Community Integration Specialist

Clarvida - California • San Diego, CA

9d • $22 - $25 • Onsite

About The Position

Welcome to Clarvida's career website! If you are passionate about helping others and enthusiastic about your future, we want you to join our team! Our company is known for an unwavering commitment to exceptional value and recovery-focused, quality care. We are experts in the field of behavioral health care, providing cutting-edge mental health and substance use community-based services and offer a dynamic employment experience! Clarvida offers competitive salaries and benefits, comprehensive on-boarding and job training, a supportive learning environment, ongoing education in the use of evidence-based, promising practices and much more! We have over 30 outpatient behavioral health locations nestled throughout our communities located in Kern County, Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Diego County. Catalyst is an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program. Catalyst provides full service partnership services to Transitional Age Youth (TAY) ages 16 to 25 with a serious mental illness, and who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in San Diego County. Catalyst’s ACT team provides comprehensive, individualized services in an integrated and continuous manner. Services are collaborative and recovery-oriented, and treatment includes: psychiatric assessment, medication management, individual therapy, substance abuse treatment, co-occurring disorders treatment, supportive housing, resource linkage, advocacy, family psycho-education and therapy, supportive employment and education development, legal assistance, community integration services, peer support and group counseling. PAY:$22-$24.50/hr ABOUT YOUR ROLE Provide participant and family support Mentor participant in communication skills, affect management, problem solving, stress management and other life skills Assist participants in contacting and utilizing community resources Participate in development of wellness and recovery plans Transport participants to accommodate community relationships, use of personal car or vehicle is required Other duties as assigned or necessary to support your department and/or the company Recovery Requirements Provide the best customer care possible. Identify and build upon the strengths of consumers, coworkers, and the communities we serve. Support consumers’ steps towards Recovery and Wellness. Create an organizational culture that respects and celebrates the diversity of our consumers. Value learning as an ongoing process that enables us to better service our consumers and establishes our leadership in the industry. Research and utilize our industry’s best practices and analyze our own services to ensure the best possible outcomes.

Requirements

• Must be outgoing, personable, caring and friendly
• Must demonstrate a high level of maturity; have common sense; exercise good judgment
• Must be able to relate to people in a positive, non-threatening manner
• Should possess good social skills; warmth, kindness, and compassion for people
• Must be flexible and adaptable to changes in the Recovery Model and its progression
• Office Environment (not remote position). Requires extensive sitting with periodic standing and walking;
• May be required to lift up to 20 pounds
• Requires significant use of computer, tablet, phone and/or general office equipment
• Needs adequate visual acuity, ability to grasp and handle objects
• Needs ability to communicate effectively through reading, writing, and speaking in person or on telephone
• Will require off-site travel throughout San Diego County up to 70% (meeting, county and/or client needs)

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Human Services or related field from an accredited college or university and/or experience working with youth in an employment or volunteer capacity preferred
• Proof of: valid California driver’s license and auto insurance, as well as proof of education are required

Responsibilities

• Provide participant and family support
• Mentor participant in communication skills, affect management, problem solving, stress management and other life skills
• Assist participants in contacting and utilizing community resources
• Participate in development of wellness and recovery plans
• Transport participants to accommodate community relationships, use of personal car or vehicle is required
• Other duties as assigned or necessary to support your department and/or the company

Benefits

• Paid vacation days that increase with tenure
• Separate sick leave that rolls over each year
• Up to 10 Paid holidays
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefit plan options
• DailyPay- Access to your daily earnings without waiting for payday
• Training, Development and Continuing Education Credits for licensure requirements
• 401K
• Free licensure supervision
• Employee Assistance program
• Pet Insurance
• Perks @Clarvida- national discounts on shopping, travel, Verizon, and entertainment
• Mileage reimbursement
• Company cellphone

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees