Job Description
Description: Communicare is a community mental health center in North Central Mississippi that serves Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate, and Yalobusha counties. Communicare offers specialized treatment services for adults with serious mental illness, children with serious emotional disturbances, individuals with substance abuse disorders and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Responsibilities of Community Support Specialist: Obtain and maintain proper certification to perform CSS, taking full ownership of this process. This includes completing required annual training, maintaining supportive documentation, and submitting applications independently and timely. Meet the set productivity requirement by planning ahead, developing a schedule, and seeking support from the office manager and/or CSS Director when deficiencies are anticipated. Provide case management services for the clients who meet the criteria for Community Support Services (CSS). Provide ongoing assessment of clients' needs and develop appropriate treatment planning. Coordinate case management and mental health center services provided to clients, with services provided by other agencies. Provide supportive counseling to clients and their families as needed. Provide assistance to CSS clients in making applications for benefits and assistance. 8. Provide assistance to clients regarding housing. Provide assistance to clients in securing medications and developing medication management plan. 10. Assure access for CSS clients (when needed) to receive mental health and other community services. Provide home visits as determined by the level of need of each client. Provide advocacy services for CSS clients. Provide family counseling and education concerning mental illness to family members of CSS clients. 14. Maintain a case load as assigned