Co-Occurring Community Support Specialist

Betty Jean Kerr People’s Health Centers; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Betty Jean Kerr People’s Health Centers is seeking a Co-Occurring Community Support Specialist to assist individuals at risk of hospitalization or recently discharged to stay engaged in community living. You will conduct assessments, participate in treatment planning, and coordinate supports with families and services.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Human Services or equivalent experience, with strong interpersonal skills, documentation, and collaboration in a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Services or related field from an accredited school, OR two years of higher education with two years of related experience.
• Experience in psychiatric, substance abuse treatment, or developmental disabilities preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess client status including strengths, progress, problems and needs.
• Participate in assessment, development and review of individualized treatment plan.
• Monitor client participation and progress in treatment programs.
• Provide 24-hour resource access to public services (financial, medical, housing, emergencies).
• Advocate for clients within the community to achieve and maintain adjustment.
• Maintain contact with hospitalized clients and participate in discharge planning.
• Train clients in daily living skills (housekeeping, cooking, grooming).
• Assist clients in creating personal support systems including family or guardians.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary teams for staffing.
• Complete documentation on all aspects of community support: case opening, referrals, progress notes, discharge planning, case closure.
• Participate in staff training to learn interviewing, assessment, rapport, treatment planning, and knowledge about mental illness.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Skills

Interviewing

Assessment

Rapport-building

Treatment planning

Promoting positive behaviors

Self direction

Mental illness knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Services

Two years of higher education with two years experience in psychiatric, substance abuse treatment, or developmental disabilities

Job description

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Co-Occurring Community Support Specialist

PHASES Full Time 40 Hours Weekly St. Louis, MO, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1168

SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible for providing activities and interactions that enable an individual at clear risk of hospitalization or who has been discharged from inpatient treatment to maintain an adjustment to living in the community.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• 1.Responsible for assessing the client's status including personal strengths, progress, problems and needs.
• 2.Participating in the formal assessment, development and review of the client's individualized treatment plan which will focus on the client's unique strengths and needs and encompass all areas of the client's life.
• 3.Monitors the client's participation and progress in an organized treatment program to assure the planned provision of services according to the client's plan of care is being followed and/or revised as appropriate.
• 4.Provides individual assistance to all clients as a twenty-four (24) hour resource in accessing a variety of public services including financial, medical assistance, housing and emergencies.
• 5.Intercedes on behalf of individual clients within the community at large to assist the client in achieving and maintaining their community adjustment.
• 6.Maintains contact with clients who are hospitalized and participates in discharge planning of clients receiving services from an inpatient facility.
• 7.Trains clients in daily living skills such as housekeeping, cooking, personal grooming, etc.
• 8.Assists individual clients in creating personal support systems that include working with family members, legal guardians or significant others regarding the needs and abilities of an identified client.
• 9.Participates in multi-disciplinary teams for staffing clients.
• 10.Completes necessary documentation on all aspects of community support as it applies to individual clients including case opening, referrals, progress notes, discharge planning and case closure.
• 11.Participates in staff training as a team and on an individualized basis to learn skills to include: interviewing, assessment, ability to establish rapport and maintain relationships, give direct treatment planning, knowledge of promoting positive behaviors, self direction, knowledge about mental illness, etc.
• 12.Other related duties as required.

MINIMUM EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

A Bachelor's degree in Human Services Field (education, nursing, criminal justice, recreational therapist, social work, psychology, human development and family studies, counseling, child development, gerontology, rehabilitation counseling. ) from an accredited school, OR at least two years of higher education with two years of experience in psychiatric, substance abuse treatment, or developmental disabilities, or any four year degree with two years of experience in psychiatric, substance abuse treatment, or developmental disabilities.

CERTIFICATION OR LICENSE REQUIRED:

As required by the field.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Valid Driver License, Dependable automobile, Personal Vehicle insurance