Employment Specialist Supervisor (IPS) - Community Support Program

Description

The Bridge offers supportive housing and behavioral health services to vulnerable New Yorkers facing behavioral health and substance use challenges. We provide individuals with the tools they need to pursue their dreams and live meaningful lives. The Bridge envisions a world where adults experiencing serious mental illness can live and thrive within their communities. As a recognized leader in developing and operating supportive housing and community-based programs, The Bridge has 70 years of experience helping New Yorkers with mental illness, including those affected by homelessness, incarceration, and institutionalization.

Scope of Position: Join us as an IPS Employment Specialist Supervisor, where you'll lead our efforts in using the IPS model to help ACT consumers secure competitive employment. You'll assess employment preferences, offer benefits counseling, and provide crucial support to enhance job readiness. This field-based role emphasizes community engagement, with over 65% of services conducted in diverse settings such as residences, shelters, and local communities. Supervising two IPS Employment Specialists, you'll oversee services for 3 ACT teams in the Bronx, driving impactful outcomes in employment support and development.

Essential Position Functions

• Use the Individualized Placement and Support (IPS) model to identify consumers who have a vocational goal, assess consumers 'vocational preferences and readiness, support consumers 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 their vocational goals.
• Use motivational interviewing, recovery, 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% percent of services in the community, including but not limited to conducting clients’ visits in their residences, shelters, and community locations, and 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 NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (DOHMH) licensing guidelines, NYS Medicaid billing guidelines (when services are Medicaid reimbursable), as well as per The Bridge ACT Policy and Procedures.
• Provide leadership and supervision to 2 IPS Employment Specialists.
• Submit weekly productivity reports to the Senior Director of the IPS Team.
• Utilize best and evidence-based approaches to treatment consistent with The Bridge’s organizational culture; health/mental health integration, rehabilitation, and recovery, and understanding the impact of trauma on treatment engagement.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 3 years of experience providing direct services to individuals with a serious mental illness, co-occurring substance use disorders, and co-morbid medical conditions in a community-based setting, with at least 2 years of experience providing Employment Services. At least 1 year of experience supervising staff.
• A high degree of computer literacy is necessary, including competence with EHR.
• Demonstrated expertise in recovery-oriented, evidence-based practice.
• Experience with the IPS model is highly desired.
• Highly organized and self-motivated.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Demonstrated experience with diverse adults receiving mental health treatment, including delivery of treatment to individuals with serious mental illness, functional impairments, and psychosocial needs (homelessness, justice involvement, poverty, unemployment)
• Bilingual Spanish is highly preferred.
  
  

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