Job Description
Incumbent serves as Employment Services Coordinator for the Hopewell Center, responsible for supervising services for community job placement, supported employment, and follow along employment.
DUTIES :
- Supervises and directs the activities of employment services personnel, including interviewing, making hiring decisions, providing training, making work assignments, evaluating job performance, and providing corrective instruction.
- Coordinates training of employment staff, including training requirements specified by accreditation and funding entities. Additional training to include maximizing natural supports, employee/employer relations, Federal and/or State benefit programs as well as ADA, EOE, hour regulations, employer tax credits.
- Conducts wage & Benefit Information Network (BIN) assessments of Social Security work incentives and other state and federal benefits planning for Vocational Rehabilitation Services customers. Maintains certification as a BIN Liaison.
- Maintain and manage a small case load per the discretion of the Day Services Director
- Schedules and chairs a variety of consumer meetings within a prescribed time frame for assigned caseload. May attend consumer meetings as needed to support staff.
- Consult and assists employment specialists in developing appropriate assessment and/or potential employment sites.
- Monitors and assures completion of required documentation for hours/services provided to facilitate billing procedures in the VR billing portal; submits to accounting on a monthly basis.
- Oversees the timely completion and submission of quarterly reports into the DDRS Case Management Portal and reviews consumer files and documentation to ensure follow-along supports and services are provided as needed, in accordance with individual plans, and that all documentation adheres to standards.
- Works closely with Vocational Rehabilitation supervisors and counselors, residential providers, families, and case managers to assure appropriate and satisfactory services are provided.
- Responsible for developing, tracking, and semi-annual reporting of Program Evaluation.
- Ensures compliance with CARF, BDS, and VRS standards, as appropriate in coordination with the Day Services Director
- Develops and updates program curriculums on at least an annual basis in coordination with the Day Services Director
- Monitors budget and monthly income and expenses for each funding source in collaboration with the Day Services Director.
- Utilizes company software systems and hardware for documentation in all aspects including but not limited to client documentation, staff documentation, and billing usage. Makes requests for corrections/updates to the system as needed and appropriate.
- Participate in trade association division meetings to maintain knowledge of current environment, activities, funding issues, as well as to develop networking resources.
- Operates a motor vehicle to evaluate staff performance at work sites, transport consumers to a variety of locations, and attend various meetings.
- Performs related duties as assigned, assuring the best interest of both the agency and the consumers' welfare.