Community Support Specialist - Community Support Team

Posted by: Association House of Chicago (Employer Profile)

Posted date: Nov-06-09

Location: Chicago

Responsible for providing individualized, comprehensive, and community-based treatment, support, and rehabilitation services to persons with severe mental illness and/or co-occurring disorders. Provides therapeutic interventions that facilitate illness self-management, skill building, identification of natural supports, and use of community resources. Uses intensive outreach strategies to engage participants in services. Monitors participants’ symptoms and medication regularly. Implements crisis services in consultation with supervisor/psychiatrist and makes sure that participants are safe and obtain timely access to services. Serves as a liaison with other systems of care. Documents all services using program standards.

Post Details

Job Title	Community Support Specialist - Community Support Team
Application Method	Email to Agency
Posted By	Association House of Chicago
Job Function	case manager
City	Chicago
Deadline
Email	jgarciaassociationhouse.org

Mandatory Job Qualifications	Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in psychology, social work, or a related field or CADC certification preferred. AA required or 5 years of experience in behavioral healthcare. Experience working with persons with psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, development disorders required. Experience working with diverse ethnic populations required. Flexibility to work on weekends, evenings, holidays during emergencies. Personal vehicle, Illinois current driver license and insurance, good driving record acceptable to agency insurance carrier. Association House of Chicago is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Desired Qualifications	English/Spanish bilingual preferred.
Job Categories
Job Type	Job Type -> Full-time
Type of Work	Type of Work -> Service Delivery
Location	Location -> Cook County