Skookum
Vocational Specialist
Bremerton, Washington · Part-time
Sponsorship not specified$26k-$34kDetected 6 days ago
Business DevelopmentAuditingHREmployee RelationsHRISCustomer SupportLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingTime ManagementMentoringInternal Audit
About the role
- Tessera is a national leader in creating meaningful employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities and veterans.
- Discusses safety considerations and career mobility in all check-ins. - Oversees, responds, and follows up on accommodation requests in a timely manner.
- This includes: providing employees with ADA packets when accommodations require additional documentation from provider.
Responsibilities
- Focused on supporting employee growth through robust training, development, and support programs.
- Travels to supported Tessera worksites for approximately two weeks each quarter, or more frequently as business needs require, to provide direct vocational support, training, consultation, employee engagement, and operational partnership.
- Develops collaborative relationships with Tessera site management and supervisors to support all Tessera employees of all abilities.
- Manages a caseload of approximately 70-100 Tessera employees with a wide variety of disabilities; ensure that these employees are being provided job customization and individualization as well as the most appropriate accommodations to allow them to perform their work successfully and safely.
- Partners with Tessera's Career Advisors to ensure career conversations and support are creating opportunities for upward mobility within Tessera and outward mobility beyond Tessera, depending on employee career aspirations.
- Assists with crisis intervention, suicide prevention, and suicide safety planning to support employees who are struggling or in crises.
- Performs check-ins with all employees on caseload during their first 30/60/90 days of employment and minimum of twice annually thereafter, documenting these check-ins with case notes in Workday, Tessera's HRIS.
- Assists in the development and support of innovative job positions. Establishes relationships with local nonprofits or government organizations to assist recruiters in finding applicants. Collaborate with Job Coaches from external agencies.
- Supports and occasionally attends recruiting functions to assist the cross-functional team members in networking with local employment vendors.
Requirements
- Must be able to obtain and maintain applicable security clearances and installation access.
Skills
- Associate's Degree in Human Services is preferred
- CPR and First Aid required within the first six months of employment
Compensation
- Compensation: $25.77 - $34.45
Benefits
- Promotes the Tessera purpose and educates supervisors, managers, and employees on disability awareness and the requirements of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) for Tessera workplaces.
- Supports the Regional Vice President (RVP), Recruiters, Human Resource (HR) Partners, functional Vocational leadership, and site managers in maintaining the AbilityOne disability ratio.
- Reviews and assesses disability documentation for applicants and current employees to ensure they qualify under the AbilityOne program.
- Administrative support duties including obtaining new disability documents and preparing for internal and external audit reviews.
- Makes phone calls to physicians, mental health providers, state Voc Rehab agencies, and Veterans Affairs offices to assist applicants and employees with obtaining qualifying AbilityOne documentation.
Company info
- Join Tessera and make a difference.
- We are a dynamic and growing organization of social entrepreneurs dedicated to building strong communities and delivering exceptional service.
- We take pride in our mission-focused culture, our Core Values, Diversity, Partnership, Commitment, Integrity, and Quality, and our dedication to providing a safe and respectful work environment to our employees.
Equal opportunity
- If you require an accommodation or support, please contact us at
- Tessera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Women/Minority/Veteran/Disabled - Tessera participates in E-Verify
- Maintains required documentation for each employee on caseload to include: Federal AbilityOne reports, case notes, accommodation plans, and Workday employee summaries.
- Oversees, responds, and follows up on accommodation requests in a timely manner.
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