Career Coach

Description

The Career Coach is responsible for working with adults with mental health-related issues to assist them in finding and maintaining competitive employment. 

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Requirements

• Associate degree required.
• 1 years’ experience in employment related services preferred.
• Experience working with individuals with disabilities required.
• Experience working with youth preferred. 
• CASE Certification required to be completed within 1 year of hire.

• Reliable transportation for travel to community sites. 
• Ability to operate various office equipment including computer, printer, telephone, fax machine, photocopier, scanner, and calculator. 
• Computer Software: Electronic Health Record experience preferred; Paylocity, Microsoft Office to include Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel.

• Strong analytical, critical thinking and decision-making skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to handle a variety of work assignments and to think creatively.
• Capable of working both independently and as an interdependent member of a team.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality. 
• Ability to work with a diverse group of people and groups successfully with sensitivity and respect for diverse cultural backgrounds and practices.
• Knowledge of community employment resources.
• Personal lived experience with mental health is preferred.
• Bi-lingual in Spanish preferred.

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. 
• Ability to exert up to 15 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. 
• Must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization’s facilities. 
• Finger dexterity required to operate telephone and computer keyboard. 
• Hearing at a level to enable one to hear normal conversation. 
• Visual requirements of having the ability to read documents, the computer screen, etc. 

• Work is performed in a typical office environment where there is no substantial exposure to adverse environmental conditions.

• The standard work week is 35 hours, Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm. Flexible work hours may be required on occasion.  

• All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.  
• The company reserves the right to add to or revise an employee's job duties at any time at its sole discretion.
• This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.