Adult Community Support Specialist

About the role

Betty Jean Kerr Peoples Health Centers is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Organization that provides comprehensive mental health services to children and adults in the northern and central parts of the City of St. Louis and North St. Louis City. A professional mental health staff serves a growing caseload of 2,800 patients, of which greater than ninety-five percent are chronically mentally ill and suffering from major psychiatric disorders. BJKPHC operates a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Center and a Comprehensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center for adults and youth. The organization currently has an opportunity available for a Community Support Specialist (CSS).

Responsibilities

• Providing activities and interactions that enable an individual at clear risk of hospitalization, or who was discharged from inpatient treatment to maintain an adjustment to living in the community.
• Evaluation of client's status including personal strengths, areas of concern and needs.
• Participate in formal assessment and the development of the person-centered plan.
• Monitor client's progress towards goal attainment; provide assistance when necessary.
• Train clients in living skills, social skills and other pro-social activities which enable client(s) to actively participate in the recovery process.
• Transport clients to appointments and make house visits as applicable.
• Act as an active member of the Clinical Treatment Team.
• Maintain client records and assure standards and guidelines are upheld.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and two years of qualifying experience; OR any four-year combination of higher education and qualifying experience; OR an individual with four years of qualifying experience.
• Qualifying experience must include delivery of service to individuals with mental illness, substance abuse, or developmental disabilities.
• Experience must include some combination of the following:
  • Providing one-on-one or group services with teaching and modeling for individuals how to cope and manage psychiatric, developmental, or substance abuse issues while encouraging the use of natural resources.