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Vocational Specialist

WellSpan Health
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Are you looking for meaningful work in the community helping others? Our Vocational Specialists/Behavioral Health Technicians work as a member of the ACT team to coach, advocate, and build resilience. The Vocational Specialist creates a strategy based on the interest, skill set, and goals for the individual being supported. Weekly activities include running groups, networking with employers in the community, and coaching on job readiness.

 

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a trans-disciplinary team approach that assumes responsibility for directly providing acute, active and ongoing community-based clinical services, psychiatric treatment, assertive outreach, rehabilitation and support. ACT is designed for consumers characterized as those in the greatest need, who require a higher level of resources and a different approach to service delivery.

 

Schedule:

Full-time: 40hrs/wk

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm. One Saturday approx. every six weeks.

 

Minimum Education:

  • Bachelors Degree Meets the definition of a Mental Health Worker under PA CODE 5200.3 (i) Has a bachelor's degree from a college or university that is accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or the CHEA in a recognized clinical discipline including social work, psychology, nursing, rehabilitation or activity therapies.(ii) Has a graduate degree in a clinical discipline with 12 graduate-level credits in mental health or counseling from a program that is accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or the CHEA.(iii) Has an equivalent degree from a foreign college or university that has been evaluated by the AICE or the NACES. The Department will accept a general equivalency report from the listed evaluator agencies to verify a foreign degree or its equivalency. Knowledge of current activities, therapy principals and group counseling skills/techniques Required

 

Work Experience:

  • 1 year Behavioral health experience. Required or
  • 1 year Social science experience. Required

 

Licenses:

  • Basic Life Support Upon Hire Required and
  • Driver's License Upon Hire Required