EMPLOYMENT CONSULTANT - SEMHC

Division : Eskenazi Health

Sub-Division : SEMHC

Req ID : 21762

Schedule : Full Time

Shift : Days

Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center, Indiana's first community mental health center, provides comprehensive care for emotional and behavioral problems, including severe mental illness and substance abuse.

The Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center offers both inpatient and outpatient services, including several outreach centers as well as clinic- and community-based services.

FLSA Status

Non-Exempt

Job Role Summary

The Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center Employment Consultant provides assistance to individuals with physical and / or psychiatric disabilities in obtaining and retaining competitive work in a community setting.

This position is responsible for orienting, training, coaching and supporting individuals to make placements successful.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Provides assistance to individuals with physical and / or psychiatric disabilities in obtaining and retaining competitive work in a community setting
• Responsible for orienting, training, coaching and supporting individuals to make placements successful
• Completes intake and assessment to determine optimal employment opportunity for each individual, including assessment for vocational interest, support systems, past / present problem areas, assets / potentials, skill and needs
• Formulates a vocational rehabilitation plan in collaboration with the individual and their primary Clinician / Care Coordinators and others as requested by the individual.
• Participates in interdisciplinary meetings and scheduled conferences providing appropriate input
• Carries out job matching / development through comprehensive search in community for potential employment sources which includes making contacts with potential employers and developing ongoing working relationship with them
• Develops job specifically to match patient needs
• Completes all required client / service activity forms to ensure accurate information for client billing, setting fees and management information according to the Center policies and procedures
• Completes FSSA documentation and record keeping as required
• Meets the agency standards of timely completion of all documentation
• Meets the agency standards of service hours

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required, with the ability to meet minimum competency standards set forth by Eskenazi Health Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center CMH
• Valid Indiana Driver's License

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data / interpret appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to age specific needs
• Knowledge of the process and parameter of severe mental illness, problems and potentials of patients, be patient centered, committed to principles of support employment
• Recognize people's inherent right to work and to make choices concerning their work
• Establish contacts with regard to Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center / Community resources, information, forms that are needed
• Familiar with business sector protocol and procedures, public relations, and marketing skills that can be applied to assist individuals with disabilities
• Knowledge of the process and philosophy of supportive employment
• Verbal and written communication skills needed
• Ability to :
• Use age appropriate communication skills
• Use variety of reality oriented problem solving counseling and assessment techniques
• Communicate verbally and in writing in a clear thorough / concise manner (writing must be legible)
• Organize and plan goals / objectives and prioritize such goals
• Work cooperatively with diverse individuals consisting of severely mentally ill, mental health professionals, community business leaders / co-workers in work setting, family and significant others

Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center's primary mission is to serve individuals with serious mental illness and chronic addiction as well as seriously emotionally disturbed children and their families.

Patients of all ages are welcomed, from children to seniors, with a philosophy of care that stresses strength-based and family- and community-centered treatment utilizing the Recovery Model of treatment.