Vocational Specialist PACT (Missoula, MT)

If you are passionate about providing high-quality care to individuals in your community we invite you to join our team at AWARE.

AWARE is looking for the right person to join the team as PACT vocational specialist.

The support we provide helps the adults children and families we serve become active and vital members of their community while focusing on personal growth. We are a compassionate and fully engaged team that is dedicated to providing the best possible care to our clients. Our strength lies in our culture of care and we are looking for individuals who share our commitment to providing unconditional care to those in need.

We are committed to providing a supportive and inclusive work environment where all team members feel valued and respected. We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages as well as opportunities for professional growth and development. If you are looking for a rewarding career we encourage you to apply to join our team at AWARE.

Responsibilities:

• Participate as a member of the Individual Treatment Team;
• Provide treatment rehabilitation and support services with some interventions directed or performed by staff with specialty training;
• Provide individual vocational-supportive counseling to enable persons served to identify vocational strengths and problems establish vocational and career goals and plans to reach them and recognize and target symptoms of mental illness that interfere with work;
• Plan and provide work-related supportive services such as assistance with grooming and personal hygiene securing of appropriate clothing wake-up calls and transportation;
• Teach job seeking skills and conduct on the job performance assessments and evaluations regular work review sessions with person served and their employers on the job support and crisis assistance contacts;
• Perform job coaching problem solving and support on and off the job;
• May assess client family and environments including transporting persons in corporate and/or personal vehicles and conducting regular home visits;
• Assists in providing crisis coordination for individuals on the caseload who are in a personal social or medical crisis requiring assistance within 24 hours;
• Prepares reports applications and supporting documentation as requested by the supervisor within the time lines established by that supervisor;
• Attends workshops conferences and meetings and may participate in committees as agreed upon with the supervisor presents information to other staff as requested.
• Recognizes and utilizes AWAREs Core Values Unconditional Care Philosophy and wrap around philosophy focused on family engagement;
• Attends and participates in mandatory training in-services staff meetings and committees as assigned and noted in AWAREs Employee Handbook;
• Attends and participates in mandatory training in-services abuse prevention/mandatory reporting training staff meetings and Corporate Committees as assigned. Upon hiring the TCM will undergo training and will be expected to pass testing in the following areas: H.E.L.P (de-escalation and therapeutic holds) First Aid/CPR Blood Borne Pathogens Safety Health Emergency and Disaster (SHED) Safety Safety Data Sheet (SDS) HIPPA Professional Care Giver and AWAREs Behavioral Competency (ABC) as well as Personal Support Plan Development Training MONA Electronic Health Care Individual Costs Plan;
• Must demonstrate on a consistent basis the willingness and ability to productively utilize work time in order to meet the needs of the individuals being served as directed with the understanding that specific fiscal goals (billing case load number maintenance weekly) must be met on a monthly basis;
• Records notes billing assessments referrals and other data entry assignments via AWAREs Electronic Healthcare Record System and ICP requirement Therapy Program Plan of Care - - being sensitive to age gender disability sexual orientation/identity racial bi-sexual transgendered and ethnic differences of individual served;
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Talents skills and abilities:

• Ability to under AWAREs Unconditional Care Philosophy develop and implement individual treatment plans with the knowledge of behavioral clinical and mental health interventions skill building techniques and understanding of the emotional and behavioral needs of assigned clients.
• One-year experience in mental health services or a related field.
• Interpersonal oral and written communications skills to work as a team member to make observations and to report them accurately to learn behavioral clinical and mental health care methods and to follow oral and written instructions and have the ability to facilitate meetings.
• A BS/BA Degree in a social work-related field is strongly preferred
• One (1) year of direct work experience in the mental health field. An education equivalency may be considered based on documented employment experience and the PACT service model.

Benefits:

AWARE proudly offers an excellent benefits package uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well professional growth and achieving financial security.

AWAREs benefits include:

• Annual raises
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Insurance
• Dental/Vision Insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Life Insurance
• Wellness programs
• Generous paid time off

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.