Social Services Technician III - Recovery & Community Support

Aspire Behavioral Health & DD Services; Albany (GA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspire Behavioral Health & DD Services is hiring for a Social Services Technician III- SST012 at The Change Center in Albany, GA. The role involves conducting intake assessments, coordinating treatment planning, providing crisis intervention, and linking peers to community resources.

Extensive collaboration with peers, families, and agencies is required. Work supports include case management, group activities, and life skills workshops.

Qualifications

• HS diploma or GED with 3 years in social services, or a Bachelor's in social services with 1 year, or 1 year at the lower level.

Responsibilities

• Provides a broad range of paraprofessional social services and supports to peers and their families.
• Conducts patient/client/consumer intakes, participates in treatment team planning, and performs crisis intervention.
• Assist in dealing with personal and social problems.
• May provide supportive counseling to peers and families and/or serve as a liaison for social services.
• May perform case management duties.
• Implements and organizes the delivery of specific social services within the community.
• Monitors Peer progress towards their recovery goals.
• Completes interaction with peers, their families, significant others and appropriate community agencies.
• Assists Peers in locating and utilizing community resources including legal, medical, financial assistance, and other referral services.
• Provides short term case management and referral services to Peers with emergency situations.
• Provides crisis intervention and emergency shelter services resources, if available.
• Provides Peer support for individuals living in group homes and halfway houses; assists in prerelease and release planning.
• Maintains contact with other social service agencies and health care providers involved with peers to provide support in their journey.
• Implements life skills workshops and programs in behavior management, youth services, community and social services.
• Maintains program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research.
• Performs job responsibilities with minimal supervision.
• Serves as job expert/ individual with lived experience.
• NOTE: This position will answer directly to the Program Director
• ALBANY AREA CSB Job Description

Job description

Aspire Behavioral Health & DD Services is hiring for a Social Services Technician III- SST012 at The Change Center in Albany, GA. The role involves conducting intake assessments, coordinating treatment planning, providing crisis intervention, and linking peers to community resources.

Extensive collaboration with peers, families, and agencies is required. Work supports include case management, group activities, and life skills workshops.