
• Assist individuals in learning tasks such as organization, time management, and interpersonal relations.
• Help individuals on the job through creative problem-solving.
• Support employment stability for individuals.
• Submit monthly service documentation for billing on time.
• Follow organization policies and procedures and adhere to quality standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Advocacy

Problem-solving

Communication

Multi-tasking

Organizational skills

Education

High School / GED

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Windows OS

Internet Explorer

Job description

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.

• 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.

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.

Requirements

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
• Dental 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
• Accident insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development assistance
• Travel reimbursement

Please note: failure to provide responses to prescreening questions or fully complete an application may result in rejected submissions.

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.