Community Support Specialist III (Master Level) - Correctional System

About the position

BJC Behavioral Health is a community health center that provides and coordinates behavioral health services for more than 8,000 seriously mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally disturbed children in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. François, Iron and Washington counties. As an Administrative Agent of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), BJC Behavioral Health serves as a major point of entry for people eligible for mental health services funded by DMH and is responsible for serving as gatekeeper to the public mental health system. This is a 40 hour per week Case Worker position working with clients in the correctional system. You will assist clients by linking them to community resources, such as housing and food assistance upon re-entry, working with ages 18 and older. You will be asked to meet with clients in the correctional facility and will be conducting group sessions with clients and one-on-one consultations to discuss competency restoration.

Responsibilities

• Provides community support services to complex clients to include clients on care plan, using treatment plan interventions that result in positive outcomes, based on individual strengths and needs; case load sizes will vary.
• Completes timely documentation of services that clearly describe the need for the service, the intervention provided, the relationship to the treatment plan, the provider of the service, the date, the actual time and setting of the service, and the individual's response to the service.
• Contacting individuals and/or referral sources following missed appointments in order to re-engage and promote recovery/resiliency efforts.
• Supporting individuals in crisis situations.
• Provides mentorship and job shadowing to community support colleagues.
• Provides qualified mental health provider assistance to clinical teams including but not limited to assessment of access to services.
• Complete annual assessment and other documentation of clients.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Human Services or related field.
• 2-5 years of experience.
• Class D (IL) or Class E (MO) license.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date.
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC.
• Pension Plan/403(b) Plan funded by BJC.
• 401(k) plan with BJC match.
• Tuition Assistance available on first day.
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development.
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time.
• Adoption assistance.