Community Support Specialist I - High School - multiple locations

BJC HealthCare • Florissant, MO

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About The Position

BJC Behavioral Health is a community health center that provides and coordinates behavioral health services for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances across several Missouri counties. As an Administrative Agent of the Missouri Department of Mental Health, it serves as a point of entry to publicly funded mental health services.

The Community Support Specialist I provides community support services to help people living in the community access opportunities while recovering from the effects of serious and persistent mental illness. The role involves community-based, face-to-face work with clients, including home visits, connecting people with community resources such as housing and food assistance, and supporting people experiencing severe mental health issues. Caseloads vary. In-depth training is provided during the first 90 days.

This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week position with a Monday-to-Friday day schedule. Local travel is required, including transporting clients in the employee's personal vehicle. A reliable personal vehicle with valid insurance is required, and mileage reimbursement is available. The position is safety-sensitive and requires working alertly and safely.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• 2–5 years of experience.
• Class D (Illinois) or Class E (Missouri) driver's license; the license must be obtained two weeks before starting.
• Reliable personal vehicle with valid insurance for local travel.
• Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.
• Quick learning and technology proficiency for the role's training and work.

Nice To Haves

• Related experience working with individuals facing mental health challenges.

Responsibilities

• Provide community support services to complex clients, including clients on a care plan, using treatment-plan interventions that reflect individual strengths and needs and support positive outcomes.
• Complete timely service documentation describing the need, intervention, relationship to the treatment plan, service provider, date, actual time, setting, and the individual's response.
• Contact individuals and/or referral sources after missed appointments to re-engage them and promote recovery and resiliency.
• Support individuals in crisis situations.
• Connect clients with community resources, including housing and food assistance.
• Meet face-to-face with clients in the community, including conducting home visits.
• Transport clients in a personal vehicle.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus of up to $1,500.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available on the first day of the month after hire.
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC.
• Annual 4% BJC automatic retirement contribution.
• 401(k) plan with BJC match.
• Tuition assistance available on the first day.
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development.
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
• Paid time off combining vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time.
• Adoption assistance.
• Mileage reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED