Community Support Specialist II – Child & Family Services – Farmington, MO

Job Type: OTHER
Job Category: Clinical Services and Support
Location: Farmington, MO
Posted Date: 2024-10-28
Company: BJC HealthCare

Additional Information About the Role

Location – Farmington, MO 

Full Time – 40 hour a week 

Shift – M-F, 8 am to 4:30 pm

Benefit Eligible

Sign on Bonus Eligible

Experience working with families is a plus!

Overview

BJC Behavioral Health is a community health center that provides and coordinates behavioral health services for more than 8,000 seriously mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally disturbed children in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. François, Iron and Washington counties.  As an Administrative Agent of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), BJC Behavioral Health serves as a major point of entry for people eligible for mental health services funded by DMH and is responsible for serving as gatekeeper to the public mental health system.  

 

Increased treatment options and resources; reduce out of home placements; improve academic tenure and achievement; reduced involvement with the juvenile justice system.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Responsible for providing community support services to maximize opportunities available to people living in the community who are trying to recover from the serious and persistent effects of mental illness.

 

Responsibilities

  • Provides community support services to complex clients to include clients on care plan, using treatment plan interventions that result in positive outcomes, based on individual strengths and needs; case load sizes will vary.
  • Completes timely documentation of services that clearly describe the need for the service, the intervention provided, the relationship to the treatment plan, the provider of the service, the date, the actual time and setting of the service, and the individual’s response to the service.
  • Contacting individuals and/or referral sources following missed appointments in order to re-engage and promote recovery/resiliency efforts. Supporting individuals in crisis situations.
  • Provides mentorship and job shadowing to community support colleagues. Provides qualified mental health provider assistance to clinical teams including but not limited to assessment of access to services.
  • Complete annual assessment and other documentation of clients.

    • Minimum Requirements

    Education

  • Master’s Degree

    • – Human Services or related

    Experience

  • 2-5 years

    • Licenses & Certifications

  • Class D (IL) or Class E (MO)

    • Benefits and Legal Statement

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