Agency:
Legacy Treatment Services
Program:
Community Support Services – Developmentally Disabled/Mentally Ill – Burlington
Position:
Community Support Specialist IV
Location:
Pemberton, New Jersey
Contact:
Carrie Maksin, Program Supervisor, at CMaksin@legacytreatment.org
Duties:
Contributes to the development, implementation, monitoring, and updating of consumers’ individual habilitation plans; therapeutic rehabilitative skill development; implementation of Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) principles and interventions; coordinating and managing services, both mental health and physical health; crisis intervention, as needed. Provision/coordination of services aimed at active rehabilitation and support services to achieve restoration of functioning and the achievement of community integration; maintaining own appointment schedule and meeting work productivity requirements; other duties as assigned by management staff.
Education/Experience:
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in a mental health discipline, including social work, human services, counseling, psychiatric rehabilitation, psychology or criminal justice. For staff with a Bachelor’s Degree in a field other than those listed above, a minimum of 2 years working in a community based behavioral health setting. Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP) may be substituted for one year’s experience. Experience working with the DD-MI dually diagnosed populations desired.
Hours
Part Time positions are available.