Community Support Counselor

Community Hope, Inc.; Parsippany-Troy Hills (NJ); On-site; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Hope, Inc. seeks a compassionate behavioral health professional for a full-time role in Sussex, Warren, Somerset, and Western Morris Counties, with an agency vehicle provided.

Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm, work includes rehabilitative skill development, crisis intervention, medication education, and coordination with providers to maximize services for consumers. You will document services, maintain confidentiality, and cover colleagues as needed, while ensuring safe vehicle operation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a helping profession (social work, human services, counseling, psychology, or criminal justice).
• One year of mental health experience preferred.
• A valid driver's license, with a good driving record.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development, implementation, monitoring, and updating of the individualized rehabilitation plan.
• Performs therapeutic rehabilitative skill development.
• Perform crisis intervention and provides on-call support to consumers for crisis intervention and emergency services linkages.
• Monitors, as needed, consumer self-administration of prescribed medications as per Agency procedures and provides medication education.
• Assists consumers with accessing community-based wellness and recovery services.
• Transports consumers in an agency vehicles in a safe, cautious, and responsible manner.
• Documents service delivery accurately and timely while ensuring consumer confidentiality.
• Coordinates with other providers to maximize services integration and consumer opportunity.
• Functions as a team member and covers co-workers duties as needed.
• Maintains the assigned vehicle including scheduled maintenance and follows related policies.

Skills

Valid driver's license

Education

Bachelor’s degree in helping professions (social work, human services, counseling, psychology, or criminal justice)

Job description

Do you want to work in a friendly, professional and supportive organization? Do you want to make a difference in someone's life every day! If so, COME JOIN OUR TEAM

AVAILABLE SHIFT

FULL-TIME | Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm

Service area: (Sussex, Warren, Somerset, & Western Morris Counties) - Agency vehicle provided

• Contributes to the development, implementation, monitoring, and updating of the individualized rehabilitation plan.
  
• Performs therapeutic rehabilitative skill development.
• Perform crisis intervention and provides on-call support to consumers for crisis intervention and emergency services linkages.
• Monitors, as needed, consumer self-administration of prescribed medications as per Agency procedures and provides medication education.
• Assists consumers with accessing community-based wellness and recovery services.
• Transports consumers in an agency vehicles in a safe, cautious, and responsible manner.
• Documents service delivery accurately and timely while ensuring consumer confidentiality.
• Coordinates with other providers to maximize services integration and consumer opportunity.
• Functions as a team member and covers co-workers duties as needed.
• Maintains the assigned vehicle including scheduled maintenance and follows related policies.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in one of the helping professions, such as social work, human services, counseling, psychiatric rehabilitation, psychology, or criminal justice. Bachelor’s degrees in a field other than a helping profession will be considered when accompanied by a minimum of two years of professional experience in a community behavioral healthcare setting.
• One year of mental health experience, preferred.
• A valid driver’s license, with a good driving record.

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