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About the Role

The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene is seeking a qualified candidate to fill an IPS Implementation Specialist position. This role will provide training, program evaluation, and ongoing technical assistance to IPS employment specialists, vocational staff, program supervisors, and managers at mental health provider agencies and counties in California. The incumbent will have primary responsibility for training and technical assistance activities related to IPS.

Responsibilities

Provide Individual Placement and Support (IPS) training and technical assistance within California.
Provide in-person group training or virtual group training to IPS specialists, IPS supervisors, mental health practitioners, and state Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors.
Assist counties by developing an IPS supported employment implementation plan.
Teach IPS supervisors how to coach frontline staff through field mentoring, including skills demonstration, shadowing, and giving feedback.
Ensure that programmatic structure and agency culture support competitive integrated employment as an outcome.
Identify barriers to implementing integrated services and facilitate resolutions.
Provide ongoing consultation and guidance to counties regarding expanding and sustaining good-fidelity IPS.

Requirements

Applicants must live in the state of California.
Bachelor's degree in rehabilitation counseling, counseling, psychology, social work, or related human services area or the equivalent; OR (6) years of relevant experience in mental health services and vocational services or supported employment in a mental health system.
At least (1) year of relevant experience as an IPS trainer, IPS Supervisor or VR/DOR Counselor who worked with an IPS program.
This position will be located in California.

Skills

IPS training
Technical assistance
Program evaluation
On-site consultation
Remote consultation
Face-to-face regional training
Online meetings
Webinars
On-site program evaluations
Fidelity report writing
Field mentoring
Skills demonstration
Shadowing
Giving feedback
Coaching frontline staff
IPS supported employment implementation plan development

Location

California
1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032

Work Type

Remote
On-site
Hybrid

Experience Level

1+ year of relevant experience as an IPS trainer, IPS Supervisor or VR/DOR Counselor
3+ years of experience as an IPS trainer and fidelity reviewer preferred
Experience as an IPS supervisor desirable
1+ year of experience working with programs that serve young adults and use of the IPS-Y scale preferred
1+ year of experience working on an ACT team (or with ACT teams) preferred

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in rehabilitation counseling, counseling, psychology, social work, or related human services area or the equivalent
Master's degree in a related field preferred

Salary/Compensations

$95,774-$115,604

Benefits

Excellent Benefits Package

About the Company

The Mission of the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. (RFMH) is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances.
Applicants with lived mental experience are encouraged to apply.
RFMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities.
RFMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations.
RFMH is a private not-for-profit corporation and is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York.
Employees of the Research Foundation are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits.

Equal Opportunity

RFMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer - Disabled/Veteran, 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) compliant.