Employment Specialist

3 weeks ago

Brooklyn, United States WellLife Network Full time $19 - $23
Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM

Position Summary: 
Provide oversight assistance to the program director, assistance employment staff with direct supervision and career development as staff progresses in the career under the DOHMH/ACE programs. provide job development and support to employment staff to identify individualized employment opportunities for ACE participants in their representatives boroughs. providing direct supervision review and revision of all program documents prior to submissions and providing direct support to each of the ACE programs IN MEETING DOHMH/ACE compliance guidance as well as conducting community outreach to increase the referral sources for ACE services.

Responsibilities for Employment Specialist
  • Match job openings to job candidates
  • Monitor job retention rate
  • Work with employers to understand their needs
  • Work with candidates to understand their skill set
  • Administer skill tests to candidates
  • Conduct mock interviews
  • Revise resumes to help the candidate find a job
  • Recommend training to job candidates
  • Conduct community outreach in Brooklyn and Queens
  • Meet weekly with supervisor to discuss any concerns and brainstorm suggestions for resolutions

Job Qualifications
  • Minimum of Associates Degree , varied and successful work history in competitive employment settings.
  • Knowledge of employer expectations of employee performance workplace behaviors. 
  • Knowledge of ACE requirements if possible. 
  • Minimum of 2 years’ experience in providing vocational services to persons who have disabling conditions or other barriers to employment; 
  • NYS Driver’s License is required.


About WellLife Network:

ABOUT US: Since 1980, WellLife Network, has been meeting the growing challenges of individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities and mental illness. Our multidisciplinary approach and centralized referral process help to ensure that each person we serve receives the appropriate range of services and level of care, with an individual treatment plan, coordinated by highly competent and supportive case management professionals. In its early years, WellLife Network operated and maintained community residential facilities for people with developmental disabilities and mental illness, and provided programs of care, service, habilitation, rehabilitation, and social and recreational activities, in a home-like environment. Partnerships Make It Happen For almost four decades, WellLife Network has changed, evolved, and expanded, while remaining true to its mission of meeting the diverse needs of New York communities, businesses, and society and assisting those we serve to achieve greater personal and economic independence. WellLife Network has a long and valued tradition of working in partnership with the government, the business community, private philanthropy, and our colleagues in the nonprofit sector to offer proactive responses to society’s social and economic challenges. Since its founding, the WellLife Network culture has been marked by program growth and organizational development. A Network of Services - A Culture of Caring and Best Practices Today, with an annual operating budget of $100 million, a workforce of 1,800 staff, interns, and volunteers, and an affiliate subsidiary company, WellLife Network delivers critical services in the areas of behavioral health, intellectual/developmental disabilities, housing, co-occurring substance abuse behaviors, family support, vocational training, and care management. These services meet the pressing needs of more than 25,000 individuals and families annually, some 2,000 New Yorkers every single day. A culture of caring, best practices models, a spirit of innovation, and a commitment to measuring results and producing high returns on investment drive our work. A key element to our successful growth is our focus on technology, financial viability, and quality assurance – critical infrastructure supports that enable WellLife Network to deliver services with cost-efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, and accountability in a manner that mirrors the standards of high-performing business enterprises.

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