The Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities is seeking to hire a Benefits Specialist Bilingual in Spanish to join an established team of Integrated Employment Specialists. The Benefits Specialist is responsible for counseling and educating Social Security Administration beneficiaries, individually or in groups, about how employment will affect their current benefits (including public and private health insurance as well as other federal, state, and/or local benefits received). Additionally, the Benefits Specialist will support day-to-day program operations to meet contracted requirements and program goals, including improving access to work incentive information and benefits counseling services. The Sherlock Center, located at Rhode Island College, is a grant-funded organization with a 30-year history of supporting the disability community. As Rhode Island’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), the Sherlock Center is focused on improving the health, education, social and economic well-being of people with disabilities, their families, and their communities.
The Benefits Specialist is responsible for counseling and educating, in English and Spanish Social Security Administration beneficiaries, individually or in groups, about how employment will affect their current benefits (including public and private health insurance as well as other federal, state, and/or local benefits received).