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**Vocational Support Specialist**

locationsSpringfield, MO time typeFull time posted onPosted Today job requisition idR - 5899 Our culture and our environment are unlike any other. We offer highly-competitive pay and a full range of top-notch full-time employee benefits such as:

* Medical

* Dental

* Vision

* Life Insurance

* Paid Time Off

* Short Term Disability

* Long Term Disability

* Retirement Plan

* Tuition Reimbursement

* Student Loan Reimbursement

* Employee Assistance Program

**Job Description:**

**VOCATIONAL / EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST (IMPART TEAM)**

This position is part of the IMPART team, which is a coordinated specialty care team that addresses the recent increase in children born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome due to opioid use by expectant mothers. The Vocational Support Specialist meets with our clients in the community or in their homes and provides benefits counseling and assists the client in seeking and obtaining competitive employment or pursuing education.

****?JOB DUTIES:****

* Job development with employers out in the community.

* Job coaching and follow along supports as needed.

* Job placement, including going back to school.

* Benefits counseling

* Complete the employment assessment

* Attending daily team meetings

* Provides cross training to the team about employment

* Crisis intervention as needed

**EDUCATION:**

* 1 year of experience assisting others with finding employment

* A bachelors degree in Psychology, Social Work or other related human service specialized fields of study including education.

* **OR....**

* A bachelors degree in an unrelated field and two years of related work experience.

* **OR...**

* A combination of four years or more of advanced education and two years of related work experience.

* **OR...**

* An Associate of Applied Science in Behavioral Health Support from an approved institution will also fulfill the educational requirements.

* **OR...**

* Four years work experience in a related field may substitute for educational requirements.

**Where youll be working:**

Youll be working in the community which will include clients homes, clinics, and other places around the community.

**What we offer:**

Great pay, excellent employee benefits, a Monday through Friday 8am-5pm schedule, and an organizational culture like no other. Burrells dedication to promoting diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion is clearly reflected in all of our content and across all of our agency. Diversity is more than a commitment at Burrellit is the foundation of what we do. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different.

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We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors.

Burrell is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.