Community Support Counselor (Part-Time)

Do you want to work in a friendly, professional and supportive organization? Do you want to make a difference in someone's life every day! If so, COME JOIN OUR TEAM

Community Hope is looking for part-time Community Support Counselors to deliver high quality community-based support services to adults with serious mental illness living in their homes.

SHIFT: Monday

• Friday: 20 hr/week (day time hours)

Service area: (Sussex, Warren, Somerset, & Western Morris Counties) - Agency vehicle provided

• Contributes to the development, implementation, monitoring, and updating of the individualized rehabilitation plan.

• Performs therapeutic rehabilitative skill development.

• Perform crisis intervention and provides on-call support to consumers for crisis intervention and emergency services linkages.

• Monitors, as needed, consumer self-administration of prescribed medications as per Agency procedures and provides medication education.

• Assists consumers with accessing community-based wellness and recovery services.

• Transports consumers in an agency vehicles in a safe, cautious, and responsible manner.

• Documents service delivery accurately and timely while ensuring consumer confidentiality.

• Coordinates with other providers to maximize services integration and consumer opportunity.

• Functions as a team member and covers co-workers duties as needed.

• Maintains the assigned vehicle including scheduled maintenance and follows related policies.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in one of the helping professions, such as social work, human services, counseling, psychiatric rehabilitation, psychology, or criminal justice. Bachelor's degrees in a field other than a helping profession will be considered when accompanied by a minimum of two years of professional experience in a community behavioral healthcare setting.

• One year of mental health experience.

• A valid driver's license, with a good driving record

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred, but not required.

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~We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply including Native American, people of color, women, LGBTQ+, people of all abilities, veterans and veteran spouses.~

Community Hope, Inc. is an EEO employer

• M/F/Vets/Disabled