Community Support Specialist - Will's Place

Responsibilities

• Participates in the ongoing assessment of a client’s status and the development of a treatment plan for all children and youth admitted to Will’s Place.
• Participates on any interagency and interdisciplinary teams to assure continuity and coordination of service delivery, which in all cases will meet time frames so specified in the treatment plan.
• Affords assistance in helping clients access and utilize a variety of community agencies and resources that can provide a wide range of ongoing supports and activities including, but not limited to, social, educational, vocational, and recreational.
• Provides direct services such as teaching, coaching, modeling, problem-solving, parenting skills, direct assistance, discharge planning, hospital follow-up, and crisis management to the client and family in negotiating systems of care for children and youth admitted to the CPR program.
• Records and completes necessary documentation on all aspects of case management, assessments, plans, referrals, progress notes, due process requirements, discharge planning and case closures as dictated by licensure requirements, State and Federal regulations, as well as Ozark Center Policy and Procedure.

Qualifications

• An individual with a bachelor’s degree in a human services field which includes social work, psychology, nursing, education, criminal justice, recreational therapy, human development and family studies, counseling, child development, gerontology, sociology, human services, behavioral science, and rehabilitation counseling;
• An individual with any four- (4-) year combination of higher education and qualifying experience;
• An individual with any four- (4-) year degree and two (2) years of qualifying experience;
• An individual with an Associate of Applied Science in Behavioral Health Support degree from an approved institution;
• An individual with four (4) years of qualifying experience.