Community Living Support Specialist

Encompass Community Supports, formerly known as Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services (RRCS) is hiring for a Community Living Support Specialist.

Encompass Community Supports is a Virginia State community services organization that improves the quality of life in Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, and Rappahannock Counties by providing comprehensive mental health, substance use, developmental disability, housing, children, and aging services. As an organization of almost 400 employees and more than 80 programs, we lead with integrity and excellence and embrace diversity, collaboration, accountability, and innovation to respond to the ever-changing needs of our community.

Our benefits are highly competitive and include:

• Low employee cost Medical, Dental and Vision Insurances
• 13 paid holidays annually
• 17 PTO days accrued annually
• Enrollment in VA State pension and retirement plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Life Insurance
• Health Savings Plan
• Flexible Savings Plan
• Employee Assistance Program

At Encompass Community Supports, our full-time employees work 37.5 hours weekly.

Our Community Support Specialist supports clients with living skills; providing personal care to clients; performing light housekeeping; providing transportation; maintaining all necessary documentation.

SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supports clients with daily living skills and provides assistance and supervision to clients; provides crisis intervention services.
• Provide assistance with environmental and home management including housekeeping, health care, transportation, home management, nutrition and shopping for clients.
• Assists with budgeting; maintains doctor’s appointment schedule and prescription refills; dispenses medication as directed by physician.
• Monitors and supports tasks from client-specific service plan.
• Serves as liaison between roommates, emergency workers, and other community resources; confers with medical and mental health providers to ensure client receives appropriate care.
• Motivates client toward self-sufficiency and esteem while respecting privacy and dignity of client and exercising considerable tact and independent judgment in dealing with client and client’s family.
• Supports clients in demonstrating independence, self-advocacy and coping skills.
• Performs related tasks as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of basic personal health care and home management methods.
• Knowledge of behavior management and crisis intervention.
• Supports clients with Mental Illness and disabilities.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, landlords, community resource providers and associates.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 1 year of experience providing direct behavioral health services to adults with mental illness preferred.
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
• Valid Virginia driver’s license
• Employment with Encompass Community Supports is contingent upon the successful completion of our background check process (criminal, DMV, education, drug screening, reference check, DSS, OIG and SAM).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge of housing quality standards
• Ability to speak Spanish is a plus.

Encompass Community Supports is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: In person