Community Support Specialist II - Co-Occurring
About The Position
BJC Behavioral Health is a community health center that provides and coordinates behavioral health services for more than 8,000 seriously mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally disturbed children in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. François, Iron and Washington 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 mental health services funded by DMH and is responsible for serving as gatekeeper to the public mental health system. This role supports clients with both a mental health and substance use disorder diagnoses (Co-Occurring Disorders-COD) in Farmington, MO. The position is community-based, requiring local travel to meet with clients in the office, their homes, or the community to assist them in developing coping skills and managing medication versus using drugs and alcohol (harm reduction).
Requirements
- Own personal reliable vehicle with valid insurance
- Valid CLASS E or CLASS D driver’s license (must obtain one prior to your start date if you do not have one)
- Bachelor's Degree in Human Services or related field
- No Experience
Responsibilities
- 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)
- Transport clients in your own personal vehicle
- Meet with clients face to face
- Meet with clients in their homes
- Connect with all your clients in person on a regular basis
- 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; case load 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
Benefits
- Up to a $1500 Sign on Bonus
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401K
- Pension
- Paid Time Off (combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time)
- Free Tuition Stipend that will allow you obtain an advanced degree that is for paid by BJC Healthcare!
- Comprehensive life insurance
- Legal services
- Disability insurance paid for by BJC
- Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
- 401(k) plan with BJC match
- Tuition Assistance
- BJC Institute for Learning and Development
- Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption assistance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
