Community Support Specialist- Adult Services

Pine Belt Mental Health Resources - Wiggins, CO

Full-time - Entry Level

Wiggins, CO

About the position

Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources is seeking an energetic and motivated Community Support Specialist to work with adults and children who have a serious mental illness in Stone County. This position is located in Wiggins, MS, and plays a crucial role in providing individualized support and guidance to assist clients with daily challenges. The Community Support Specialist will work closely with individuals to identify their strengths and barriers, helping them develop the necessary skills for independent functioning in the community. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's degree in behavioral healthcare and demonstrate the ability to work independently to find resources for the consumers served. The schedule for this position is Monday to Friday, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, with no on-call duties required. Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources has been serving individuals throughout the Pine Belt for 50 years, striving to enable adults with serious mental illnesses, children with serious emotional disturbances, and individuals with addiction or developmental disabilities to live, work, learn, and participate fully in their communities. The Community Support Specialist will assist individuals in accessing needed services such as medical, social, educational, transportation, housing, substance abuse, personal care, employment, and other services identified in the Recovery Support Plan. This role is vital in monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions, ensuring that clients make progress toward their goals and experience symptom reduction.

Responsibilities

• Identifies strengths which will aid in the individual in their recovery and the barriers that will challenge the development of skills necessary for independent functioning in the community.
• Provides psychoeducation on the identification and self-management of prescribed medication regimen and communicates with the prescribing provider.
• Assists the individual in accessing needed services such as medical, social, educational, transportation, housing, substance abuse, personal care, employment, and other services that may be identified in the Recovery Support Plan.
• Provides psychoeducation and trains family, unpaid caregivers, and/or others who have a legitimate role in addressing the needs of the individual.
• Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of interventions, as evidenced by symptom reduction and progress toward goals.
• Provides direct interventions in deescalating situations to prevent crisis.
• Documents all services provided in the electronic medical record by using collaborative documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in behavioral healthcare required
• Reliable transportation to provide community services required
• Valid driver's license with satisfactory driving record required
• Must have auto insurance with liability limits of 100,000/300,000/50,000 within 30 days of hire
• Must be eligible to obtain DMH case management certification within 90 days of hire
• Excellent communications skills required
• Case management experience preferred
• Experience working with SMI population preferred

Benefits

• Employer paid life insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Optional health insurance
• Optional dental insurance
• Optional vision insurance
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 403(b) retirement plan
• Generous leave policy