Disability Employment Specialist: South

2 weeks ago

Surrey, Canada The Open Door Group Full time

**Job Title: Disability Employment Specialist**

**Location**: South Surrey/Cloverdale (Mosaic)

**Number of Positions**: 1

**Posting Opened**: April 2nd 2024

**Grid 34 Step 2**: $30.64per hour

**Hours of Work**: 36 hours a week

**Status**: Full-time, Permanent

Join Our Dynamic Team as a Disability Employment Specialist

Are you ready to make a meaningful impact and empower individuals with disabilities to achieve their full potential? We believe employment is an opportunity to build one's purpose, sense of value, and community connection. Our mission is opening doors to well-being through sustainable and meaningful employment for all. Since 1976, we have been supporting inclusive hiring practices to remove barriers to employment. communities across British Columbia since 1996, an we are on the lookout for a passionate and dedicated Disability Employment Specialist to join our innovative team at our partner organization, Mosaic, supporting both the South Surrey and Cloverdale locations.

Why Open Door Group?

Champion of Great Workplaces: ODG proudly holds the title of one of Canada's Certified Great Places to Work, fostering a culture of compassion and authenticity. Join a team that values your unique contribution and believes in the boundless potential of every individual.

Competitive Compensation and Benefits: As a Certified Living Wage Employer, ODG is committed to offering more than just a job. Enjoy a comprehensive 100% employer-paid benefits package, a municipal pension plan, and supplemental benefits including ongoing professional development. Your well-being matters, and we provide an Employee and Family Assistance program to support you.

Community Impact: Be part of an organization that goes beyond the conventional, providing tailored employment services to build strong workforce ecosystems and thriving communities. Your work will directly contribute to the social and economic well-being of the community.

Position Overview: Disability Employment Specialist

In this role, you will be a key player in assisting clients with disabilities to successfully navigate education, work, and leisure opportunities. Your impact will extend from identifying individual needs to facilitating community placements, providing ongoing support, and building lasting relationships with employers and community networks.

Under the supervision of our Vocational Services Coordinator, The DES provides a variety of day-to-day emotional and social support; coaches, demonstrates, and supports clients to acquire employment readiness, essential, leisure/recreation, and employment skills; facilitates community, education and/or job placements; provides onsite community/education/employment coaching; provides advocacy, information, and access to community resources.

Duties Include:

- Engages in goal setting and case planning activities with clients by performing duties such as interviewing clients to 1) identify and understand previous experience and 2) determine needs/wants, including supporting informal, self-reporting Disability Related Needs Assessments (DRENA); document client’s needs, wants, and progress; assist clients to develop realistic goals; and identify and determine appropriate interventions, programs, or resources to help support clients to achieve their goals.
- Supports clients through the completion of the customized employment discovery process and prepares discovery profiles, vocational plans, and disability management plans for review and approval by Vocational Consultant colleagues.
- Meets regularly with Vocational Consultants and other relevant colleagues, to review customized client files and progress.
- Observes clients, identifies, and assesses potential emergency situations, and develops short-term strategies to deal with such situations. Reports medical, behavioral, and other problems as required.
- Provides supportive counselling and behavioral management techniques to assist clients in establishing strategies to seek, obtain, and maintain employment.
- Ensure clients have access to the necessary skills and resources to engage in a job/community search process.
- Facilitates the placement of clients by performing duties such as directly approaching community agencies and/or employers to identify and secure opportunities, explain wage subsidy information and placement terms to clients and community agencies/employers.
- Ensure the sustainability of community and employment placements by performing duties such as onsite community/job coaching; access to supportive counselling and further skills building; and access to government incentives, i.e., wage subsidies.
- Builds and maintains relationships with various community networks including contractors, employers, and clients.
- Responsible for ensuring that relevant statistical, program and student/participant reports are processed accurately, reflect professional quality, and adhere to established deadlines.

Why You?

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