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About the Role
Vibrant’s Older Adult Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program helps older adults achieve their goals, establish independence, and live meaningful lives in their communities. This program is tailored to adults over 50 with serious mental disorders. The mobile, multi-disciplinary ACT team is available 24/7 to facilitate client independence.
Responsibilities
- Assisting clients with obtaining and maintaining employment consistent with their vocational goals.
- Ensuring support for schooling and technical training for career advancement.
- Delivering individualized supported employer services for ACT clients using the evidence-based IPS model.
- Engaging clients in individual and group settings to build trust and collaborative relationships for competitive employment opportunities.
- Assisting clients in understanding how entitlements will be affected by employment.
- Assessing clients' vocational skills and preferences.
- Conducting job development and job search activities individualized to client interests and uniqueness, following IPS principles.
- Contacting employers weekly to understand business needs and describe program supports.
- Providing education and support to employers.
- Participating in weekly meetings with the mental health treatment team and communicating with team members to coordinate vocational services with mental health treatment.
- Performing other tasks as assigned.
Requirements
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Cultural competence and sensitivity to mental health, disability, and employment challenges.
- Ability to conduct vocational assessments.
- Strong business communication and negotiation skills.
- Responsiveness and crisis management skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary mental health treatment teams.
- Proficiency in documentation, record-keeping, and use of electronic health record systems.
- Ability to work independently while meeting program standards and performance measures.
- Proficiency in Microsoft programs such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- 75-100% Travel within NYC boroughs and neighboring counties as appropriate.
- Robust physical activity, coordination, and stamina for travel.
- Comfort in commuting with public transportation and constant exposure to outdoor conditions.
- Comfortable meeting with consumers inside their homes.
- Must be able to constantly communicate with program participants, service providers, and colleagues and exchange accurate information.
Skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
- Cultural competence
- Vocational assessment
- Business communication
- Negotiation skills
- Responsiveness
- Crisis management
- Collaboration
- Documentation
- Record-keeping
- Electronic health record systems
- Independent work
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Location
- Remote
- Field work in the Bronx and neighboring boroughs
Work Type
- Full-time
- Remote
- Field work
Experience Level
- 1-2 years of experience with individuals diagnosed with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders
- 1-3 years of experience in job development and employer engagement for those in underserved communities
Education Level
- Bachelor’s Degree in a Mental Health Discipline or related field
Salary/Compensations
- $29.23 -32.98/hr
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Supplemental income insurance
- Employer-paid disability insurance
- Employer-paid life insurance
- Pre-tax FSA for medical and dependent care
- 401K
About the Company
- Vibrant Emotional Health, formerly the Mental Health Association of New York City (MHA-NYC), has delivered high-quality services and support for over 50 years.
- Vibrant utilizes state-of-the-art technology-enabled services, community wellness programs, and advocacy and education work to build a society where emotional wellness is a reality for everyone.
Equal Opportunity
- Vibrant Emotional Health is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered for positions without regard to veteran status, uniformed service member status, race, creed, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, citizenship status, national origin, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, caregiver status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
- Vibrant will consider any equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education and experience to meet minimum qualifications.