I-CORT Community Support Specialist

About the role

Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources is seeking an I-CORT Community Support Specialist to provide services to adults with severe and persistent mental illness.

Responsibilities

• Assists individuals with severe and persistent mental illness to make improvements in functioning, managing symptoms, achieving individual goals, and maintaining optimism.
• Delivers services in community locations to enable each individual to find and live in their own residence and find and maintain work in community jobs.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the consumer served.
• Participates in team staffings and functions as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Provides clinical therapy services and emergency services to individuals and their families.
• Provides community education services as needed.

Requirements

• BS degree in behavioral health field required
• Must be able to obtain Community Support Certification from DMH within 60 days of hire
• Must have valid driver's license with satisfactory driving record
• Reliable transportation needed to provide services in the community