Job Description:

Vocational Specialist (ACT-TAY)

ACT-TAY (Assertive Community Treatment - Transitional Age Youth)

Kansas City / Independence, Missouri

The Vocational Specialist assists clients with finding and maintaining competitive employment or return to educational endeavors. To learn more about the ACT-TAY program, click here: Assertive Community Treatment for… | Burrell Behavioral Health (burrellcenter.com) (https://www.burrellcenter.com/our-services/case-management/act-tay)

What you will do:

• Provide a full range of support employment services.

• Provide individual vocational supportive counseling to enable clients to identify vocational strengths, establish career goals, and recognize symptoms of mental illness that interfere with work.

• Work with clients and other team members to develop treatment goals, specifically related to employment issues.

• Assure treatment goals are based on the individual’s needs, abilities, and interest.

• Teach and assist with job-seeking efforts such as resume writing and interview skills.

• Provide referrals for benefits planning.

• Provides individualized follow – along supports to assist clients in maintaining employment.

• Assist in teaching daily living skills around work.

• Transport clients to appointments which connect them to community resources and services.

• Develop relationships with employers through job development and utilize these relationships to match client’s strengths and interest with employer needs.

  Qualifications:

• Must have a Bachelor's Degree in Human Services field such as Psychology, Criminal Justice, Counseling, Social Work, Education, Recreational Therapist, Human Development and Family Studies, Gerontology, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Sociology

  OR

• Commensurate qualifying experience

• 1 year of experience of supported employment experience serving individuals with disabilities.

• Must have a valid driver's license with a favorable driving record.

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors.

Burrell is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.

About Brightli

Brightli is on a mission: A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance use care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients. We are doing this by forming a new behavioral health organization under new model. Under one parent company, multiple organizations are able to collaborate, share resources and system supports, increase recruiting and retention efforts, increase access to specialized care, and meet the growing demand for behavioral and addiction recovery care.

Brightli’s top-line subsidiaries include Burrell Behavioral Health (Burrell), Preferred Family Healthcare (PFH), and Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health (SEMO). While these organizations operate independently and are governed by separate board of directors, their operations and services benefit from this model. Alone, organizations may be able to navigate the current tumultuous healthcare environment, but we believe that together we can do so much more than survive. Our communities need us now more than ever, and by working together we are ready to answer their call for years to come.

Brightli Snapshot

• 200 locations

• 4 states

• 19 subsidiaries and/or affiliates

• 5k+ employees