Community Services Program Assistant

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Provision of independent living skills, household organization skills, money management, and assistance with medication reminders for consumers with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness enrolled in the Comprehensive Community Services Program.
• Teach specific skills such as money management, community accessibility, laundry, meal planning, employment related skills, maintaining personal hygiene, and cleaning.
• Organize and monitor day-to-day schedule when necessary.
• Provide direction for organizing and scheduling household duties and routines.
• Provide resources to consumers and their families for obtaining necessary household equipment.
• Aid consumers and their families in providing medication reminders to take medication as prescribed.
• Assist consumers and their families in transportation to medical appointments, appointments related to their service plan, or for activities designated on the consumer's service plan.
• Engage in the coordination of care for consumers on assigned caseload.
• Regular contact with contracted caregiving service to provide updates on consumers and assure smooth transition to evening, weekend, holiday coverage for consumers and their families.
• Weekly to daily contact with client's assigned CCS service facilitator to obtain clinical updates regarding clientele.
• Attend weekly staffing for clinical consultation with CSP/CCS/Mobile Crisis/Medical Director

OTHER EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience or training with the serious and persistent Mentally Ill Population Required.
• Experience or Training With In-home caregiving preferred.
• Must be a licensed driver and have access to an insured vehicle.