Join Revive in transforming lives through meaningful employment opportunities! This role offers a chance to be a catalyst for positive change while advancing your career in social services, workforce development, or related fields. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where every individual can succeed.
Employment Specialists carry out the services of the IPS Supported Employment program to fidelity by assisting clients to obtain and maintain employment that is consistent with their vocational goals. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each of the essential responsibilities listed below. This list is not exhaustive and may be subject to change based on organizational needs and priorities.
Essential Functions
- Engages clients and establishes trusting, collaborative relationships.
- Conducts functional needs assessments related to employment.
- Develops and implements a person-centered plan based on assessment.
- Provides support and interventions per person-centered plan.
- Assists with application processes including job development and job search activities.
- Assists in connecting with prospective employers.
- Provides individualized follow-along support to assist clients in maintaining employment.
- Provides supported education, using principles like supported employment, for clients interested in education to advance their employment goals.
- Provides coaching around skills including financial counseling.
- Attends training, staffing and supervision meetings, as necessary.
- Maintains and ensures HIPAA, ethical standards and professional boundaries with all staff and clients.
- Transport clients to approved appointments.
Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge or understanding of local, State, and Federal laws as well as “strengths based” case management.
- Excellent communication skills, particularly listening, mediation, and writing skills.
- Possess strong organizational skills with the ability to meet a demanding workload.
- Details oriented to complete requirements of files and contract compliance.
- Concentrated record keeping, budgeting, and mathematical skills; ability to produce required reports to local, State and Federal government agencies and funding sources.
- Experience with computers and knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Sensitivity to cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of the population served.
- A commitment to empowering others to solve their own problems.
- A conviction about the capacity of people to grow and change.
- The ability to establish and set appropriate limits with persons served to help them gain skills and confidence.
- The ability to work collaboratively with other personnel and/or service providers or professionals.
- The capacity to maintain a role to empower clients and to intervene appropriately to meet service goals.
- Ability to sit, stand, kneel, and walk for extended periods, with or without reasonable accommodations.
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs., with or without reasonable accommodations.
- Valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle, and vehicle insurance.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree or higher in psychology, counseling, social work or related field from an accredited college or university, preferred.
- Two years’ experience in the coordination of supportive employment and housing or in the coordination of independent living services in a social service setting under qualified supervision, preferred.
- Or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Benefits & Compensation
- Pay range for this position: $22-$27 per hour depending on experience.
- Paid Time Off: 80 hours vacation, 9 paid holidays, and accrued sick leave
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance after 90 days of employment
- 401(k) with 3% employer match after one year of employment
Why Join Us?
Revive is fast-growing, innovative, licensed co-occurring outpatient behavioral health agency, dedicated to creating therapeutic and community solutions for populations who experience stigma, trauma, co-occurring disorders, justice system involvement and homelessness. Our services integrate boots-on-the-ground street outreach teams, highly skilled peers, case managers, SUD providers and clinicians with shelter and support living housing facilities.
Conditions of Employment
Employment is contingent upon successful completion of criminal background checks, education verification, and screening through the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE), including the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the System for Award Management (SAM).
Equal Employment Opportunity
Revive Counseling Spokane is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, or protected veteran status, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. Employment with Revive is at-will, which means that either the employee or the employer is free to terminate the employment relationship at any time with or without reason, advance notice, or warning.
Revive Counseling Spokane is an at-will employer. This means that either the employee or the company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without notice, and with or without cause, as permitted by law.
Pay: $22.00 - $27.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Mileage reimbursement
- On-the-job training
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
