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The Edinburg Center Employment and Benefit Specialist in Bedford, Massachusetts
Employment and Benefit Specialist
Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)
$20.00 - Bachelor's Degree
$26.47 - Master's Degree
What You Will Do:
Employment and Benefit Specialist establishes and maintains therapeutic, supportive relationships with all persons served. Provides recovery-oriented treatment services and performs indirect services to persons served such as:
Assists in identifying personal recovery goals and develop recovery-oriented individualized action plans (IAP).
Assists with activities, appointments and provides transportation when appropriate. Teaches and assists with the maximum use of public transportation, as needed.
Teach money-management skills and assist in accessing financial services
Provide benefits counseling (e.g. Supplemental Security Income [SSI], Social Security Disability Income [SSDI], Social Security Assistance [SSA], veteran’s benefits)
Assist and support consumers with application for entitlements (e.g. Food Stamps, Fuel assistance, Community Resources).
Who You Are:
Employment and Benefits Specialists position requires BA/BS or MA/MSW and at least one year of experience in the field required, two years in the field preferred. Experience with state and federal benefits required. Experience working with budgeting and financing preferred. Valid driver’s license required. Skilled in the use of Microsoft Word.
Who We Are:
A dedicated team of professionals who have chosen to join an organization with a forty year history of serving people with mental illness, developmental disabilities, brain injury and autism in the community. When we’re not at work, we love to hike, bike, craft, read, shop and sing opera, among many other things! Our staff of 350 have range of interests and skills and we know you do too! We know that The Edinburg Center will mean as much to you as it does to us!
At work, we are psychiatrists, social workers, clinicians, nurses, behavior specialists, peer specialists, board certified behavior analysts, direct service staff and employment specialists.
What We Offer:
We offer an excellent benefits package for both full and part-time staff, including; health (must work a minimum of 30 hours) dental, vision, life, short and long term disability insurance as well as a 401(k) retirement savings plan. Paid time off benefits include vacation, personal, sick and holidays. To support ongoing professional development, we offer tuition reimbursement, conference, seminar, certification and specialized training funding, as well as free clinical supervision for licensure.
We think the best benefit we offer is the chance to learn from each other and we hope you will be willing to teach us as well.
Be YOU! We are committed to providing a welcoming, inclusive, and diverse environment for our employees and the people we serve. Persons from diverse backgrounds including women, communities of color, the LGBTQ community and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
The Edinburg Center, Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer
Please apply by visiting us at http://www.edinburgcenter.org/careers