COMMUNITY SUPPORT TEAM (CST)

Qualified Professional

Reports To: Community Support Team Lead

Position Summary: The Community Support Team Qualified Professional (QP) is an individual with at least a Bachelor Degree in Human Services and two (2) years post Bachelor experience and one year of experience with adult mental health consumers or the equivalent. This individual will be responsible for assisting the Team Leader with the coordination of services across all levels of care. The QP will directly participate and assist the Team Lead with clinical documentation, facilitation of treatment team meetings, and psycho education and skill development.

Position Requirements:

• One year experience with target population and

• Bachelor Degree in human services with 2 years post-graduate experience OR

• Masters Degree in human service field with 1 year post-graduate experience OR

• Bachelor Degree outside human service field with 4 years post-graduate experience AND

• No substantiated findings of abuse or neglect listed on the North Carolina Health Care Personnel

Registry or Central Registry

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provides psychoeducation as indicated in the PCP

• Assists with crisis interventions

• Assists the Team Lead with behavioral and substance use disorder treatment interventions

• Assists with the development of relapse prevention and disease management strategies

• Coordinates the initial and ongoing assessment activities

• Develops the initial PCP and its ongoing revisions and ensures its implementation

• Consults with identified medical (i.e., primary care and psychiatric) and non-medical providers, engages community and natural supports, and includes their input in the person-centered planning process

• Ensures linkage to the most clinically appropriate and effective services including arranging for psychological and psychiatric evaluations

• Monitors and documents the status of the individual’s progress and the effectiveness of the strategies and interventions outlined in the PCP

• Completes functional needs assessment(s) to determine the scope and anticipated outcomes to the services

Disclaimer:

Job descriptions in no way imply that the description includes every duty to be performed by the employee in the position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties, as assigned by the Administrator and/or senior management staff.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 - $22.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• On call
• Weekends as needed

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Mental Health: 1 year (Preferred)
• Human Service: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)

Work Location: On the road