Part Time Community Support Specialist (20 hours per week)

New Season; Cape Girardeau (MO); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Early morning hours

Competitive Pay

Generous PTO

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

FSA and Tele-Counseling

Life Insurance

Short/Long Term Disability

401k with up to 3% matching

Education/License reimbursement

Referral bonus

Job summary

New Season Treatment Centers is seeking a part-time Community Support Specialist to join our multidisciplinary team in Missouri. The role involves providing services to maximize patient functioning and recovery, guided by an individualized treatment plan.

You will help develop social, family, and community living skills and participate in discharge planning to ensure continued recovery. Responsibilities include crisis support, education on mental health and substance use, and coordination of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, nursing, or a closely related field.
• Basic 270 education hours and 300 hour practicum.
• Must be computer literate and have basic knowledge of Microsoft products.
• Preferred 500 hours of experience in substance abuse.

Responsibilities

• Provide services to maximize patients' immediate and continued community functioning and support recovery.
• Develop patient interpersonal/social, family, community, and independent living skills.
• Support outcomes across employment, education, housing, and reducing relapse and hospitalizations.
• Develop discharge and continuing recovery plans for transition to ongoing services.
• Re-engage patients after missed appointments and coordinate resources during crises.
• Assist in discharge planning for medical or psychiatric hospitalizations.
• Educate patients about mental illness, substance use disorders, symptoms, triggers, cravings, and medications.
• Build self-management skills and coping strategies for wellness and recovery.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, nursing, or a closely related field

Job description

Description

New Season:

For over 30 years, New Season Treatment Centers have been a leading national health care service provider of outpatient treatment centers that specialize in providing safe, quality and best in class care for individuals living with Opioid Use Disorder ("OUD").

Operating in over 70 treatment centers in multiple states, our team members are engaged in medication-assisted treatment, counseling, support, and care management of individuals living with OUD. We treat the whole person and, in so doing, address the underlying causes of OUD in an effort to provide a continuum of care that not only addresses treatment needs but supports the patient on their journey to recovery.

Job Summary

Provides community support services to patients as required. Works with a multidisciplinary treatment team consisting of Medical Director, Program Director, Treatment Services Coordinator, Counselors, Community Support Specialist and Nurses to identify and meet the clinical needs of the patient and to assist in their overall well-being.

Essential Functions

• Works with or on the behalf of patients in accordance with an individualized treatment plan, providing services to maximize an individual's immediate and continued community functioning while achieving and sustaining recovery/resiliency from mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
• Uses interventions, based on individualized strengths and needs, to develop patient's interpersonal/social, family, community, and independent living functional skills including adaptation to home, school, family and work environments when the natural acquisition of those skills is negatively impacted by the individual's mental illness and/or substance abuse disorder.
• Provides services that result in positive outcomes including but not limited to the following areas: employment, education, housing, social connectedness, abstinence/ harm reduction, decreased criminality/legal involvement, family involvement, decreased psychiatric hospitalizations, and improved physical health.
• Develops a discharge and continuing recovery plan to include, if applicable, securing a successful transition to continued services.
• Contacts individuals and/or referral sources following missed appointments in order to re-engage and promote recovery/resiliency efforts.
• Supports individuals in crisis situations including locating and coordinating resources to resolve a crisis.
• Maintains contact with individuals who are hospitalized for medical or psychiatric reasons and participate in and facilitate discharge planning for psychiatric hospitalization and for medical hospitalization as appropriate.
• Provides information and education to individuals in order to learn about and manage mental illness/serious emotional disturbance and/or substance use disorders including symptoms, triggers, cravings, and use of medications.
• Builds skills in individuals for effective illness self-management including psy education, behavioral tailoring for medication adherence, wellness/recovery planning, coping skills, and social skills.

Benefits

• Early morning hours (Allows for a great work life balance)
• Competitive Pay
• Generous PTO (3 weeks with buy up options)
• Excellent Medical (EPO & PPO plans), Dental, and Vision Insurance
• FSA's, Telehealth and Tele-Counseling services
• Life Insurance
• Short/Long Term Disability
• 401k with up to 3% matching
• Reimbursement for education, license, tuition, etc.
• Referral bonus (up to $750)

Essential Position Requirements

• Education/Licensure/Certification:
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in social work, psychology, nursing, or a closely related field.
• Required Knowledge:
  • Entry-level knowledge. (Basic 270 education hours, 300 hour practicum) Must be computer literate and have basic knowledge of all Microsoft products.
• Experience Required:
  • Preferred 500 hours of experience in substance abuse.
• Work schedule: Part Time schedule will be up to 20 hours per week between Monday through Friday 5am - 1:30pm and Saturday's 6am - 9am, the PT schedule will be discussed with the Supervisor during the interview.

New Season provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Job or State Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in social work, psychology, nursing, or a closely related field.