Wellness Specialist

Expect Success at Bridgeway! We make a difference in people’s lives by supporting their life goals—our employees and the people we serve alike. We invest in our employees 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. At Bridgeway, Everyone Learns and Grows together.

About the role

As a Wellness Specialist, you will join an evidence-based program and a dynamic team for the opportunity to learn and refine your clinical and engagement skills while helping people progress on their unique recovery journeys. The work is sometimes challenging and always rewarding by engaging with persons we serve and co-workers as we all learn, grow, and thrive.

As a member of the multi-disciplinary Community Support Services team, you will provide resource development, skill development, and direct support to assist people who have serious mental illness and are enrolled in CSS to fully integrate into the community of their choice.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a wellness and recovery-oriented environment by using person-first language, respectful documentation, person-centered planning, and evidence-based practices.
• Foster a culture of compliance with internal and external policies, regulations, laws, and high ethical and professional standards.
• Contribute to the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Needs Assessment on an ongoing basis.
• Participate with licensed staff in the development, implementation, monitoring, and updating of the individualized rehabilitation plan/Individual Recovery Plan (IRP).
• Perform therapeutic rehabilitative skill development as outlined in the CSS Regulations.
• Offer services appropriate to meet the needs of persons served as identified in the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Needs Assessment (CRNA) and included in each individual’s IRP.
• Perform crisis intervention as indicated.
• Coordinate and manage services in conjunction with the team.
• Provide supportive counseling, medication education, mental health education, and early crisis intervention.
• Engage people receiving services in the treatment process.
• Utilize Illness Management and Recovery (IMR), WRAP, and other relevant health and wellness curricula to ensure overall wellness is a key focus in the individual’s recovery plan.
• Perform evidence-based practices appropriate for implementing community support services, including Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral and Educational Strategies, Trauma-Informed Care, Career Services, Permanent Supportive Housing, IMR, and WRAP.
• Provide mental health education, community living skill training, and supportive counseling in the home and other natural environments to persons served and significant others.
• Participate in 24-hour on-call coverage on a rotating schedule.
• Provide technical assistance and education to team members in the area of recovery and wellness.
• Work with the team to develop materials and strategies for teaching wellness strategies, including Wellness Recovery Action Plans, instilling hope, promoting choice and empowerment, and spirituality.
• Serve as a resource for all team members to ensure health literacy principles are translated into services and supports offered for all persons served, especially those at risk for metabolic syndrome.
• Consult with other service providers and resource people regarding the assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation needs of the people receiving services.
• Complete chart documentation for assigned individuals according to CSS regulations.

Requirements

• Associate degree in one of the helping professions (e.g., social work, human services, counseling, psychiatric rehabilitation, psychology, or criminal justice) from an accredited college or university and a minimum of two years of experience in a community-based behavioral healthcare setting. Certification as a psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner may substitute for one year of experience. Staff employed under this subsection cannot supervise others and must work under the supervision of a licensed physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, advanced practice nurse, registered nurse, or master’s-level community support staff.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in one of the helping professions (e.g., social work, human services, counseling, psychiatric rehabilitation, psychology, or criminal justice).
• Master’s degree from an accredited college/university in one of the helping professions (e.g., social work, human services, counseling, psychiatric rehabilitation, psychology, or criminal justice).
• Individuals with a Bachelor’s degree only in a field other than a helping profession must have a minimum of two years of professional experience in a community behavioral healthcare setting.
• Certification as a Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner may substitute for one year of experience.
• Valid driver’s license with no more than one moving violation within the past 12 months.
• Vehicle required.

Pay

$45,000

Schedule

Tuesday–Saturday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM

Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services was founded on a strong desire to fight disparity and injustice alongside people living with behavioral health conditions. We are dedicated to providing a multicultural workplace where everyone feels a sense of purpose and belonging.