Community Support Specialist II

Job Description

Job Description

Aunt Martha’s Health and Wellness boldly commits to supporting the well-being of our communities, ensuring equity in access, and delivering exceptional care inspired by a culture of innovation. We are taking a responsible approach to creating environments that allow us to do what we do best—provide healthcare and wellness.

SUMMARY

The purpose of the Community Support Specialist II position is to act as a stabilizer and provide assessment, counseling, and service linkage to youth at risk for running away, being beyond the control of their parents, and / or from becoming involved in the juvenile justice system. This position provides individual, family and / or group therapy, school advocacy, life skills training and educational & therapeutic group activities as defined by client need to 10-17-year-old youth within the program service area.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Daily Job Duties :

• Respond to all emails, texts, and phone calls from the Program Coordinator within a 15-minute time frame.
• Ensure the Outlook calendar is updated with daily tasks and / or travel in real time.
• Maintain an active caseload of 20-25 with a maximum of 15 individual participants with demonstrated higher level of acuity or risk related to trauma, suicide risk, mental health, etc. and as assigned by Program Coordinator.
• Attend any scheduled Clinical Team meetings within the assigned area for purposes of ongoing program development related to clinical efficacy, case review / staffing, and professional development
• Facilitate groups for discretionary clients within designated LANs
• Ensure all required crisis intervention and / or intake documentation is complete and accurate.
• Responsible for maintaining active CCBYS client files with documents not exceeding more than 2 weeks past due
• Responsible for updating and maintaining their designated LAN client, MRAI / referral, outreach, and quarterly success stories spreadsheet.
• Monitor and supervise clients to ensure their safety and well-being during programming hours and transport.

Other Duties :

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE

Master’s degree (MA / MS / MSW) required. Previous experience with at-risk youth preferred.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Aunt Martha’s is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.