Job Description:

Job Title: Employment Specialist

Location: Rolla, MissouriDepartment: Recovery Services

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary:

We are seeking a dedicated Employment Specialist to join our Recovery Services team in Rolla, Missouri. In this vital role, you will be responsible for developing and implementing all phases of clients' vocational services, providing individualized career planning, job placement, and retention support. If you have a passion for empowering individuals and a deep understanding of the local labor market, we encourage you to apply.

Your primary responsibilities will include assessing clients' vocational strengths, needs, and preferences, conducting career planning and job development activities, building employer relationships, and facilitating long-term vocational success. You will serve as an advocate for clients, educating employers on the benefits of hiring individuals with disabilities and facilitating job accommodations.

The Employment Specialist position offers…

• All-Inclusive Employee Benefits Package

• Telemedicine

• Employee Assistance Program

• Paid Time Off

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

• Retirement options

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide individualized career planning, job placement, and retention support to clients.

• Conduct vocational assessments and utilize client information for employment goal planning.

• Facilitate team meetings to discuss client employment goals and decision-making.

• Teach job-seeking and job retention skills to clients.

• Develop employer relationships and create competitive, integrated employment opportunities.

• Advocate for clients with employers, referral sources, and other stakeholders.

• Educate employers on hiring individuals with disabilities and facilitate job accommodations.

• Promote services and clients through community events and awareness activities.

• Maintain frequent contact with referral sources and report job development outcomes.

• Respond to crisis situations with clients at their worksite.

• Travel extensively to conduct job development and support activities.

Education and/or Experience Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent certificate required

• Associate's or bachelor's degree in an applicable field from an accredited institution preferred

• At least one year of experience providing employment services

Additional Qualifications:

• Understanding of supporting individuals with disabilities and barriers to employment

• Knowledge of case management, rehabilitation methods, and legal requirements related to mental health and substance use disorders

• Strong communication, customer service, and computer skills

• Successful completion of background checks, including criminal record, driving record, abuse/neglect, and fingerprint check

• Completion of New Hire Orientation and Relias training

• Current driver's license, acceptable driving record, and current auto insurance

• Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally for sedentary work

Keywords: Employment Specialist, Job Development, Career Planning, Vocational Rehabilitation, Disability Employment Services

Position Perks & Benefits:

Paid time off: full-time employees receive an attractive time off package to balance your work and personal life

Employee benefits package: full-time employees receive health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more

Top-notch training: initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive

Career mobility: advancement opportunities/promoting from within

Welcoming, warm, supportive: a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness

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 user care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.

As a behavioral and community mental health provider, 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 that is committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive and authentic workplace.

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 expressions, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors.

Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health 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