Community Support Specialist II - Central Adults Team
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. The Community Support Specialist II provides community support services to maximize opportunities available to people living in the community while they work to recover from the serious and persistent effects of mental illness. Services include supporting complex clients, including those on care plans, using treatment plan interventions based on individual strengths and needs. Caseload sizes vary.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Human Services or a related field.
- Class D (IL) or Class E (MO) license.
Responsibilities
- Provides community support services to complex clients, including clients on care plans, using treatment plan interventions that result in positive outcomes and are based on individual strengths and needs; caseload sizes vary.
- Completes timely documentation describing the need for the service, intervention provided, relationship to the treatment plan, provider, date, actual time and setting, and the individual's response.
- Contacts individuals and/or referral sources following missed appointments to re-engage individuals and promote recovery and resiliency efforts.
- Supports individuals in crisis situations.
- Provides mentorship and job shadowing to community support colleagues.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
