Vocational Coordinator

4 days ago

New York, New York, United States The Jewish Board of Children and Family Services Full time

About the Role:

The Jewish Board of Children and Family Services is seeking a skilled Vocational Coordinator to join our team. As a Vocational Coordinator, you will play a critical role in supporting adolescents and young adults with serious mental illness in achieving their employment and education goals.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assess educational and work status, select education and/or employment and job training goals, and plan and execute employment/education plans.
  • Use motivational enhancement approaches in combination with other team members' interventions and family/community support services to increase readiness for change, target individual needs, and develop and strengthen skills to increase success in work and school.
  • Arrange meetings with tutors, mentors, industry professionals, and other community partners for program participants' career exploration and ongoing success in work and school.
  • Assist with registration for pre-testing, registration and/or transfers for college and HSE programs.
  • Partner with program participants to minimize academic/employment problems and promote success.
  • Help clients think strategically about when to drop classes and how to retake them.
  • Provide assistance in resume-writing, interviews, networking, etc.
  • Help participants achieve a balance between energetic involvement in school or work and engagement in continued treatment.
  • Work with the primary clinician and participants on social skills, including making small talk with other students/coworkers, sharing ideas while working on a group project/team work environments, responding to classmates/coworkers who invite individuals to go drinking with them, asking teachers/supervisors questions, etc.
  • Assist with researching different types of scholarships and other financial aid opportunities.
  • Develop partnerships with schools, employers, and families to assist consumers in building natural supports.
  • Provide written summaries of how client's educational performance may be impacted by their illness and advocating for appropriate classroom accommodations and school setting.
  • Provide education regarding the need to balance structure and flexibility to accommodate a program participant's needs.
  • Locate and learn about how the office of student services helps individuals with learning/testing accommodations for students with specific needs.
  • Providing documentation for and/or assisting client with absences from work/school or medical withdrawal from courses.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in fields related to mental health, social services, education, and/or business.
  • Training and experience working with adolescents and young adults with serious mental illness desirable. Training in the IPS model preferred.

What We Offer:

  • Generous vacation time, in addition to paid agency holidays and 15 sick days.
  • Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans.
  • 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension.
  • Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation.
  • 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program.
  • Life and disability insurance.
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee.

About Us:

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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