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Vocational Counselor - Career Development
full-timeMount Vernon

Summary

Location

Mount Vernon

Type

full-time

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About this role

Our dedicated front line staff are out in the field making it happen on a daily basis. Our administration staff play a key role in supporting our frontline staff by giving them the resources and tools they need to be successful. Whether Finance, HR, IT, or Quality Assurance is your game, you’ll be supporting our agency to be able to provide the best programs and services possible. You’ll get to work in a supportive, creative culture with many benefits.

Location: Mount Vernon, NY. 
 (Will also have to travel to Peekskill and Mount Kisco) 
Hours: M-F / 9am - 5pm / Flexible Hours (35 hours)
Rate of Pay: $27.47 per hour 
 
Position Summary: Help youth and adults diagnosed with mental illness and substance abuse prepare for, secure and maintain employment and internships. 
Responsibilities:  
  • Support a high-performing culture aligned with TGCW core values and B.A.S.I.C Tenets: Balance, Accountability, Satisfaction, Inclusion, and Communication.  
  • Prepare youth and adults for internships and work.  
  • Facilitate job readiness groups. 
  • Develop relationships with businesses to promote employment opportunities. 
  • Place participants in jobs and internships.  
  • Provide on-site and off-site job coaching. 
  • Provide career counseling.
  • Complete documentation such as case notes, authorization requests and reports. 
  • Attend/participate in staff meetings and trainings. 
  • Other responsibilities as assigned. 
 
Qualifications: 
  • Masters Degree preferred with a CRC
  • Two years' experience in vocational counseling with youth and adults.
  • Job developing, computer and communication skills needed. including people with substance use history.
  • Driver’s license required.
 
Travel Requirements: Generally around 50% 
 
Physical Requirements: 
These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to perform the job's essential functions successfully. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of the position, which are reviewed in each case.
 
While performing the responsibilities of the role, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use his or her hands and fingers to handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.  Ability to sit at desk for prolonged periods. Ability to drive to employment sites and stand for periods of time while job developing and job coaching.
 
EEO employer

Access: Network  is an EEO employer

Other facts

Tech stack
Vocational Counseling,Job Readiness,Career Counseling,Job Coaching,Documentation,Communication Skills,Job Development,Relationship Building,Mental Health Awareness,Substance Abuse Knowledge

About Access: Supports for Living

Rewarding Lives. Healthy Communities.

Welcome to an agency that is passionate about supporting the families and communities of the Hudson Valley.

We have been evolving services for people facing the challenges of disability and mental illness for over 58 years.

Today ...we offer a broad range of programs and touch thousands of lives every week. Yet we always work hard to focus on the needs and potentials of one person at a time.

Our many and varied services are all focused on one goal: helping people with challenges live the fullest life possible.

We believe each of us is entitled to a voice in establishing our own life goals and strive to treat each person we assist as a partner.

We are committed to making a positive difference in the communities where we live and work.

Team size: 1,001-5,000 employees
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Industry: Non-profit Organizations
Founding Year: 1963

What you'll do

  • The role involves helping youth and adults with mental illness and substance abuse prepare for and secure employment and internships. Responsibilities include facilitating job readiness groups, providing job coaching, and developing relationships with businesses for employment opportunities.

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What does a Vocational Counselor - Career Development do at Access: Supports for Living?

As a Vocational Counselor - Career Development at Access: Supports for Living, you will: the role involves helping youth and adults with mental illness and substance abuse prepare for and secure employment and internships. Responsibilities include facilitating job readiness groups, providing job coaching, and developing relationships with businesses for employment opportunities..

Why join Access: Supports for Living as a Vocational Counselor - Career Development?

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Is the Vocational Counselor - Career Development position at Access: Supports for Living remote?

The Vocational Counselor - Career Development position at Access: Supports for Living is based in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.

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