Community Support Specialist - ACT

Ozark Center; Street (MD); Presencial; USD 42 000 - 65 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Ozark Center, part of Freeman Health System, seeks an interdisciplinary wraparound team member to deliver community support services to individuals with behavioral health needs, including substance use, trauma, and mental illness. The role emphasizes trauma-informed, person-centered care and independence for persons served.

You will manage a caseload, coordinate treatment plans, monitor progress, document in a timely manner, and ensure compliance with ACT/AOT standards, billing expectations, and

Responsabilidades

• Meets or exceeds billing and productivity expectations as established by the Program Director.
• Collaborates with clients to develop individualized person-centered plans and reviews/updates to guide ongoing treatment services. Completes said plans and reviews/updates within established timelines and according to program requirements.
• Effectively monitors and assesses clients' participation and progress in treatment according to and in adherence with individualized person-centered plans.
• Provides treatment interventions which are medically necessary, ethical, and in adherence with clients' individualized person-centered plans.
• Communicates all relevant clinical information with supervisor and other key clinical staff regarding clients' critical care needs in a timely manner. Documents client safety planning and hospitalization interventions per established guidelines.
• Ensures that all required documentation is completed within established timelines and according to quality standards set by state and federal regulations, CARF certification requirements, and program expectations.
• Adheres to Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) fidelity standards.
• Supports coworkers and teammates in providing trauma-informed, person-centered services to clients. Collaborates effectively with treatment team members to support clients in achieving their chosen recovery goals.
• Completes and submits all required/requested training and HR compliance documents timely.
• Ensures clients have applied, receive, and maintain medical insurance benefits as well receive available community resources based on client's income eligibility.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job Description Summary:

Functions as part of an interdisciplinary wraparound team delivering community support services to individuals impacted by a range of behavioral health issues, including substance use, trauma, and mental illness. Utilizes trauma-informed and person-centered approaches to promote maximum levels of independence and autonomy for persons served. Demonstrates effective time management and multitasking skills to independently manage assigned caseload. Arranges work schedule to see clients regularly according to their individual needs. Manages multiple, simultaneous deadlines to ensure that services are provided within established expectations.

Responsibilities:

• Meets or exceeds billing and productivity expectations as established by the Program Director.
• Collaborates with clients to develop individualized person-centered plans and reviews/updates to guide ongoing treatment services. Completes said plans and reviews/updates within established timelines and according to program requirements.
• Effectively monitors and assesses clients' participation and progress in treatment according to and in adherence with individualized person-centered plans.
• Provides treatment interventions which are medically necessary, ethical, and in adherence with clients' individualized person-centered plans.
• Communicates all relevant clinical information with supervisor and other key clinical staff regarding clients' critical care needs in a timely manner. Documents client safety planning and hospitalization interventions per established guidelines.
• Ensures that all required documentation is completed within established timelines and according to quality standards set by state and federal regulations, CARF certification requirements, and program expectations.
• Adheres to Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) fidelity standards.
• Supports coworkers and teammates in providing trauma-informed, person-centered services to clients. Collaborates effectively with treatment team members to support clients in achieving their chosen recovery goals.
• Completes and submits all required/requested training and HR compliance documents timely.
• Ensures clients have applied, receive, and maintain medical insurance benefits as well receive available community resources based on client's income eligibility.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements:

• Requires prolonged sitting, frequent standing, bending, squatting, kneeling, and reaching above shoulder level frequently, climbing and twisting occasionally.
• Requires a typical range of hearing and manual dexterity sufficient to operate a computer keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator, and other office equipment as needed.
• Requires repetitive use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulation.
• Requires standing, sitting, or walking for up to 8 hours or longer per workday.
• Requires regular use of a computer.
• TB test upon hire.

Locally owned and nationally recognized, Freeman Health System is a not-for-profit health system serving communities across Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas through a network of hospitals, physician clinics, outpatient locations, and specialty services. The system includes Freeman Hospital West, Freeman Hospital East, Freeman Neosho Hospital, and the Freeman Health System facilities in Bentonville, Springdale, Willow Creek, and Siloam Springs. Freeman Health System also operates Ozark Center - the region's largest provider of behavioral health services, and offers comprehensive cancer, cardiology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, and women's and children's services. The system is supported by more than 7,000 employees and is the only Children's Miracle Network Hospital in a 70-mile radius. For more information, visit Freeman Health System.