Community Support Specialist II - Co-Occurring Disorders

BJC HealthCare•Farmington, MO

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position provides community support services to maximize opportunities available to people living in the community while working to recover from the serious and persistent effects of mental illness. The role focuses on supporting clients with both mental health and substance use disorder diagnoses (Co-Occurring Disorders - COD). BJC Behavioral Health is a community health center that provides and coordinates behavioral health services for seriously mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally disturbed children in several Missouri counties. As an Administrative Agent of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), BJC Behavioral Health serves as a major point of entry for people eligible for DMH-funded mental health services and acts as a gatekeeper to the public mental health system.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Human Services or related field.
Valid CLASS E or CLASS D driver’s license (must obtain prior to start date if not currently held).
Personal reliable vehicle with valid insurance.
Ability to transport clients in your own personal vehicle.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with Adults or Children that suffer from mental health diagnoses.
Experience in community outreach/case management.

Responsibilities

Provides community support services to complex clients to include clients on care plan, using treatment plan interventions that result in positive outcomes, based on individual strengths and needs; caseload sizes will vary.
Completes timely documentation of services that clearly describe the need for the service, the intervention provided, the relationship to the treatment plan, the provider of the service, the date, the actual time and setting of the service, and the individual's response to the service.
Contacting individuals and/or referral sources following missed appointments in order to re-engage and promote recovery/resiliency efforts.
Supporting individuals in crisis situations.
Provides mentorship and job shadowing to community support colleagues.
Meet with clients in the office, their homes or community to assist them in moving towards using coping skills and medication management versus drugs and alcohol to manage their symptoms (harm reduction).
Connect with all your clients in person on a regular basis.
Meet with clients face to face.
Meet with clients in their homes.