Community Support Specialist II: Community Support Program- 6960

The Community Support Program is a community-based rehab model designed to assist persons with serious mental illness to live independently. Community Support Specialists provide assistance with learning skills to live independently, accessing community resources, finding appropriate and affordable housing, receipt of entitlements, linking with appropriate treatment sources, coordination of care with collateral providers, assistance with money management (including representative payee or conservatorship, if necessary) and any other goals they have for their recovery.

Community Support Specialists can function as a liaison with services to the state acute care facility as well as general hospitals as necessary. Community Support Specialists attempt to teach clients the skills necessary for that individual to meet their own needs. Community Support Specialists provide advocacy services for their clients to receive appropriate clinical services, housing benefits and human rights.

The Community Support Program can be time limited or long-term, based on the needs/LOCUS score of the client.

• 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