Residential Community Support Specialist

Residential Community Support Specialist

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Overview

At the Arthur Center, we inspire community health and wellness! Our approach is to inspire our patients and clients to lead a healthy life so they can spend their time, talent and resources on living! We are headquartered in Mexico, MO and currently serve the Audrain, Callaway, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls, and Monroe Counties. We employ close to 200 people at our 5 locations.

Job Position Description

We are searching for a compassionate and dedicated Community Support Specialist to join our Residential team! In this role, you will provide support to a caseload of residential clients with severe mental illness, helping to transition them to the least restrictive level of care. You will also provide individualized support, foster community, engagement, promote independence and ensure safety of all residents on your caseload. This position supports residents' progress toward greater autonomy through skill-building, crisis management, and community support. Join Arthur Center Community Health to make a meaningful impact in the lives of those we serve.

Responsibilities

• Using a motivational, stage-matched approach, provide individualized services based upon strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences identified collaboratively with resident / family, focused on supporting client's movement toward greater autonomy.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to create individualized, recovery-focused treatment plans that facilitate residents' transition to the least restrictive level of care, aiming to enhance independence while meeting both mental health and daily living needs.
• Aid in accessing public services, including financial, housing, maintaining benefits, emergency assistance, food, etc.
• Maintain contact with residents who are hospitalized, participating in discharge planning and communicating with all involved providers in developing aftercare plans.
• Provide education and skill-building in areas such as daily living skills, employment / education, symptom management, communication / relationships, budgeting, maintaining a residence, etc., with focus on movement toward independent completion of these tasks.
• Provide individual assistance to clients in accessing needed services including accompanying clients to appointments to address medical or other health needs.
• Track residents' progress toward achieving independence and recovery goals, ensuring that both mental health and life skills are developed to support a successful transition to less intensive care settings.
• Offer hands-on assistance with daily living activities, such as teaching meal preparation, hygiene, budgeting, and medication management, fostering skills that will enable residents to live more independently in the community.
• Engage residents in regular, supportive conversations to explore their goals and challenges, offering guidance and motivational support to help them work toward a more independent lifestyle.
• Support residents in accessing educational or vocational opportunities that align with their recovery goals, offering assistance with job searches, training, and other skill-building activities.
• Serve as a key member of the Residential Treatment Team. If person meets requirements as a QMHP (Qualified Mental Health Professional), they will participate in on-call rotation as required and will provide crisis intervention services to clients in need.
• Attends staffing meetings and supervision with supervisor as scheduled.

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