Vocational Aide

Title: Vocational Aide

State Role Title: Direct Service Associate III

Hiring Range: $47,439.00-$65,466.00

Pay Band: 3

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Va Center for Behavioral Rehab

Agency Website: www.jobs.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The purpose of the position is to provide assistance preparing residents to apply and interview, as well as assist with on-the-job training and supervision to residents who are working. They may work with other departments that are providing direct supervision to residents, ensuring that the resident is working to capacity and that any issues are quickly addressed. This position also rates a residents work to determine how the residents are accomplishing the vocational goals of their treatment plan.

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate well with treatment team members.
• Ability to work under supervision, guidance, and direction.
• Demonstrated ability to document clinical information.
• Demonstrates good organizational skills.
• Demonstrates good resident interaction.
• Demonstrated skills of multi-tasking, resourceful and capable of working under pressure.
• Demonstrate familiarity with concepts such as life skills training, employment skills, consumer skills, use of community resources and health / safety skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to co-facilitate a group, and one to one intervention as related to employment skills, life skills and vocational training.
• Demonstrate appropriate boundaries between an aide and resident relationship within a vocational setting.
• Demonstrate the basic knowledge of a Vocational program and its purpose.
• Ability to monitor residents and provide appropriate guidance regarding vocational work tasks.
• Ability to document appropriately.
• Ability to provide appropriate feedback on individual vocational readiness goals.

Additional Considerations

• Preferred: Experience in a forensic mental health or comparable setting; Experience working with Sex Offenders; Experience in a Vocational programming.
• Preferred Strongly: Experience with working in an institutional (forensic and secured) work environment

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

All applicants are subject to an extensive background investigation and pre-employment drug screen. The investigation may include: fingerprint checks (State Police, FBI); local agency checks; Department of Social Services/Child Protective Services check; employment verification; and verification of education (relevant to employment).

Under Virginia Code §§ 37.2-314 and 37.2-408.1, the Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services is prohibited from employing or using as volunteers, persons who have been convicted of specific (“barrier”) crimes or persons who may be the subject of pending (“barrier”) charges (Go to the code section to see barrier crimes and related information).

Please provide all relevant work experience. In describing your relevant experience, please be clear and specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience.

This position is open until filled; however, applications/resumes will begin to be reviewed within five (5) days of the date of this posting.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during the application and/or interview processes per the American with Disabilities Act. If you are a person with a disability and desire assistance or accommodation, please notify Human Resources at(804) 766-3277 during business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

VCBR offers a comprehensive benefit package to include your choice of health plan, paid life insurance and retirement plans, discounts, employee referral programs, 12 paid holidays, annual, family personal and sick leave.

VCBR is a tobacco-free, smoke-free work environment.

VCBR is a Virginia Values Veterans (V3) certified employer, that provides hiring preference to qualified veterans and service members. We highly encourage veterans, and active members of the Virginia National Guard and/or U.S. Military Reserve members to apply, and to respond accordingly on the state application.

Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation (VCBR) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment opportunities are open to all applicants regardless of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, political affiliation, genetics, or disability. Minorities, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and people with National Service experience are encourage to apply. EEO/AA/TTY.

Contact Information

Name: Jessica Aliff

Phone: 804-766-3326

Email: jessica.aliff@dbhds.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.