The Behavioral Health Supported Employment and Education (BHSEE) Program
The Behavioral Health Supported Employment and Education (BHSEE) program supports eligible clients of all Alexandria CSB programs, who wish to pursue employment and training/education.
BHSEE promotes occupational readiness through community-based job development, job try-outs, situational assessments, customized job placement training, and job coaching.
Individuals are supported with finding satisfying and meaningful work that complements their personal strengths, goals and preferences. Individuals are taught how to utilize resources and develop job hunting skills while feeling confident in their ability to obtain and maintain employment in the community.
For those wishing to pursue education, the unit supports individuals with enrollment, exploring funding sources, study and organization skills, and advocacy for accommodations.
Del Pepper Community Resource Center
4850 Mark Center Dr., Floor 10
For more information, call 703.746.3438.
For reasonable disability accommodation, contact susan.clay@alexandriava.gov or call 703.746.3438, Virginia Relay 711.
Our Approach
The Alexandria Community Services Board (CSB) Behavioral Health Supported Employment and Education Program helps adults receiving CSB services achieve competitive, integrated employment and educational goals. Using a person-centered approach, we match individual strengths and preferences with local employer needs to enhance dignity, autonomy, and quality of life.
We partner with you to identify strengths and build an adaptable support plan tailored to your evolving goals.
Explore career paths using assessments, local job market data, and your past work, volunteer, or life experience.
Understand how earnings affect SSI, SSDI, and health coverage, and access work incentives to guide your financial decisions.
You decide whether to disclose a disability to an employer. With your consent, we help arrange workplace accommodations.
Supported Employment
Receive individualized help with resumes, applications, employer correspondence, interviews, and explaining employment gaps. Staff offer practical tools and coaching for both assisted and selfdirected job searches.
Staff develop employer partnerships and job opportunities matched to your goals, including options for applicants with a legal history. Assistance includes customized job development with personalized advocacy and introductions.
Individual sessions, workshops, and practice interviews are designed to develop job search and communication skills, stress management strategies, and understanding of workplace expectations.
We support competitive employment in integrated community workplaces. On-site or off-site coaching helps you learn job tasks, understand workplace expectations and safety, solve problems, and pursue advancement or a job change.
Follow-along services respond to your needs throughout employment. Support adjusts as challenges arise, independence grows, and coworkers and supervisors provide natural support.
If interested, develop an Employment Wellness Recovery Action Plan (EWRAP) to maintain wellness and manage challenges at work.
Education and Community Supports
Explore training programs aligned with your goals. We assist with admission requirements, program comparisons, and scheduling classes.
Get help with applications, financial aid, study skills, and learning accommodations.
Access laptops, internet, phone line, and private space for video interviews, along with training on email and job-search tools.
Staff help connect you with vocational rehabilitation and other community resources that address barriers to employment or education. Support may include travel training, job fair information, connections to expungement resources as appropriate, and transportation or accompaniment to recruitment events.
With appropriate consent, staff collaborate with your CSB treatment team and other providers to coordinate services around your goals.
Ask your CSB provider about Behavioral Health Supported Employment and Education services, or call 703.746.3438.