Position: Human Services- Employment Specialist Reports To: Human Services Assistant Site Manager Hours: Full-time 40 hrs. $19.40 hr. Location: Broadway Malden Overview Triangle has an immediate opening for an Employment Specialist at the Broadway, Malden site . The qualified candidate will equip adults with disabilities to achieve the ir career and personal goals by maximizing their participation in supported employment and progressing towards competitive employment in the community. Triangle’s Expectation of Employee
Adheres to Triangle policy and procedures .
Fosters a positive, solution-oriented culture consistent with Triangle’s mission .
Promotes employment, self-advocacy, and independence across programs and participants .
Acts as a role model within and outside of Triangle .
Maintains a positive and respectful attitude towards participants, staff, and community partners .
Communicates regularly with supervisor .
Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload .
Consistently reports to work on time prepared to perform duties of position, with a willingness to flex hours as needed .
Primary Responsibilities
Equip s individual s with disabilities with job readiness skills to secure employment.
Create s an inviting, exciting, innovative, learning environment.
Take s lead in developing and implementing activities and employment opportunities focused on personal and professional development.
Produces weekly supported employment schedule.
Consistently connect s with community employers in order to identify or create employment opportunities for individuals.
Establish es opportunities for job shadowing and training with local community businesses.
Develop s job leads and cultivates employer relationships to enhance community partnerships.
Monitor s individual job performance, attitude, and behavior for appropriateness.
Provide s individualized support to individuals, when necessary , both during programming and 1:1 job coaching
Proactively communicate s with families over employment progress and needs.
Provide s supports to individuals and assist s in developing natural supports to ensure integration and increased or maintained independence in the community.
Train s and develops independence skills related to employment , such as travel training, hygiene, self-advocacy, etc.
Provide s transportation for groups or individual career seekers to interv iews, employment assessments, job searching , and other employment activities in the community.
Collaborates with Career Services/Work Force Development departments to execute supported employment jobs, including production goals.
Properly trains and manages direct care staff working supported employment sites to meet employer goals.
Communicates in a professional manner with employers and trouble shoots issues at supported employment sites with all relevant parties.
Works with Case Management team to ensure individual’s ISP goals are being met.
Participates in ISP meetings with Department of Developmental Services, participants, and their families or other members of their support team as needed.
Takes direction from Site Manager to collect accurate data as needed for ISP’s, behavior plans, monthly progress notes, etc.
Submit s billing and related progress notes on a daily basis utilizing Penelope software.
Contribute s to monthly ISP goal tracking notes.
Other duties as assigned.
Daily
Perform s 1:1 job development with or on behalf of participant and complete d ocumenting/ billing in database.
Adjust supported employment schedule as needed.
Provide s direct care/ group site supervision when necessary.
Prepare s and execute s lessons to foster personal and professional growth.
Know s and adhere s to all safety policies and emergency procedures. Know basic emergenc y facts regarding participation.
Maintains up to date case notes, employment records, schedules, etc.
Weekly
Provides services and bills for 20 hours of 3168 or 3180 on a weekly basis.
Plans and facilitates 1 hour job clubs once a week for groups of 4-6; bills services accordingly.
Checks in with appropriate parties on a weekly basis to share applicable progress, challenges, and ISP and behavior data.
Yearly
Reach es department placem ent/ annual goals set by Site Ma nager and Department
Participates in progress meetings (ISP, behavioral etc.) as requested .
As Needed
Meets 1:1 with caseload.
Completes reports, observation s , career readiness assessment s , and job coaching as requested.
Develops 10 employer relationships/leads per month.
Places 10 participants in competitive, integrated employment (not in supported group sites)
Participates in biweekly team meetings.
Meets with Site Manager on a monthly basis for supervision and as needed.
Quality checks client payroll, production goals, and other items as needed for supported employment sites.
Communicates with employers and proposes implementation/production goals, fields questions in a professional manner.
Flexes work week as required by employment sites and job coaching schedules; informs Site Manager of any changes.
Qualifications
Associates or Bachelor's Degree preferred.
One to three year s of Human Services or Sales experience preferred.
First Aid and CPR or willingness to become certified .
Massachusetts Driver's License and clean driving record required.
Personal vehicle required.
Must clear state and federal background check.
Language Skills
Ability to verbally communicate.
Ability to read, analyze, interpret, and write documents.
Ability to respond and navigate common inquiries or complaints from regulatory agencies, or family members.
Americans with Disability Specifications
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
W ork Environment
Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.