What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community Support Specialist - Child & Family Services position at BJC HealthCare?
Additional Information About the Role
Location – Farmington, MO
Full Time – 40 hour a week
Shift – M–F, 8 am to 4 : 30 pm
Benefit Eligible
Sign on Bonus Eligible
Experience working with families is a plus!
Overview
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. Fran?ois, 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.
Increased treatment options and resources; reduce out of home placements; improve academic tenure and achievement; reduced involvement with the juvenile justice system.
Preferred Qualifications
Role Purpose
Responsible for providing 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.
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; 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.
Minimum Requirements
Education
Human Services or related
Experience
Supervisor Experience
Licenses & Certifications
Benefits and Legal Statement
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The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer
