Community Support Specialist Jobs

Due to critical service need of the communities we serve, we are offering a $1500 sign-on bonus.* Additional $500 sign-on bonus for Qualified Mental Health Professionals. We are eager to continue to provide quality and compassionate care in our service areas and need you to make this happen!

The Community Support Specialist provides integrated, holistic, community-based support services.

Responsibilities Include

Clinical Service Provision

Using a motivational, stage-matched approach, provide individualized and group education services based upon strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences identified collaboratively with client/family, focused on supporting clients movement toward recovery/resiliency goals

Assist client in identifying strengths, needs, abilities, & preferences regarding substance abuse/mental

illness and participate in development of Wellness Plan

Provide services from a holistic perspective, incorporating coaching surrounding the Eight Dimensions of Wellness, with attention to each domain of wellness

Support client in completion of goals identified on Wellness Plans, reviewing the WP with client as required and as needed for updating of goals and objectives as items are achieved, or as the clients goals change

Aid in accessing public services, including financial, housing, emergency assistance, food, etc.

Maintain contact with clients who are hospitalized, participating in discharge planning and communicating with all involved providers in developing aftercare plans

Provide education and skill-building in areas such as daily living skills, employment/education, symptom management, communication/relationships, budgeting, maintaining a residence, etc., with focus on movement toward independent completion of these tasks, or referral to long-term supports

Assist clients with developing personal support systems, including, but not limited to, work with family members, legal guardians, recovery communities, etc.

Provide individual assistance to clients in accessing needed services including accompanying clients to appointments to address medical or other health needs

Follow up with clients regarding appointments, completion of forms, returning forms or receipts and other similar activities

Contact consumers who have unexcused absences from the CSTAR program in order to re-engage them and promote recovery efforts

Meet service provision expectations per client needs and company guidelines

Complete documentation and paperwork within the required timeframe

Integrated Health Team

Communicate actively with other members of the integrated team, including psychiatrists, primary care physicians, specialists (CPRC, Peer(s), ITCD, CSTAR, DBT, etc), nurses, dentists, NCMs, etc. regarding all areas of client wellness, including clients adherence to medications, side effects, and efficacy of medications

Seek and include input from Integrated Health Team providers on clients Wellness Plan

Work with clients to determine services needed and provide hand-offs to those services

Make referrals to additional services/providers as needed for clients Integrated Health Team

In addition to clinical providers of the team, function as liaison to others involved in clients treatment, including, but not limited to family, employers, schools, probation/parole, courts, etc.

Miscellaneous

Will seek culturally competent services and service providers to meet the unique cultural needs of each agency client and family members

Assist client with transportation as clinically indicated; Driving is an essential function of this position

Other duties as assigned