JOB SUMMARY:

Develop business relationships so that employment opportunities are
available for clients. Facilitate the
placement and retention of clients in the vocational environment. Counsel and
aid the client is obtaining and sustaining social services. Advocate on behalf of the client. 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: 

1. Review, determine and coordinate or provide necessary services for client
so that social/ 

Vocational
integration occurs. Actions may include
interviewing and evaluating services needed based on client’s profile,
formulating treatment plans and goals, arranging for or personally carrying out
treatment plans and assisting client in obtaining services. 

2. Develop client specific jobs by matching client skill, knowledge and
abilities to complementary career paths. Research and solicit employers possessing such occupations to hire
clients.

3. Assist employers with training issues to ensure the client receives
appropriate job knowledge and skills training. Determine, suggest and/ or arrange for adaptive devices, mentoring or
other necessary instructive to complement job training or career development 

4. Develop and utilize natural supports, both on and off the job, to secure
vocational success. Source out,
implement or facilitate a sustaining transportation system, human
support/network system or other reference sources to nurture client
socialization. 

5. Complete all documentation necessary to support billing of services,
following regulatory or HOH instructions. Documents include formulating job success plans, conducting/reviewing
situational assessments, performing benefits analysis and disciplinary analysis. 

6. Interpret and implement existing DRS and HOH contracts and performance
requirements. Keep current with
regulatory developments and trends. 

7. Assist client in
achieving maximum potential and self determination.

CORE VALUES: 

Every employee at Home of Hope represents the organization’s values
internally and to the public. As such, all employees’ actions and
decisions are expected to be consistent with the organization’s core values at
all times. Home of Hope’s Core Values are: 

 8. Client Centered Care: We are
committed to making all decisions and performing all actions with the
well-being of our clients as our primary focus, and to always putting our
clients’ interests ahead of our own. 

9. Accountability: We take personal
responsibility, as an organization and as individuals, for our actions, hold
each other accountable, and expect to be held accountable at any point
throughout the year for our decisions and actions. 

10.Respect: While keeping the
focus on the needs of our clients, we also commit to demonstrating mutual
respect in communication and actions so that a positive environment for
everyone is maintained. 

11.Excellence: We are committed
to using established best practices, to evaluating effectiveness of our
efforts, and to demonstrating a willingness to change current practices at any
point based on evidence that change is needed. 

JOB REQUIREMENTS: 

1. Education: Minimum of High School Diploma or equivalency 

2. Experience: 6 months-2 years in service oriented environment ideally
in a job development capacity 

3. Skills: above average interpersonal, verbal and written communications; basic math; proficiency
in using office equipment that includes copier, fax, calculator, and telephone
system. 

4. Ability: to organize tasks, record and produce accurate work; to exercise sound
judgment; periodic travel to various intrastate sites (which may involve over
night stay).

5. Valid OK driver’s license; availability to operate vehicle during day or night. 

6. First Aid/CPR Training Required. This will include all aspects of completion with
compressions on the floor or ground. 

7. Require pre-employment, random, post accident and reasonable cause drug screen.

8. Willing to work schedules based on individual client needs. 

9. Expected to learn and follow the Individual Plan (IP) of clients. 

PHYSICAL/MENTAL:

1. Office or industrial environment; lifting minimum of 50 pounds;
   comprehension and deductive reasoning; responsive to visual stimuli; motor
   coordination. 
2. Reliable motor skills-use of hands and feet. 
3. Ability to sit, stoop, or stand for prolonged periods of time. 
4. Must be mentally and physically capable to perform the duties of
   the position. 

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSING: Valid and current Oklahoma driver’s license;
automotive insurance First Aid/CPR