Community Support Specialist (Full-Time) - Outpatient Clinic - Jackson, MS

Position Overview

The Outpatient Clinic Community Support Specialist (CSS) is a vital care service based on the individual needs of children and their families. The CSS is responsible for delivering an array of accommodating community services, assessing and linking children and families with social, educational, vocational, and recreational services. Collaboratively working with children and families, the CSS provides precise, measurable, and individual services that focus on the child’s and family’s abilities to assimilate within their community as well as to identify and access community services. Since the CSS is an integral resource for children, families, and their communities and because it reflects Canopy Children’s Solutions core values, the work functions are comprehensive and include, but are not limited to, identifying and accessing needed community services, implementing evidenced-based practices specific to individual children and families, connecting them within their communities, and tracking their progress.

Job Responsibilities

• Assists children and families to gain access to needed community support services including, but not limited to, education, medical, social, vocational, recreational, therapeutic, and other social services.
• Assesses the strengths and service needs of the children and families.
• Develop specific, measurable, individualized interventions and services to meet needs and measure progress.
• Provides and coordinates social services that are child-focused and build on the family and community strengths.
• Provides crisis intervention services as needed within the scope of role and competency.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive, up-to-date community support resource manual.
• Facilitate the intake process, ensuring that it runs smoothly, that caregivers understand all consents and services offered, that follow-up appointments are scheduled, and that families and clients leave feeling hopeful.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in social work or related field and at least two (2) years of experience working directly with children and families.
• Must meet the minimum requirements to be certified through the Mississippi Department of Mental Health as a Community Support Specialist.
• Must demonstrate competence implementing evidenced-based practices, best practices working with children and families.
• Must demonstrate competence in completing reports related to payment for services provided.
• Computer skills required.
• Must be available to work a flexible schedule to meet job responsibilities.
• Must be at least 21 years of age, have a valid Mississippi driver license, a good driving record, proof of legally appropriate auto liability insurance, and must be willing to use personal vehicle, as needed, for agency business.