Wellness Specialist

About the role

Bridgeway makes a difference in people’s lives by supporting their life goals. Our employees and the people we serve alike benefit from our investment in them through competitive compensation and benefits, best practice training, and a team-oriented culture that promotes career development. We nurture an environment that values diversity, where inclusivity, equity, and belonging thrive.

Responsibilities

• Provides wellness assessment and direct services to people with serious mental illness enrolled in the PACT Program.
• Develops psychosocial and comprehensive assessments and individualized recovery plans.
• Ensures timely and quality documentation to adhere to DMHAS/Medicaid standards.
• Participates in clinical and non-clinical team meetings, including individual and team supervision.
• Sets up monthly supervision from supervisor.
• Teaches skills to support each person's individualized recovery journey and community integration.
• Directly assists in securing safe, clean, affordable housing, food, and clothing, as well as medical and dental services, and appropriate financial support.
• Links service recipients to entitlement benefits such as Medicaid/NJ FamilyCare, social security, rental assistance, and other public assistance.
• Observes and assesses service recipients' concerns, mental illness symptoms, and behaviors in response to medication, and monitors for medication side effects.
• Medication education for both individuals and families/significant others with service recipients' consent.
• Coordinates services with other community mental health and non-mental health providers, as well as other medical professionals.
• Trains and instructs individuals at home and in the community, including individual support, problem-solving, skill development, modeling, and supervision to perform personal hygiene tasks, perform household chores, develop and improve money management skills, use community transportation, and locate, finance, and maintain safe, clean, affordable housing.
• Provides wellness services including education and cognitive/behavioral interventions on nutrition, diet, exercise, stress reduction strategies, and other wellness tools.
• Rapid and flexible response to crisis, including accompanying the individual to the screening center/psychiatric emergency center and remaining with the person during the assessment process.
• Uses evidenced-based practices, including motivational interviewing, IDDT, CBT skills, IMR, Trauma-Informed Care, Permanent Supportive Housing, and Career Development when engaging individuals with their recovery.
• Supports the team in developing materials and strategies for teaching wellness strategies, including Wellness Recovery Action Plans, instilling hope, promoting choice and empowerment, and spirituality, in conjunction with the team.
• Assists service recipients in finding and maintaining employment and/or education/training.
• Supports the service recipient's family and other members of his/her social network to help them manage the symptoms and related consequences of the service recipient's illness, reduce the level of family and social stress associated with the illness, and achieve wellness.

Requirements

• Education / Experience: Master’s degree and one-year experience in the provision of MH services, or Bachelor’s degree in a behavioral health science from an accredited institution and two years’ experience in the provision of MH services, or Associate’s degree in Psychiatric Rehabilitation and two years’ experience in the provision of mental health services, or a person who is receiving or has received mental health services may substitute demonstrated volunteer or paid experience working with individuals with serious and persistent mental illness in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree.
• Driver’s License, Vehicle: Valid driver’s license required. No more than one moving violation within the past 12 months. Vehicle required.
• Excellent Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 403b, basic life and AD&D, flexible spending accounts, EAPEligible for medical benefits after 30 days of employment. Flexible work schedules, clinical training series, leadership development program10 paid holidays (an 11th after 2 years of employment), generous vacation and sick time.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 403b
• Basic Life and AD&D
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• EAPEligible for medical benefits after 30 days of employment
• Flexible work schedules
• Clinical training series
• Leadership development program
• 10 paid holidays (an 11th after 2 years of employment)
• Generous vacation and sick time

Pay

$44,000 - $51,000 annually

Schedule

Sunday 8:00am-4:30pm, Monday 8:00am-4:30pm, Tuesday 8:00am-4:30pm, Wednesday 8:00am-4:30pm, Thursday 10:00am-6:00pm