Job Description:

Job Title: Community Support Specialist (ITCD)

Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Company: Places for People

Department: Adult Community Services

Employment Type: Full-Time
 

Job Summary:
Join our dedicated ITCD team as a Community Support Specialist, where you will play a vital role in helping individuals adapt to their communities through personalized support plans. This position offers the opportunity to empower clients and their families, fostering long-term wellbeing and independence. You will utilize evidence-based techniques and collaborate with a network of professionals to provide comprehensive mental health services.

We are looking for compassionate individuals who are self-motivated, possess strong communication skills, and are committed to making a positive impact in the lives of others.

As a Community Support Specialist, you will provide community-based mental health services to adults, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and intervention implementation. Your work will focus on promoting growth, stability, and resilience through a strengths-based approach that emphasizes empowerment and skill-building.

The Community Support Specialist (ITCD) 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 wellbeing, valuing each individual's humanity, and actively promoting healthy, joyful workforce engagement
· Telemedicine – 24/7 phone, web, or mobile app medical, behavioral health, & dermatology visits

Key Responsibilities:
· Provide community-based mental health services to adults, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and intervention implementation.
· Collaborate with clients, families, and stakeholders to develop and implement individualized treatment plans.
· Utilize a strengths-based approach that emphasizes empowerment and resilience, incorporating evidence-based practices such as Motivational Interviewing and Trauma-Informed Strategies.
· Coordinate care with other service providers, including primary care physicians and community organizations.
· Maintain accurate and timely records of client interactions and progress in accordance with organizational policies.
· Participate in staff development activities to enhance knowledge and skills related to mental health services.
· Work collaboratively with team members to ensure effective coordination of care and support for clients.
· Prepare for and facilitate ITCD group sessions as pertinent to client treatment plan goals.
· Assist with transportation to community-based resources and physician appointments.

Education, Experience, and/or Credential Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, or other human services specialized field;
OR
· Bachelor’s degree in an unrelated field with two years of related work experience;
OR
· Any four-year combination of higher education and two years of related work experience;
OR
· Associate’s of Applied Science in Behavioral Health Support;
OR
· Four years of qualifying experience in delivering services to individuals with mental health disorders, substance use disorders, or developmental disabilities.

Additional Qualifications:
· Must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age to operate a company-owned vehicle.
· Must be at least twenty-three (23) years of age to operate a company-owned fifteen (15) passenger van.
· Current driver’s license, acceptable driving record, and current auto insurance.
· Reliable means of transportation to transport clients in a personal vehicle.

Brightli is on a Mission:
Join us in our mission to change and save lives. If you are passionate about making a difference and helping others, we encourage you to apply today!

Keywords: Community Support Specialist, ITCD, Mental Health Services, Empowerment, Treatment Planning, Evidence-Based Practices, Collaboration, Client Care, Behavioral Health, Resilience

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.

Places for People is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.