Community Support Specialist
About the role
Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources is seeking an Adult Community Support Specialist to provide community support to adults in the Pine Belt service area.
This position is located at a work site eligible for the National Health Service Corp Loan Repayment program.
For 50 years, Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources has served individuals throughout the Pine Belt through an extensive continuum of care, enabling adults with serious mental illnesses, children with serious emotional disturbances, and individuals with an addiction or developmental disability to live, work, learn, and participate fully in their communities.
The eighteen county service area includes Amite, Franklin, Forrest, Hancock, Harrison, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Covington, Greene, Jeff Davis, Marion, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Stone, Walthall, Wayne Counties.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in behavioral health required
- 3 Years Experience Required
- Professional clinical licensure preferred or must be able to obtain DMH Community Support Specialist certification within 60 days of hire
- Must have valid driver's license with clean driving record
- Must have auto insurance with liability limits of 100,000/300,000/50,000
Responsibilities
- Cook up with the individuals, family, and the facility staff while they are in inpatient psychiatric care (which includes state operated facilities, private facilities, crisis stabilization units, designated holding facilities, detention centers or jail), to develop and cook up an aftercare plan.
- Identify unmet needs of the individual in the community and cook up a plan to address those identified needs.
- Cook up very closely with Crisis Response Services (MCeRT) and attend the MAP Team meetings for the agency to ensure continuity of care.
Benefits
Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources offers a competitive benefits package including employer paid life insurance and LTD, along with optional Health, Dental, Vision, FSA and HSA, and 403(b) plan.