Community Support Specialist

Pine Belt Mental Health Resources - Fort Collins, CO

Full-time

Fort Collins, CO

About the position

The Community Support Specialist at Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources is responsible for providing individualized support and guidance to adults and youth facing daily challenges in Covington County. This role is crucial in helping individuals with serious mental illnesses, emotional disturbances, and developmental disabilities to live, work, learn, and fully participate in their communities. The position requires a proactive approach to identify strengths and barriers in recovery, ensuring access to necessary services and support.

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 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

Nice-to-haves

• Case management experience preferred