Community Support Program Worker

CHD Brand; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Center for Human Development (CHD) in Springfield, MA seeks a Community Support Program Worker to provide outreach, link clients to community resources, and help them follow their treatment plans. Duties include coordinating services, delivering mobile services across settings, and assisting with benefits, housing, and healthcare access.

The role supports crisis planning and leverage of natural supports to aid recovery, with a full-time schedule, on-site work, and a $20/hour wage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution or at least three years of relevant work or lived experience.
• Ability to pass certification for CPR, First Aid.
• Valid driver's license; reliable transportation for business use.

Responsibilities

• Provide service coordination and linkages to the community.
• Provides outreach services to clients, delivering mobile services in community or institutional settings including inpatient units, homes, day programs, etc.
• Assist clients in obtaining benefits, housing and health care as needed.
• Provide crisis support and participate in development, revision and utilization of crisis prevention and/or safety plans.
• Encourages and facilitates utilization of clients' natural support systems and recovery-oriented, peer support and self-help services.

Education

Bachelor's degree or 3 years relevant experience

Job description

The Community Support Program Worker provides outreach and support services to clients with psychiatric, or substance use disorder diagnoses to enable them to utilize clinical treatment services and other supports. The CSP Worker assists clients to attain his/her clinical treatment plan goals in outpatient and other levels of care and works to mitigate barriers to success.

Essential Job Duties:

• Provide service coordination and linkages to the community.
• Provides outreach services to clients, delivering mobile services in a number of community or institutional settings including inpatient units, homes, day programs, etc.
• Assist clients in obtaining benefits, housing and health care as needed
• Provide crisis support and participate in the development, revision and utilization of crisis prevention and/or safety plans.
• Encourages and facilitates utilization of clients' natural support systems as well as recovery-oriented, peer support and self-help support and services.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution or at least three years of relevant work or lived
• experience that is acceptable by MBHP waiver.
• Ability to pass certification for CPR, First Aid.
• Valid driver's license; reliable transportation for business use.

Pay Rate

$20/hr.

Location

Springfield, on-site

Schedule

Full-time, Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm

At Center for Human Development, CHD, Care Finds A Way

The Center for Human Development (CHD) provides a broad range of high quality, community-oriented human services dedicated to promoting, enhancing, and protecting the dignity and welfare of people in need. At CHD we are celebrating differences, inclusion is not just a policy- it is a daily practice. Multicultural, multilingual, and fluent in sign language, CHD is a reflection of those we serve.