Community Integration Specialist

Liberty Resources / Liberty POST•Syracuse, NY

2d•$20

About The Position

We are currently seeking a passionate Community Integration Specialist to join our team in Syracuse, NY. Our employees have passion around the services they provide and our corporate values of excellence and staff support create the opportunity to provide valuable services to vulnerable populations. We pride ourselves on high quality, integrated, community-based services that meet the evolving needs of our communities. We’re committed to building a diverse workforce that values contributions of all team members and work to recognize cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health and wellness practices of the communities that we serve and how they apply to provision of positive health outcomes. The Community Integration Specialist will work with individuals with serious mental illness, or co-occurring disorders who are homeless to be successful maintaining stable housing by providing direct support, teaching and activities, which promote full and meaningful community integration across Onondaga and Madison counties.

Requirements

The Community Integration Specialist will possess at least a high school diploma and is preferred to have at least two years of experience working in the field of human services.
Strong organizational and interpersonal skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills required.

Nice To Haves

work experience in a behavioral health or related setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides community-based support for participants of the program at the time of initial engagement and throughout the participant’s time in the ESSHI Mental Health Scattered-Site Supportive Housing program.
Assists program participants in development of basic daily living skills including communication, problem solving, and transportation and community navigation.
Identifies and develops linkages in the community to improve individuals' ability to access community resources.
Supports the person to develop their own person centered goal plan and provides participant identified supports that are needed to accomplish their goals.
Works in cooperation with a multi-disciplinary team and assures continuity of participant services.
Responds to and effectively handles crises, which may require flexibility of time and area of assignment. Shares on-call responsibility and takes necessary action to ensure staff coverage, appropriate crisis interventions, and untoward incident notification.
Completes all required documentation, in timelines in accordance with program standards.