Community Support Specialist IV

Job Details

Job Location

Enhanced Community Support Services 2 - Hainesport, NJ

Position Type

Full Time

Education Level

4 Year Degree

Salary Range

$19.00 - $20.00 Hourly

Job Shift

Day

The duties of the Community Support Specialist include contributing to the development, implementation, monitoring, and updating of consumers’ individual habilitation plans; therapeutic rehabilitative skill development; implementation of Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) principles and interventions; coordinating and managing services, both mental health and physical health; crisis intervention, as needed. Provision/coordination of services aimed at active rehabilitation and support services to achieve restoration of functioning and the achievement of community integration; maintaining own appointment schedule and meeting work productivity requirements; other duties as assigned by management staff.

Community Support Services offers a variety of supports to help Burlington County adults with a serious mental illness remain living successfully in the community. Services include case management, housing assistance, supportive counseling, advocacy, service linkages, illness management, peer support, life skills, education/employment assistance, transportation and 24-hour on-call support.

Enhanced Community Support Services is also available for adults being released from state psychiatric hospitals. This program offers a higher level of support and case management.

This is a Full Time Benefited position with the following benefits:

• 3.2 weeks of Paid Time Off during the first year

• Medical, vision, dental and life insurance

• 403(b) employee participation and employer match

• 9 Agency-paid holidays

• Training opportunities provided throughout the year

• Retention bonus offered every 6 months, $1.3k for full time staff

• Tuition Reimbursement

Hours:

Full Time; Monday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.or 6:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s Degreefrom an accredited college or university in a helping profession, such as social work, human services, counseling, psychiatric rehabilitation, psychology, or criminal justice.

Bachelor’s Degree in a fieldother than a helping profession must have a minimum of two years of professional experiencein a community behavioral healthcare setting. Certification as a psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner may be substituted for one year of experience.

Legacy Treatment Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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