Supported Education & Employment Coordinator

Mountain Home seeks a full-time Supported Employment & Education Coordinator (SEC) to provide clients individualized supported employment and education services using the evidence-based Individualized Placement and Support (IPS) Model. The SEC will partner with clients to identify and achieve competitive employment and educational goals while collaborating closely with and integrated behavioral health treatment team. This position will develop relationships with employers, educational institutions, and community partners to create opportunities that match each client's strengths, interests, and preferences. The majority of work is performed in the community through direct client engagements, employer outreach, and collaboration with community partners. 

The ideal candidate is familiar with social services in the Missoula community and has a bachelor’s degree in social work or a similar field and/or related experience providing services to young adults with special needs, severe emotional disturbances, and/or cognitive or developmental delays.

Who We Are and Why We Are an Employer of Choice!

Mountain Home is a fast-growing 501(c)3 nonprofit (public student loan forgiveness employer!) based in Missoula. Our mission is to provide a safe home and nurturing community where mothers discover their strengths, and children thrive. We have built an effective, holistic model of care that integrates supportive housing, mental health care, employment and education support, trauma-informed childcare, and more. We work closely with young families, donors, and community partners to build brighter futures, two generations at a time.

What You'll Do

• Engaging clients and establishing trusting, collaborative relationships directed toward the goal of competitive employment and education in community settings.
• Supporting clients in employment and education services, including intake, engagement, assessment, job placement, education placement, coaching, and follow-up support. 
• Assisting clients with applications for services through Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services (VRBS) and maintaining and collaborative relationship with VRBS to support shared clients in achieving competitive employment and educational goals.
• Transporting clients to and from job interviews, jobs, and/or school-related activities. 
• Participating in team meetings and communicating with the team to coordinate services and generate ideas to help participants achieve employment or educational goals. 
• Spending half or more of total scheduled work hours in the community, establishing relationships with employers, educators, and clients.
• Providing special assistance to the SEP Supervisor in further development and implementation of the IPS program.
• Meeting regularly with your supervisor and attending required meetings and trainings.
  
• Maintaining reliability and dependability through a commitment to schedule and tasks. 
• Other appropriate and job-related tasks as assigned

Who You Are & Keys to Success

To be successful in this job, you excel in the following areas:

• Commitment to justice, equity, diversity, accessibility, and inclusion: You recognize the role of gender, race, income, age, and other identities in shaping our participant’s needs. You realize how your own identities show up in the work, and welcome, reflect on, and act on feedback with an eye toward continuous learning about justice, equity, diversity, accessibility, and inclusion. 
• Understanding the Importance of Trauma-Informed Care: You are aware that traumatic experiences are associated with behavioral health and physical health conditions and that substance use and mental health conditions have been linked with traumatic experiences. You acknowledge that trauma-informed care is a strengths-based approach aimed at ensuring environments and services are suitable for participants who’ve experienced trauma. 
• Relationship-Building & Communication: You are honest and genuine yet tactful. You believe in our mission and the communities we serve. You listen closely to the need underneath the concern and work collaboratively to devise solutions. You speak clearly and professionally and in a culturally sensitive manner. You communicate well with all stakeholders and can put people at ease, especially when there are lines of difference. 
• Organizing, Time Management, Planning & Prioritizing- You know where you put things and can create and maintain systems to keep track of information or materials. You are known for showing up on time and completing your scheduled hours. You can estimate how long a task will take, how much time you have, how to allocate it, and how to stay within time limits and deadlines. You value the importance of time. You can create a road map to reach a goal or to complete a task. You take intentional steps to make decisions and you make decisions about what is important to focus on.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong commitment to quality, efficiency, and effectiveness
• Logical thinker to identify alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches 
• Accurate and efficient typist and experienced user of computers
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office and Google
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Self-starter while working well in a strong team environment
• Work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines

What Else You Should Know

Mountain Home is an equal-opportunity employer and we value having staff who come from communities of diverse perspectives and have lived experience. We encourage people of color, indigenous folks, members of the LGBTQ community, and people with disabilities to apply.  

All offers of employment at Mountain Home are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check. The following factors will be considered for applicants with a criminal and/or less-than-ideal driving history:

• The nature of the conduct/behavior and its relationship to the position

• The recency of and circumstances surrounding the conduct/behavior

• The age of an individual at the time of the conduct/behavior

• Societal/cultural conditions that may have contributed to the conduct/behavior

• The probability that an individual will continue the conduct/behavior
• The individual’s commitment to rehabilitation and changing the behavior