Job Description:

Job Title: Vocational Support Specialist

Location: Desloge, MO

Department: Employment Services

Employment Type: Full Time

Shift: Day Shift

Job Summary:

Are you passionate about empowering individuals with disabilities to reach their full potential? Join our team as a Vocational Specialist and play a vital role in supporting clients on their journey toward independence, employment, and personal growth. In this rewarding role, you will have the opportunity to make a lasting impact by providing comprehensive vocational services and advocating for the rights and well-being of our clients.

Through your expertise and dedication, you will assist clients in developing essential skills, facilitating work-based learning experiences, and fostering community integration. Your commitment to treating all clients, referral sources, stakeholders, and team members with dignity and respect will be instrumental in creating a supportive and inclusive environment.

The Vocational Specialist position offers…

All-Inclusive Employee Benefits Package - A robust full-time employee benefits package encompassing health, dental, vision, retirement, disability, life insurance, wellness program, and more

Telemedicine – 24/7 phone, web, or mobile app medical, behavioral health, & dermatology visits

Employee Assistance Program – 24/7 counseling services, legal assistance, & financial consultation for you and your household at no cost

Paid Time Off - "Generous paid time off"

Workplace Culture - An environment cultivating employee wellbeing, valuing each individual's humanity, and actively promoting healthy, joyful workforce engagement

Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain a working knowledge of disabilities and potential assistive technology/accommodations

Compile and review vocational, medical, psychological, and educational information to assist clients with skill development, career planning, and employment retention

Contribute to and develop individualized service plans with clients

Conduct activities identified within clients' individualized service plans

Coordinate paid, work-based learning experiences with participants in individual and group settings

Transport clients to carry out goals and objectives identified in their individualized service plans Monitor and report on progress toward individualized service plan goals Ensure authorizations for services are current and services provided fall within authorized date ranges

Track and report units of service relative to clients' authorizations to ensure utilization does not exceed authorized services

Complete daily, weekly, monthly, and activity-based reporting as required Instruct and facilitate clients' pre-vocational, vocational, social, and independent living skill development

Develop strategies, lessons, and curriculum necessary to facilitate skill development based on clients' individualized service plans

Establish community-based sites for carrying out skill development and career planning activities

Assist clients in determining their strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences related to personal and employment goals

Provide on-site job supports to assist clients with learning and performing job duties, interacting with co-workers, and developing natural supports

Implement a variety of job support techniques to accommodate learning styles and unique needs of clients

Serve as a liaison between employers, clients, and co-workers, assisting clients to acclimate to work environments

Educate employers on the benefits of hiring persons with disabilities and facilitate job accommodations

Provide off-site job supports, coordinating additional services, benefits and financial planning, transportation, and other essential supports

Facilitate long-term employment success by implementing on-site and off-site job supports adhering to Extended Services Plans

Respond to crisis situations that may occur with clients at their worksites

Serve as an advocate for clients with employers, referral sources, and other stakeholders

Promote the organization, services, and clients in a professional manner through community events and awareness activities

Education and/or Experience Qualifications:

• A high school diploma or equivalent certificate is required; an associate's or bachelor's degree in an applicable field from an accredited institution is preferred

• Experience in rehabilitation, employment services, case management, social services, or other applicable experience is preferred

Mission Statement: At Brightli, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you are passionate about empowering your local communities and promoting health equity, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and authentic workplace. Our mission is to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance use care in our communities, and evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors.

Supported Living and Employment Services is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.

About Brightli

Brightli is on a mission: A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance use care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients. We are doing this by forming a new behavioral health organization under new model. Under one parent company, multiple organizations are able to collaborate, share resources and system supports, increase recruiting and retention efforts, increase access to specialized care, and meet the growing demand for behavioral and addiction recovery care.

Brightli’s top-line subsidiaries include Burrell Behavioral Health (Burrell), Preferred Family Healthcare (PFH), and Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health (SEMO). While these organizations operate independently and are governed by separate board of directors, their operations and services benefit from this model. Alone, organizations may be able to navigate the current tumultuous healthcare environment, but we believe that together we can do so much more than survive. Our communities need us now more than ever, and by working together we are ready to answer their call for years to come.

Brightli Snapshot

• 200 locations

• 4 states

• 19 subsidiaries and/or affiliates

• 5k+ employees