Wellness Specialist

BRIDGEWAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES • West Orange, NJ

6h • $44,000 - $52,500

About The Position

As a Wellness Specialist, you will join an evidence-based program and a dynamic team for the opportunity to learn and refine your clinical and engagement skills and accomplish your dream of helping people to make progress on their unique recovery journeys. The work is sometimes challenging and always rewarding by engaging with persons we serve and co-workers as we all learn, grow, and thrive.

Position Overview: As part of a multi-disciplinary, core services team, provides wellness assessment and direct services to people who have serious mental illness and who are enrolled in the PACT Program.

Requirements

• Master’s degree and one-year experience in the provision of MH services or,
• Bachelor’s degree in a behavioral health science from an accredited institution and two years’ experience in the provision of MH services, or
• Associate’s degree in Psychiatric Rehabilitation and two years’ experience in the provision of mental health services,
• Valid driver’s license required - No more than one moving violation within the past 12 months
• Vehicle required

Responsibilities

• Participates as a team member in the frequent monitoring and assessment of the mental health status of persons receiving services as well as related variables, including significant others, the home and the community in which the person served lives
• Participates within the team, in the development of psychosocial and comprehensive assessments and an individualized recovery plan. Ensures documentation is done on time and with quality to ensure adherence to all DMHAS/Medicaid standards.
• Participates in clinical and non-clinical team meetings, including individual and team supervision. Actively seeks out monthly supervision from supervisor.
• Provides teaching of skills to support each persons’ individualized recovery journey and community integration.
• Provides direct assistance to secure safe, clean, affordable housing, food and clothing, medical and dental services and appropriate financial support.
• Provides linkage to entitlement benefits such as Medicaid/NJFamilyCare, social security, rental assistance , and other public assistance (social services, transportation, legal advocacy and representation)
• Provides observation and assessment of service recipients stated concerns, mental illness symptoms, and behavior in response to medication and monitors for medication side effects during the provision of observed self administration and during ongoing face-to-face contacts.
• Provides medication education for both individuals and families/significant others with service recipients consent.
• Provides coordination of services with other community mental health and non-mental health providers, as well as other medical professionals.
• Provides training and instruction to individuals at home and in the community, including individual support, problem solving, skill development, modeling and supervision to perform personal hygiene tasks, perform household chores, develop and improve money management skills, use community transportation, and locate, finance and maintain safe, clean, affordable housing.
• Provides wellness services including education and cognitive/behavioral interventions on nutrition, diet, exercise, stress reduction strategies and other wellness tools
• Provides rapid and flexible response to crisis, including but not limited to: accompanying the individual to the screening center/psychiatric emergency center and remaining with the person during the assessment process
• Provides use of Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) and development of WRAP and Psychiatric Advance
• Provides directives which includes stage wise treatment utilizing Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Interventions and Teaching
• Provides use of evidenced based practices, including motivational interviewing, IDDT, CBT skills, IMR, Trauma
• Provides Informed Care, Permanent Supportive Housing and Career Development when engaging individuals with their recovery
• Provides technical assistance and education to members of the team in the area of recovery and wellness. Works with the team to develop materials and strategies for teaching wellness strategies including Wellness
• Provides Recovery Action Plans, instilling hope, promoting choice and empowerment, and spirituality, in conjunction with the team
• Provides support to assist persons served to find and maintain employment and/or education/training
• Provides support to the service recipient’s family and other members of his/her social network to help them manage the symptoms and related consequences of the service recipient’s illness, reduce the level of family and social stress associated with the illness, and achieve wellness. Will provide education to assist the service recipient and family to relate in a positive and supportive manner

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, 403b, basic life and AD&D, flexible spending accounts, EAP
• Eligible for medical benefits after 30 days of employment
• Flexible work schedules, clinical training series, leadership development program
• 10 paid holidays (an 11th after 2 years of employment), generous vacation and sick time

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level