Employment Specialist - IPS

Join our team as an IPS Employment Specialist, where you’ll play a pivotal role in empowering consumers to achieve meaningful employment. You’ll assess employment preferences, provide benefits counseling, and support job readiness through coaching and connections to relevant resources. Building relationships with local employers and maintaining strong connections with consumers will be key, with at least 65% of services delivered in the community through visits to residences, shelters, and other community settings.

This field-based position supports three ACT teams in either the Bronx or Manhattan, offering a dynamic opportunity to make a meaningful impact by helping consumers achieve sustainable employment.

Essential Position Functions:

• Use the Individualized Placement and Support (IPS) model to identify consumers who have vocational goals, assess their vocational preferences and readiness, support them in finding and maintaining employment, and provide benefits counseling.
• Develop networks and relationships with local employers for job development.
• Collaborate with consumers’ support networks, as needed, to promote progress and success in achieving their vocational goals.
• Use motivational interviewing, recovery-oriented, and trauma-informed approaches when delivering services.
• Complete foundational and ongoing training as required by the Office of Mental Health and The Bridge.
• Provide at least 65% of services in the community, including, but not limited to, conducting client visits in residences, shelters, and other community locations, while networking with local employers for job development.
• Attend and participate in daily team meetings with ACT team members to discuss clients’ clinical and case management issues and needs.
• Complete documentation required by the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH), the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) licensing guidelines, New York State Medicaid billing guidelines (when services are Medicaid reimbursable), and The Bridge’s ACT policies and procedures.
• Utilize best practices and evidence-based approaches to treatment consistent with The Bridge’s organizational culture, including health and mental health integration, rehabilitation, and recovery, while understanding the impact of trauma on treatment engagement.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least three years of experience providing direct services to individuals with serious mental illness, co-occurring substance use disorders, and comorbid medical conditions in a community-based setting, including at least two years of experience providing employment services.
• High degree of computer literacy required, including proficiency with electronic health records (EHRs).
• Demonstrated expertise in recovery-oriented and evidence-based practices.
• Experience with the Individualized Placement and Support (IPS) model is highly desired.
• Highly organized and self-motivated.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Demonstrated experience working with diverse adults receiving mental health treatment, including providing services to individuals with serious mental illness, functional impairments, and psychosocial needs such as homelessness, justice involvement, poverty, and unemployment.
• Bilingual Spanish is highly preferred.

The Bridge Inc. is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $40,000.00 - $45,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 403(b)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Military leave
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• New York, NY 10027 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $40,000 - $45,000