Employment Specialist

Job description

Join Our Team and Make a Difference! The Employment Specialist is responsible for the strategic accomplishment of sustaining employment outcomes/benchmarks for people with disabilities. Success in this role requires the ability to analyze and interpret key labor market dynamics and apply them effectively to achieve meaningful placement results. This includes: A successful Employment Specialist understands the uniqueness and skills of the job seeker and appropriately matches their skills and abilities to the hiring needs of the employer. Once participants are placed, Employment Specialists are integral in the participants’ onboarding process, helping them enhance on-the-job skills, creating additional job goals, and maintaining ongoing contact with the participant, employer, and support committee. The Employment Specialist must share Arc Work’s vision that we plan for employment outcomes for all participants we are supporting, regardless of their employment barriers. The principal functions of the position identified should not be considered as a complete description of all the work requirements and expectations that may be inherent in the position or for the team/department. Reason...