Community Support Specialist
Behavioral Health Network, Inc.

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Community Support Specialist

Share your commitment to individual empowerment and growth, human rights, and community integration!

Join our team of competent and compassionate professionals as a Direct Care - Community-based Worker in the Residential program at Behavioral Health Network!

• Assists and monitors activities of daily living.
• Encourages independence, competency, and decision-making.
• Initiates, supports, and ensures quality of life through empowerment, safety awareness and respect and dignity.
• Monitors overall health and well-being and assists with all aspects of medication treatment and administration as needed.
• Provides crisis intervention and emergency services as needed.
• Assists individuals served in maintaining and enhancing their social support network through opportunities to meet new friends, build stronger relationships with family members and guardians, attend religious services and join religious groups, and foster engagement in other community groups and organization and relationships.
• Plans and provides opportunities for community activities.
• Acts as primary implementer of strategies to meet ISP/PSTP goals.

Who are we?

Behavioral Health Network is a growing non-profit community behavioral health agency that has been providing services to children, adults, families and communities in Western Massachusetts since 1938. BHN provides comprehensive, outcome-driven behavioral health care. We are dedicated to offering high quality, affordable and culturally appropriate care to people of all ages and income levels in our constituent communities.

Reasons to work with BHN:

• Work with an agency who does amazing things for others
• You will be able to change a person's life
• You will expand your experience in various areas of mental & behavioral health
• You will have the opportunity to grow within the agency
• You will not be bored with our fast-paced environment
• You will have excellent benefits package & time off benefits available

Support Specialists at Behavioral Health Network have the following:

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum of six months experience in human services preferred. Training is provided by BHN.
• Must have valid driver's license and a reliable car available for all working hours that is able to be used to safely transport individuals in the community.
• Must be committed to individual empowerment, growth, human rights and community integration.
• Good organizational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must have familiarity with the internet, word processing and email systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

**NOTICE**

• In accordance with the BHN Mandatory COVID vaccine policy - all staff, interns, temps, residents and contractors are required to be fully vaccinated no later than day one of employment. Medical or religious exemptions will be offered and must be approved prior to starting work.
• The same guidelines noted above apply during flu season (defined as December 1st - through end of flu season as announced by the CDC) for BHN's Mandatory Influenza Vaccine policy.
• Additionally, BHN is a Tobacco Free workplace. All Staff, interns, temps, residents and contractors agree not to smell of or use Tobacco or ENDS products while on paid work time or within sight of any BHN facility.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please visit our website at www.bhnworks.org and click on "Browse All Jobs" to apply!

BHN maintains its commitment to social justice and diversity and strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply.

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