Job Description:

Job Title: Work Site Support Specialist

Location: Springfield, Missouri

Employment Type: Part-time

Job Summary:

Make a positive impact on the lives of students with disabilities by joining our team as a Work Site Support Specialist. In this role, you'll be responsible for providing a work-based learning experience in a competitive integrated setting for eligible Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) clients enrolled in high school. You'll facilitate on-site support and lead classroom discussions using ODEP's soft skills curriculum to develop employability skills in a real work environment.

As a Work Site Support Specialist, you'll play a crucial role in preparing students for future employment opportunities by coordinating their work-based learning experiences and supporting their integration into the worksite.

The Work Site Support Specialist position offers…

• Employee Assistance Program – 24/7 counseling services, legal assistance, & financial consultation for you and your household at no cost

• Workplace Culture - An environment cultivating employee well-being, valuing each individual's humanity, and actively promoting healthy, joyful workforce engagement

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate students' work-based learning experiences within the Pre-Employment Training - Work Experience Program with VR

• Facilitate on-site support for students during their work hours, providing guidance and mediation as necessary

• Incorporate soft skills training and review on-site experiences during each week of the program

• Prepare necessary plans, reports, and paperwork related to the program

• Coordinate students' new hire paperwork, orientation, and weekly timesheets

• Transport students to and from the worksite as needed

• Report worksite outcomes and student progress to leadership and referral sources

Education and/or Experience Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED required

• Preferably has experience in employment services, job coaching, business, sales, human resources, or human services

Additional Qualifications:

• Successful completion of background check including criminal record, driving record, and abuse/neglect

• Completion of New Hire Orientation and required training (e.g., Relias)

• Certification in CPR, First Aid, and Blood-borne Pathogens

• Valid driver's license, acceptable driving record, and current auto insurance

Physical Requirements:

• Regularly required to talk or hear

• Frequently required to stand and walk

• Occasionally required to sit

• Vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Keywords: Work Site Support, Vocational Rehabilitation, Student Support, Job Coaching, Employability Skills, Soft Skills Training

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.

Supported Living and Employment Services 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