Job Description:

Job Title: Community Support Specialist
Location: Salem, Missouri
Department: Recovery Services
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary:
Join our compassionate and collaborative team dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of individuals in our community. As a Community Support Specialist, you'll empower clients to build strong foundations for long-term well-being and independence. We're looking for someone with a passion for helping others, strong communication skills, and a commitment to fostering growth and resilience.

In this role, you will deliver community-based mental health services tailored to meet the unique needs of children, adolescents, and adults. You’ll work closely with clients, families, and other professionals to create and implement personalized treatment plans. By connecting clients to local resources and supporting their journey to recovery, you’ll play a vital role in enhancing their quality of life.

The Community Support Specialist position offers…
· Employee Assistance Program – 24/7 counseling services, legal assistance, & financial consultation for you and your household at no cost
· Career Advancement & Wage Growth - Grow in your career with great opportunities for upward mobility and added income
· Comprehensive Training - Learn and develop skills with our robust on-the-job training
· Workplace Culture - An environment cultivating employee well-being, valuing each individual's humanity, and actively promoting healthy, joyful workforce engagement

Key Responsibilities:
· Provide personalized, community-based mental health services to individuals, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and intervention.
· Collaborate with clients, families, and stakeholders to develop and implement treatment plans that emphasize empowerment and resilience.
· Utilize evidence-based practices such as Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-Informed Strategies, CBT, and DBT techniques.
· Deliver behavioral interventions, including operant conditioning and cognitive processing, to promote positive change.
· Coordinate care with service providers, including physicians, psychiatrists, schools, and community organizations.
· Maintain accurate, timely documentation of client interactions and progress.
· Participate in staff development activities to enhance professional knowledge and skills.
· Facilitate Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) group sessions as needed to support client goals.
· Engage with community stakeholders to foster collaborative support for clients.

Education, Experience, and/or Credential Qualifications:
There are several ways in which you may qualify for this position, including education, certification, or experience:
· A Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Education, or other related human services fields.
· A Bachelor’s degree in an unrelated field with two years of related work experience.
· Any four-year combination of higher education and two years of related work experience.
· An Associate’s of Applied Science in Behavioral Health Support degree.
· Four years of qualifying work experience providing services to individuals with mental health or substance use disorders.

Additional Qualifications:
· Must be at least 21 years old to operate company-owned vehicles and 23 years old to operate 15-passenger vans.
· Current driver’s license, acceptable driving record, and auto insurance.
· Reliable transportation for client transportation needs.

Physical Requirements:
· Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally.
· Frequent use of hands, fingers, and arms for typing and writing.
· Mostly sedentary work with occasional walking or standing as needed.

Brightli is on a Mission:
Join us in transforming lives and building stronger communities through compassionate mental health services. Apply now to be part of our mission-driven team!

Keywords: Community Support Specialist, Mental Health, Behavioral Health, Recovery Services, CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-Informed Care, Steelville Missouri, Full-Time

Position Perks & Benefits:

Paid time off: full-time employees receive an attractive time off package to balance your work and personal life

Employee benefits package: full-time employees receive health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more

Top-notch training: initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive

Career mobility: advancement opportunities/promoting from within

Welcoming, warm, supportive: a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness

Brightli is on a Mission:

A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance user care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.

As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you are passionate about empowering your local communities and promoting health equity, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization that is committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive and authentic workplace.

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expressions, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors.

Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.