Community Support Specialists - $500 Sign-On Bonus!
Bethpage, NY
We’re excited to offer EARNED WAGE ACCESS! Work today, get paid tomorrow!
Find more in your career at Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. (FREE), currently serving over 4,000 people with ID/DD, mental illness & brain injury. We’re seeking people exceptional people who are seeking a growth career to join us!
The Community Support Specialist (CSS) provides training in independent living skills, including how to be responsible tenants and maintain psychiatric stability. The CSS assists the Program Supervisor in implementing agency policies and procedures.
Specifically, you will:
- Work with the people we support to help them identify and realize their personal life goals.
- Ensure fire safety equipment is in working condition and teach individuals to utilize this equipment.
- Teach individuals who to contact for emergencies including, but not limited to, medical, psychiatric, fire, lack of food, etc.
- Assist individuals in utilizing community/neighborhood services.
- Act as a liaison between individuals, landlords, and various treatment team members.
- Teach independent living skills necessary to sustain individuals in the community and prevent homelessness such as: apartment maintenance, socialization skills, budgeting, self-medication, personal care, travel training, shopping, cooking, and returning to school or the work force.
- Develop Individualized Support Plans in conjunction with individuals and treatment teams; encourage follow through on all goals in areas including but not limited to: housing stability, medication management, employment and vocational training, mental health treatment services, drug and alcohol assessment and referral, and referrals for community-based services.
- Encourage and supports individuals to maintain psychiatric stability through counseling, crisis intervention, attending a daytime activity, participating in treatment, and utilizing other available resources.
- Work with Health Home to ensure coordination of all services (Psychiatric & Physical).
- Assist individuals in complying with mandated treatment, such as AOT order specifications,
- and legal mandates, such as conditions of parole or probation.
- In OMH Supportive Housing Programs, CSS will be responsible for providing Tenancy
- Supports to individuals enrolled in the program:
- Community integration skill-building services: direct training and supports to assist individuals with community integration, including community resource coordination, treatment planning, and rehabilitative independent living skills training to help individuals transitioning into housing.
- Stabilization services: direct services and supports to assist individuals living in a community setting, including tenancy support planning, rehabilitative independent living skills training, community resources coordination, and crisis planning and intervention to help individuals remain in housing.
- Ensure that all required documentation (paper and electronic) is completed/processed appropriately, in a timely manner, and meets quality and compliance thresholds.
You will receive:
- $500 Sign-On!
- Outstanding Benefits
- Paid vacation and sick time
- Medical | Dental | Vision | Life Insurance
- Retirement 401K
- Wellness benefits with gym reimbursement
- Tuition Reimbursement
- A positive, supportive environment
- Opportunities for advancement & more!
We require:
- Two (2) full years of experience supporting mental health populations or an Associate Degree in a Human Services/ Social Services field.
- Valid NYS driver’s license and satisfy criteria to be a driver for FREE.
- Experience working with individuals diagnosed with mental illness and/or substance abuse disorders.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment with flexibility, keeping others informed and anticipating needs is essential.
- A professional who is efficient, well organized, and have excellent communication skills.
- Proficient computer skills.
FREE is a 2023 Top Long Island Workplace!
Salary: $21.00 - $21.98/hr
Community Support Specialist, for immediate consideration, email a resume to careers@familyres.org
Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. (FREE), is a nonprofit founded in 1977 and headquartered in Old Bethpage, benefits and proudly supports more than 4,000 individuals with intellectual/ developmental disabilities, mental illness and traumatic brain injury. It is the mission of FREE to help individuals of all abilities realize their full potential. FREE provides a diverse array of supports and services including: housing, recovery services, transition to work, employment, day, community and family services, respite, crisis services, education and after-school support, primary and specialty health care and advocacy.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $21.00 - $21.98 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: On the road