Community Support Specialist - Youth & Family; Bolivar

Overview

Job Title: Community Support Specialist

Location: Bolivar, MO

Department: Youth Community Services

Employment Type: Full-time

A Community Support Specialist helps individuals adapt to living in their communities by creating personalized plans that address their specific needs. They use evidence-based techniques and collaborate with other professionals to provide comprehensive mental health services. Their goal is to empower clients and their families to build strong foundations for long-term wellbeing and independence. By connecting them with local resources and fostering a robust support network, they promote growth, stability, and resilience.

• Provide community-based mental health services to children, adolescents, and/or adults including assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and intervention implementation.
• Collaborate with clients, families, and other stakeholders to develop and implement individualized treatment plans that address the client's specific needs and goals.
• Utilize a strengths-based approach that emphasizes empowerment, skill-building, and resilience, incorporating evidence-based practices such as Motivational Interviewing, Positive Reinforcement Techniques, Trauma-Informed Strategies, and skills based in CBT and DBT approaches.
• Provide behavioral interventions, including motivational interviewing, operant conditioning, interpersonal and group dynamics, cognitive processing, and other evidence-based interventions.
• Coordinate care with other service providers, including primary care physicians, psychiatrists, schools, and community organizations.
• Maintain accurate and timely records of client interactions, treatments, and progress, in accordance with organizational policies and procedures.
• Participate in staff development activities, including training and education programs, to enhance knowledge and skills related to youth mental health services.
• Contribute to the organization's quality improvement initiatives, including data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Work collaboratively with other members of the team, including case managers, therapists, and support staff, to ensure effective coordination of care and support for clients.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including parents, teachers, counselors, and other professionals involved in the client's care.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor or as deemed necessary by the department.
• Preparing for and facilitating PSR group sessions as pertinent to client treatment plan goals.
• ACT/ACT TAY/IMPART Only:
  Knowledge of the basic elements of ACT, the theory behind the ACT model, the core processes that ACT teams follow, and the types of services that ACT team members provide.

• An individual with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, Social Work, or other human services specialized field of study; or
• An individual with a bachelor’s degree in an unrelated field and two years of related work experience; or
• Any four-year combination of higher education and two years of related work experience, or
• An Associates of Applied Science in Behavioral Health Support will also fulfill educational requirements; or
• An individual with four years of qualifying experience*.

* Qualifying experience must include delivery of services to individuals with mental health disorders, substance use disorders or developmental disabilities. Experience must include some combination of the following:

• Providing one-on-one or group services with a rehabilitation/habilitation and recovery/resiliency focus.
• Teaching and modeling for individuals how to cope and manage psychiatric, developmental, or substance use disorder issues while encouraging the use of natural resources.
• Supporting individuals in their efforts to find and maintain employment and/or to function appropriately in family, school, and community settings.
• Assisting individuals to achieve the goals and objectives in their individual treatment plan.

• Paid time off: full-time employees receive an attractive time off package to balance your work and personal life
• Employee benefits package: …