Employment Specialist

Job Purpose: The purpose of this position is to provide and coordinate vocational services to individuals with disabilities, disadvantaged conditions, and/or barriers to employment, which will assist them in obtaining and succeeding in competitive community employment. This position answers to multiple stakeholders: the participants, funding sources, employers and other community representatives, and Goodwill. Qualifications and Requirements: Education: Bachelor?s Degree in Human Services or related field. Experience: One-year experience providing vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities required. Prefer experience working with individuals with intellectual/developmental, traumatic brain injury, and mental health disabilities Computer proficiency: Basic computer literacy including Word, Access, and Excel Clearances: Must be able to obtain acceptable results for required background checks, including Act 151 Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance, Pennsylvania Criminal History Check and Department of Human Services- FBI Fingerprints. Exclusion Report: Employee will be screened on an ongoing monthly basis to determine if he/she has been excluded from participation in federal healthcare programs. If exclusions from participation in federal healthcare programs occur, the employee will be precluded from employment in any federally funded healthcare program operated by Goodwill. Other: An employment specialist must have a valid driver?s license, with a clean driving record and dependable transportation, which can be used in the course of his/her job. Ability to Telework: An employment specialist is eligible for up to one day per week telework, pending participant work schedules, work performance, and agency needs at the supervisor?s discretion. Supervision Received: The Employment Specialist functions under the direct supervision of the program manager with latitude for independent action within his/her own areas of responsibility in accordance with agency policy. Supervision Exercised: The employment specialist does not exercise supervision over any employees. He/she exercises supervision over Goodwill?s program participants who are assigned to him/her, training them to meet the normal requirements of competitive community employment, directing them in the performance of job duties, and appropriate work habits. Employment Specialists may provide guidance to job coaches ? regarding supporting participants at their work sites. Each participant?s assigned employment specialist has ultimate responsibility for that individual and must handle any major disciplinary action required. Skills, Abilities, and Duties: Knowledge of current best practices in the delivery of vocational rehabilitation services and acceptance o