Community Support Counselor

Community Hope; Parsippany-Troy Hills (NJ); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Hope in New Jersey is seeking a dedicated Behavioral Health Support Specialist to join a friendly, professional, and supportive team. The role focuses on rehabilitation planning, crisis intervention, medication education, and coordination with other providers to maximize client outcomes.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in a helping field and a valid driver's license; one year of mental health experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in one of the helping professions; two years of professional experience in a community behavioral healthcare setting may supplement the requirement.
• One year of mental health experience preferred.
• A valid driver’s license with a good driving record.

Responsibilities

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

Education

Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, or related helping profession

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.

• 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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