Job Description:

Job Title: Employment Specialist

Location: Joplin, Missouri

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary:

Are you a passionate and skilled professional looking to help individuals with disabilities or barriers to employment achieve their vocational goals? Join our team as an Employment Specialist and take on the rewarding role of developing and implementing personalized career planning, job placement, and job retention services.

As an Employment Specialist, you'll be responsible for compiling client information, assisting with individualized career planning, creating employer relationships, teaching job seeking and retention skills, and advocating for clients with employers and other stakeholders. Our ideal candidate has experience providing employment services, strong communication and customer service skills, and a deep understanding of the local labor market.

Joplin, Missouri offers a high quality of life, with a vibrant downtown, abundant outdoor recreation, and a growing economy. Join us in empowering individuals with disabilities or barriers to employment to achieve their vocational goals and thrive in their communities.

Position Perks & Benefits:

• Annual bonuses - up to $12,000 in annual bonuses

• Employee benefits package - health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more**

• Paid time off - 29 days per year including vacation & holiday pay

• Mileage reimbursement - company paid for work functions requiring travel

• 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

Key Responsibilities:

• Treat all clients, referral sources, stakeholders, and team members with dignity and respect

• Adhere to all confidentiality, CARF, and contractual standards during service provision

• Maintain flexibility in work availability, including evenings, overnights, and weekends

• Compile and review client information to assist with individualized career planning

• Schedule and participate in team/planning meetings to discuss client employment goals

• Conduct client orientation and explain services, rights, responsibilities, and disclosure

• Assist clients with individualized career planning, job development, and retention services

• Teach and reinforce job seeking and job retention skills with clients

• Create employer relationships and provide employer services to develop job opportunities

• Serve as an advocate for clients with employers and other stakeholders

• Educate employers on the benefits of hiring individuals with disabilities

• Promote the organization, services, and clients in a professional manner

• Maintain frequent contact with referral sources to discuss shared clients

• Report job development outcomes and other relevant information to supervisor

• Respond to client crises that may occur at the worksite

• Travel extensively to conduct job development and supports, including client transport

• Provide on-site or off-site job supports for clients as required

• Perform other duties as assigned by leadership

Education and/or Experience Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent certificate required

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

• At least one year of experience providing employment services

Required License/Certification (one of the following):

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

Additional Qualifications:

• Good understanding of supporting individuals with disabilities or barriers to employment

• Knowledge of case management and rehabilitation principles related to mental health/substance use

• Awareness of the challenges faced by individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders

• Knowledge of treatment modalities and legal requirements in mental health/substance use

• Ability to evaluate services and give input on program development

• Effective verbal and written communication skills

• Strong customer service orientation

• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office applications

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.

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

Supported Living and Employment Services 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