About the Role
Hire-Ability, an award-winning vocational services program of RAMS, is seeking a Job Developer / Coach. Hire-Ability provides high-quality, culturally competent vocational rehabilitation, training, and support services to adults with behavioral health conditions and/or mental health disabilities.
Responsibilities
- Assists participants with mental health conditions in obtaining and maintaining competitive employment
- Creates job opportunities for the entire team through rigorous efforts of establishing relationships with our community's employers
- Provides job coaching follow-along services to assist participants in maintaining employment
- Utilizes sales skills to market participants’ abilities and Hire-Ability’s services to supportive and well-fitting employers
- Engages in essential activities to drive employer relationship growth, including outbound calls, participant meetings, research, attending community events, internal strategy building and execution
- Meets regularly with treatment team members to coordinate and integrate vocational services into mental health treatment
- Assesses participants’ vocational functioning on an ongoing basis utilizing background information and work experiences
- Maintains timely, accurate, and compliant documentation in Salesforce and participant records
- Acts as a liaison between employer and participant to ensure success on the job
- Engages participants and establish trusting, collaborative relationships directed toward the goal of competitive employment
- Provides individualized job preparation in individual meetings
- Provides group workshops and trainings using classroom/workshop format
- Draws up the individual vocational treatment plan with a multidisciplinary team
- Works collaboratively with all the related Hire-Ability staff around meeting the program's contract objectives
- Provides education and support to the employer(s) as agreed upon by the participant, including negotiating job accommodations and follow-along contact
- Maintains on-going communication on the status with Department of Rehabilitation Counselors and relevant stakeholders
- Deliver services in alignment with the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model, including rapid job search, integration with treatment teams, participant choice, and competitive employment outcomes
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Possesses a Bachelor’s degree in psychology, social work, business, marketing communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience in a community behavioral health or social services setting
- Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Demonstrates experience providing job development services, or equivalent experience including sales, marketing or outreach
- Demonstrates the ability to travel locally within San Francisco, including multiple locations in a single day
- Demonstrates the ability to perform light physical activity while engaging in employer outreach and community-based work
Skills
- Sales skills
- Marketing
- Outreach
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
- Customer-focused communication style
Location
- San Francisco
Work Type
- In person
- 32 hr/week
Experience Level
- 1 year of experience providing direct services to behavioral health participants from minority or underserved communities (preferred)
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in psychology, social work, business, marketing communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Generous leave benefits
About the Company
- Richmond Area Multi-Services (RAMS) is a California legislator-named California Nonprofit of the Year in 2022.
- RAMS is Great Place to Work® Certified, reflecting our commitment to building strong, supportive workplace cultures where employees thrive.
