Agency:
Legacy Treatment Services
Program:
Enhanced Community Support Services – Developmentally Disabled/Mentally Ill – Mercer
Position:
Community Support Specialist IV
Location:
Mercerville, New Jersey
Contact:
Carrie Maksin, Program Supervisor, at CMaksin@legacytreatment.org
Duties:
Duties include contributing 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. Productivity requirement of 5-10 hours of face to face contact for FT staff per week.
Education/Experience:
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in a helping profession, such as social work, human services, counseling, psychiatric rehabilitation, psychology, or criminal justice. Bachelor’s Degree 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 be substituted for one year of experience.
Hours
Full Time and Part Time positions are available.