Employment Specialist - Tucson, AZ (MHRI Housing Services)

Looking to build a lasting career?  Join a team that is inclusive and embraces all individuals. Intermountain Centers is one of the largest statewide behavioral health and integrated care organizations in Arizona. What does building a lasting career look like?

• Top-level compensation packages
• Exceptional health, dental, and disability benefits
• Career and compensation advancement programs
• Student loan forgiveness programs
• 401k company match
• Bilingual pay differential
• Holiday, PTO and employer paid life insurance
• Clinical licensure supervision and reimbursement
• Evidence-based treatment approaches, training, and supervision. 

Intermountain Centers and its statewide affiliates are currently recruiting career-minded individuals interested in opportunities within the largest adult and child service continuum in Arizona.

GENERAL SUMMARY: The Employment specialist carries out Supported Employment (SE) services by helping members obtain and sustain employment that is consistent with their vocational goals and recovery.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Engages members and establishes trusting, collaborative relationships directed toward the goal of competitive employment in integrated job settings.
• Assesses consumers’ vocational functioning on an ongoing basis.
• Following Supported Employment (SE) principles and procedures, helps members in job development and job search activities directed toward positions that are consistent with members’ needs and interests.
• Provides individualized, follow-along services to help consumers sustain employment.
• Based on agreement with members, provides education and support to employers, which may include negotiating job accommodations and follow-along contact with employers.
• Provides outreach services to members, as necessary, when they appear to disengage from SE services.  If necessary, maintains some contact with consumers even without a vocational focus to sustain engagement.  Notifies supervisor of three no-call, no-shows to initiate possible closure.
• Contact, or meet regularly, at least once a month, with treatment team members to coordinate and integrate vocational services into mental health treatment.
• Draws up individual employment plans with members, Recovery Coaches, and other treatment team providers and updates the plans quarterly.
• Spends at least 50 percent (20 hours per week) of direct face-to-face supported employment service time in the community to engage and support members, family members and employers. 
• Attends any required trainings and meetings through Cenpatico and other agencies and demonstrates capabilities to represent Intermountain Centers’ provision of Employment Specialist services and overall agency vision and principles.
• Adheres to Cenpatico Integrated Care – Rehabilitation Services Administration- Vocational Rehabilitation (CIC-RSA-VR) Collaborative Protocol.
• Coordinates referrals, as appropriate, to employment Specialty Providers.
• Performs other duties as assigned or necessary as they relate to the general nature of the position.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education – High School diploma required.  
• Experience – One (1) year of prior experience in providing employment services.
• Experience working with people with mental health disorders preferred. 
• Experience with vocational services.

REGULATORY:

• Minimum 18 years of age.
• DPS Level I fingerprint clearance (must possess upon hire and maintain throughout employment).
• CPR, First Aid, AED certification, if required (must possess upon hire and maintain throughout employment).
• Current, valid Arizona Driver’s License and 39-month Motor Vehicle Report and proof of vehicle registration liability insurance to meet insurance requirements, if required.
• Initial current negative TB test result, if required (Employer provides).

Questions about this position?  Contact us at HR@ichd.net.

Intermountain Centers is an equal opportunity employer.  Intermountain Centers does not discriminate based on age, ethnicity, race, sex, gender, religion, national origin, creed, tribal affiliation, ancestry, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, veteran status, socio-economic status, claims experience, medical history, physical or intellectual disability, ability to pay, source of payment, mental illness, and/or cultural and linguistic needs, as well as any other class protected by law.