Vocational Employment Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

WellPower provides you with the support you need to help you develop a career in helping others succeed. We innovate, adapt, and leverage the diverse perspectives of the people on our team and the people we serve in everything we do.

WellPower is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Vocational Employment Specialist are responsible for vocational rehabilitation activities which support consumers who want work adjustment training, job search and placement, and skill training for volunteer assignments, work experiences, part-time or full-time employment. Coordinate employment services, including development of community jobs, working with employers to ensure quality job placements, working with outside agencies and partnering to benefit the employment program. Cooperatively work with treatment sites to established mutual outcomes for the people we serve.

Location : 456 Bannock St, Denver CO 80204

Learn more about WellPower :

Pay Range & Benefits :

• Vocational Counselor - Employment Specialist II - $28.96
• Vocational Counselor - Employment Specialist III - $30.05
• Language Differential -$2.50 / hr for bilingual proficiency in Spanish or ASL

WellPower is committed to fair and equitable hiring with salaries based on relevant factors, such as work experience, education, and certification / licensure (rather than wage history). Toward the principle of equal pay for equal work, we post and hire within defined hiring salary ranges. We ask all applicants to carefully review the hiring salary range for each posted job opportunity, as we will not hire outside the predetermined range.

All full-time, benefits eligible employees will be eligible for WellPower's benefits plan. For a full description of benefit offerings, please visit : https : / / wellpower.org / workplace -of-choice / .

Responsibilities & Duties :

Requirements & Qualifications :

Certifications : Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner or willingness to obtain certification within one year.

WORKING CONDITIONS : May require occasional evening or weekend hours. Must have valid drivers license to drive to consumer work sites, employer sites.

Why Work at WellPower?

Join a workplace where purpose meets passion!

Tuberculosis (TB) screening, testing - TB screening and testing, is required and must be completed prior to hire ( i.e., preplacement), and maintained during employment