Community Support Specialist II- Assertive Community Treatment Team- 7038
About the role
Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) serves adults 18 years of age and older. ACTT provides intensive community-based treatment, support, and rehabilitation to individuals who have a serious persistent mental illness (SPMI) or a dual diagnosis of SPMI and a Substance Use Disorder and are determined as requiring a high level of service needs.
Responsibilities
- Partnering with the individual to accomplish their recovery goals.
- Conducts Co-occurring Screens, C-SSRS and Functional Assessments.
- Collaborates with individuals to create individualized, person-centered treatment plans and documents clients' progress during treatment.
- Utilizes motivational interventions to assist clients in meeting their goals and moving along their paths to recovery, utilizing stage-wise interventions.
- Supports individuals in linking and engaging with natural (family, friends) or community supports.
- Develops crisis plans and Safety Plans for clients and works with other staff to respond to crisis situations as needed.
- Provides skills teaching, such as assisting clients in obtaining/ maintaining housing and utilities; learning how to use transportation services, planning and preparing nutritional meals, engaging and communicating with family and friends, safety in the community, caring for children and other family members, and solving everyday problems that arise.
- Participates in family education and support activities.
- Documents client progress per agency policies.
- Attends and participates in staff meetings, trainings, case conferences, supervision, and other meetings as assigned.
- May perform other assignments and duties, as assigned.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and/or work experience required.
- Experience: 1+ years working with identified population preferred.
- Licensure/Certification/Registration: Valid driver’s license required.
Skills
Not specified.
Benefits
Not specified.
Pay
$18.8631/hr minimum, and up commensurate upon experience. Actual rates are determined at the time of offer and are based on relevant experience, as well as, adherence to our internal equity policy. Many of our positions offer program/location differentials and/or sign-on incentives.
Schedule
Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm, with one weekend shift 12pm-8:30pm, rotating weekends 10:30am-7pm.