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Position Summary:
The purpose of the JTP Coordinator is to empower adults with severe and persistent mental illness to eliminate barriers that impact their ability to work. This includes hands-on vocational training and supports related to mental health and other areas of functioning. Most of the job duties for this position have general instructions about the assignments to be completed and regular deadlines over a set period of time. This position requires creative or innovative thinking and techniques. In consultation with a moderate number of internal and external contacts and supports this individual works toward a client’s success.
Essential Job Functions:
Provide mental health and resource navigation support to clients (50%):

• Consult with team and supervisor on client caseload; manage mental illness supports

• Oversee goal plans and goal setting

• Assist with basic living skills, social and coping skills training

• Assist with budgeting and financial planning to reduce barriers for housing and employment

• Complete documentation including, but not limited to, the following:

• Functional assessments

• Individual community support plans

• Progress notes

• Payroll Notification forms

• Incident forms

• Supervision and training records

Direct onsite vocational hands-on training and supervision of job skills (35%):

• Provide job-specific skill training in work site and classroom settings; retrain skills, as needed

• Collaborate with other vocational training staff in problem-solving behavioral and other work performance related issues

• Complete planned interventions and reports problems in this area to appropriate personnel

• Participate in training plan review staffing

• Provide assessment of trainee's vocational performance and recommendations regarding vocational training/service needs

• Monitor clients’ mental health and quality control; provide constructive and positive feedback to clients

Facilitate groups (illness management and recovery, vocational, healthy living, recreation), peer support, and group process (15%): :
Actual percentages may vary slightly depending on jobsite location and assigned coverage
Physical Requirements of Position:
Standing :Occasionally
Walking :Occasionally
Sitting :About half the time
Talking or listening :Frequently
Stoop, kneel, crouch :Occasionally
Reach with hands/arms :Occasionally
Typing/data entry :Occasionally
Maximum weight to be lifted : 25 pounds
Equipment Used: Tasks Unlimited van or personal vehicle, telephone, computer, copier, printer, fax machine, hand tools, janitorial equipment, Tasks Unlimited internal client database, and Microsoft Office programs
Direct Reports:
None
Qualifications:
Education and Experience:
Required:Preferred:Knowledge Areas:

• Psychology – :Human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research messages; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders

• Vocational rehab – :Help individuals prepare for, find, keep a job, and assist independent living

• Sociology and anthropology: – Group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins

• Law and government: – Laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process

• Safety and security: – Relevant equipment, policies, procedures and strategies to promote effective operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions

Skills:

• Social perceptiveness – :Being aware of other’s reactions and understanding why they react as they do

• Active learning – :Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making

• Time management – :Managing one’s own time and the time of others

• Coordination – :Adjusting actions in relation to other’s actions

• Monitoring – :Monitoring/assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action

• Complex problem solving :– :Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions

• Service orientation – :Actively looking for ways to help people

Abilities:

• Oral comprehension: – The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences

• Oral expression: – The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand

• Written comprehension: – The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing

• Deductive reasoning: – The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense

• Professionalism :– Maintaining appropriate professional boundaries

• Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships: – Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time

• Communicating with supervisors, peers, or subordinates: – Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person

• Getting information: – Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources

Tasks has always been, and always will be, committed to diversity and inclusion. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and we do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Tasks will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. We are a drug-free workplace. Tasks participates in the E-Verify program for all applicants.