Community Support Specialist II: Assertive Community Treatment Team- 6961

SCHEDULED HOURS: Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm, with one weekend 12pm-8:30pm, rotating weekends 10:30am-7pm

PROGRAM/LOCATION: Assertive Community Treatment Team, Manchester CT * this is a community based position

ABOUT THE PROGRAM: Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) *Click here to learn more about the program!

Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) serves adults 18 years of age and older. ACTT provides intensive community-based treatment, support, and rehabilitation to individuals who have a serious persistent mental illness (SPMI) or a dual diagnosis of SPMI and a Substance Use Disorder and be determined as requiring a high level of service needs.

• Partnering with the individual to accomplish their recovery goals.

• Conducts Co-occurring Screens, C-SSRS and Functional Assessments.

• Collaborates with individuals to create individualized, person-centered treatment plans and documents clients progress during treatment.

• Use Motivational Interventions to assist clients in meeting their goals and moving along their paths to recovery, utilizing stage wise interventions.

• Provide psycho-educational rehabilitation services via group and individual modalities.

• Support individual with linking and engaging with natural (family, friends) or community supports.

• Develop crisis plans and Safety Plans for clients and work with other staff to respond to crisis situations as needed.

• Provide skills teaching, such as assisting clients in obtaining/ maintaining housing and utilities; learning how to use transportation services, planning and preparing nutritional meals, engaging and communicating with family and friends, safety in the community, caring for children and other family members, and solve everyday problems that arise. Participate in family education and support activities.

• Attend and participate in staff meetings, trainings, case conference, supervision and other meetings as assigned.

Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and/or work experience required.

Experience: 1+ years working with identified population preferred.

*Actual rates are determined at the time of offer and are based on relevant experience, as well as, adherence to our internal equity policy. Many of our positions offer program/location differentials and/or sign-on incentives. (Please note, for part-time positions this range would be pro-rated based on hours worked