Qualified Professional (CST TEAM)

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Looking for a Qualified Professional with CST experience.

WHAT WE OFFER

Flexible schedule 

Hybrid working environment 

Coordinate, access, and provide Community Supports services and/or any other services in accordance with wraparound philosophy and in the least restrictive setting possible to youth and adults who qualify for community support and/or Developmental Therapies services.  The CST Team are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and are delivered by the appropriately credential staff, who maintain contact and intervene as one organizational unit.   

CST varies in intensity to meet the changing needs of beneficiaries with mental illness and substance use disorders who have complex and extensive treatment needs, to support them in community settings, and to provide a sufficient level of service as an alternative to hospitalization. CST service delivery is monitored continuously and “titrated,” meaning that when a beneficiary needs more or fewer services, the team provides services based on that level of need.

Team Composition

CST staff work together as an organized, coordinated unit under the direct supervision of the Team Lead. All CST staff shall know all beneficiaries served by the team, but not all team members necessarily work closely with all beneficiaries. The case load is comprised of beneficiaries who require services ranging from minimal to an intensive nature. CST maintains a beneficiary-to-staff ratio of 12:1 with a team maximum of 48 individuals.

Knowledge of:  

• Community Support Team policies and procedures  
• Clinical diagnosis and treatments  
• Human services and MH/DD/SAS network  
• Principles of choice, empowerment, and community integration  
• Disability related income sources  
• State Services and Definitions as outlined in MH/DD/SAS  
• Diagnostic and statistical manual  
• Basic office practices and procedures including record keeping and filing systems  
• English language to include grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and vocabulary

Duties:  

• Provides psychoeducation as indicated in the PCP
• Assists with crisis interventions

• Assists the Team Lead with behavioral and substance use disorder treatment interventions
• Assists with the development of relapse prevention and disease management strategies
• Participates in the initial development, implementation, and ongoing revision of the PCP
• Communicates the clients progress and the effectiveness of the strategies and interventions to the Team Lead as in the PCP
• Coordinates the initial and ongoing assessment activities
• Develops the initial PCP and its ongoing revisions and ensures its implementation
• Consults with identified medical (i.e., primary care and psychiatric) and non-medical providers, engages community and natural supports, and includes their input in the person-centered planning process
• Ensures linkage to the most clinically appropriate and effective services including arranging for psychological and psychiatric evaluations
• Monitors and documents the status of the beneficiary’s progress and the effectiveness of the strategies and interventions outlined in the PCP
• Completes functional needs assessment(s) to determine the scope and anticipated outcomes to the services
• Linkage and referral to formal and informal supports
• Monitoring and follow up
• Completes functional needs assessment(s) to determine the scope and anticipated outcomes to the services
• Assist with beneficiary housing search including engaging landlords to rent to beneficiaries and writing reasonable accommodation letters
• Assist with connecting beneficiaries to financial and in-kind resources to set up and maintain their household
• Prevent and mitigate housing crises including being a point of contact for landlord concerns
• Assist with rehousing beneficiaries if they are no longer able to stay in their unit due to eviction or risk of eviction
• Assist in developing daily living skills to stabilize and maintain housing

WORKING HOURS: Flexibility required to meet consumer needs. Some travel is required and may include transporting consumers/families in vehicles.  

MINIMUM EDUCATION. TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:  

A Bachelor's degree with 4 years of experience working in a human service related field under a QP in  some capacity or 30 semester hours in a human services field (including, but not limited to, psychology,  social work, mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, nursing, education, occupational  therapy, and recreational therapy) and at least one year of experience in the delivery of services to the  population groups that the person is hired as a case manager/QMHP to serve.