Community Support Specialist Childrens McComb

Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources - McComb, MS

Full-time - Entry Level

McComb, MS

Hospitals

About the position

The Community Support Specialist position at Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources is designed to provide essential services to youth and families in Pike County, Mississippi. This role is crucial in offering individualized support and guidance to help individuals navigate daily challenges, thereby promoting their recovery and integration into the community. The position emphasizes a holistic approach to mental health care, focusing on empowering individuals with serious mental illnesses, emotional disturbances, and developmental disabilities.

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 intervention.

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

Nice-to-haves

• Case management experience preferred

Benefits

• Company paid Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability (LTD)
• Health/Dental/Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 403(b) retirement plan
• Generous leave policy