Progressive Abilities Support Services

The Supported Employment Manager (SEM) works directly with individuals, their support team, businesses, and Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation agency to provide individualized and customized employment services. The main purpose and function of the SEM is for the individual to attain competitive and integrated employment. The SEM provides vocational skills and employment attainment techniques. The SEM reports to the Area Director.

The Supported Employment Manager upholds the Progressive Abilities Support Services (PASS) organizational mission: “To provide holistic employment services while practicing and promoting full inclusion and diversity within the workforce and the community”, and the PASS vision: “To create a world where full inclusion, diversity, and opportunity parity are the norm”.

Essential Duties:

• Provide client employment preparation and skills training
• Daily job development and community outreach
• Manage business relationships to create partnerships with employers in the community
• Provide On-the-Job coaching and training
• Communicate with individuals, businesses, and service partners via phone, emails, text, video call, and in-person meetings
• Responsible for assigned caseload
• Monitor and record each individual’s progress
• Provide customized job coach support at worksite

Requirements:

Master’s Degree or Baccalaureate Degree from an accredited college or university and written documentation (resume) of one year of successful experience and employment in counseling, job placement, job coaching or public vocational rehabilitation program; or Associates in Arts Degree from an accredited college or university and written documentation (resume) of two years of successful experience and employment in counseling, job placement, job coaching or public vocational rehabilitation program; or High School Diploma and written documentation (resume) of four years of successful experience and employment in counseling, job placement, job coaching or public vocational rehabilitation program.

The SEM position is work-from-home and requires a home office in Clarke County, GA or the surrounding areas, a lockable cabinet for document storage, high-speed internet, computer, and smartphone. The SEM must be able to travel in a one-hour radius of their home office using a reliable personal vehicle. SEMs are required to go out in the community to meet with employers, community partners, and to attend career and networking events.

A typical work schedule is 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday, however, nights and weekends may be required as determined by client employment needs. The SEM must hold valid and current driver’s license and Automobile Insurance with a minimum coverage of ($50,000/$100,000). Employment is contingent on successful background screening and documentation verification.

Progressive Abilities Support Services (PASS) is a not-for-profit agency that was founded in November 2011 in Daytona Beach, FL and currently has four offices in Florida and Georgia. We work with individuals with disabilities who have registered with their state's Vocational Rehabilitation program and are looking for a little bit of extra help obtaining employment. We provide a one-on-one individualized supported employment program that includes pre-employment training, career consultation, placement assistance, on-the-job training and follow-along support, among other services. “We believe that all individuals have the basic right to independence and that by connecting individuals with jobs where they will thrive, long term stability and independence will follow,” said Jim Atkinson, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Progressive Abilities Support Services.

One of our areas of expertise is working with younger “transition” students who are often seeking their first job after high school. As part of this focus, PASS is working with local Vocational Rehabilitation offices to implement new training curriculums, training sites, and employment opportunities for this population, to aid in the transition process.

In addition to working with individuals, we work with employers in the communities we serve to educate them about the benefits of hiring someone with disabilities, including reduced hiring and training costs, higher retention rates, higher attendance marks, increased scheduling flexibility, and valuable tax credits, just to name a few.