Job Information
Legacy Treatment Services Community Support Specialist in Mercer County, New Jersey
Community Support Specialist
Job Details
Job Location
CSS DDMI ESH Mercer - Mercer County, NJ
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
4 Year Degree
Salary Range
$18.00 - $20.00 Hourly
Job Shift
Overnight Shift
The duties of the Community Support Specialist include contributing to the development, implementation, monitoring, and updating of consumers’ individual habilitation plans; therapeutic rehabilitative skill development; implementation of Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) principles and interventions; coordinating and managing services, both mental health and physical health; crisis intervention, as needed. Provision/coordination of services aimed at active rehabilitation and support services to achieve restoration of functioning and the achievement of community integration; maintaining own appointment schedule and meeting work productivity requirements; other duties as assigned by management staff.
Community Support Services offers a variety of supports to help Burlington County adults with a serious mental illness remain living successfully in the community. Services include case management, housing assistance, supportive counseling, advocacy, service linkages, illness management, peer support, life skills, education/employment assistance, transportation and 24-hour on-call support.
Enhanced Community Support Services is also available for adults being released from state psychiatric hospitals. This program offers a higher level of support and case management.
This is a Full Time Benefited position with the following benefits:
3.2 weeks of Paid Time Off during the first year
Medical, vision, dental and life insurance
403(b) employee participation and employer match
9 Agency-paid holidays
Training opportunities provided throughout the year
Retention bonus offered every 6 months, $1.3k for full time staff
Tuition Reimbursement
Hours:
Full Time
7:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m.
Bachelor’s Degreefrom an accredited college or university in a helping profession, such as social work, human services, counseling, psychiatric rehabilitation, psychology, or criminal justice.
Bachelor’s Degree in a fieldother than a helping profession must have a minimum of two years of professional experiencein a community behavioral healthcare setting. Certification as a psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner may be substituted for one year of experience.
Legacy Treatment Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.