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** Community Support Specialist - PMHC Outpatient Clinic - Jackson, MS**
**Job Category****:** Clinical, Social, Community & Health Services **Requisition Number****:** COMMU01613 Showing 1 location **Job Details**
**Description**
The PMHC Community Support Specialist (CSS) is a vital care service based on the individual needs of children and their families. The CSS is responsible for delivering an array of accommodating community services, assessing and linking children and families with social, educational, vocational, and recreational services. Collaboratively working with children and families, the CSS provides precise, measurable and individual services that focuses on the childs and familys abilities to assimilate within their community as well as to identify and access community services. Since the CSS is an integral resource for children, families and their communities and because it reflects Canopy Childrens Solutions core values, the work functions are comprehensive and include, but are not limited to, identifying and accessing needed community services, implementing evident-based practices specific to individual children and families, connecting them within their communities and tracking their progress.
Requirements: Minimum of Bachelors degree in social work or related field and at least two (2) years of experience working directly with children and families. Must meet the minimum requirements to be certified through the Mississippi Department of Mental Health as a Community Support Specialist. Must demonstrate competence implementing evident-based practices, best practices working with children and families. Must demonstrates competence in completing reports related to payment for services provided. Computer skills required. Must be available to work a flexible schedule to accommodate evening and weekend hours, as needed, to meet job responsibilities. Must be at least 23 years of age, have a valid Mississippi driver license, a good driving record, proof of legally appropriate auto liability insurance, and must be willing to use personal vehicle, as needed, for agency business.
Transforming Lives
Through commitment to our core values:
The voice of our children and families always comes first
Relationships matter and our differences make us stronger
We take great joy in service to others
Our families and our communities deserve our very best
**Qualifications**
**Skills**
**Behaviors**
**Required**
**Thought Provoking****:** Capable of making others think deeply on a subject
**Team Player****:** Works well as a member of a group
**Leader****:** Inspires teammates to follow them
**Innovative****:** Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking
**Enthusiastic****:** Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
**Dedicated****:** Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
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**Motivations**
**Required**
**Self-Starter****:** Inspired to perform without outside help
**Growth Opportunities****:** Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility
**Goal Completion****:** Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks
**Flexibility****:** Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals
**Ability to Make an Impact****:** Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization
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**Education**
**Required**
Bachelors or better in Counseling or related field.
Bachelors or better in Psychology or related field.
Bachelors or better in Social Work or related field.
**Experience**
**Required**
**2 years:** two (2) years of experience working directly with children and families. Must meet the minimum requirements to be certified through the Mississippi Department of Mental Health as a Community Support Specialist. Must demonstrate competence implementing evident-based practices, best practices working with children and families. Must demonstrates competence in completing reports related to payment for services provided. Computer skills required.
**Licenses & Certifications**
**Required**
Provisional CCSS
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)