Community Support Specialist

3 weeks ago

Gulfport, United States Mycanopy Full time

** Community Support Specialist - Canopy Behavioral Health Clinic - Gulfport, MS**

**Job Category****:** Clinical, Social, Community & Health Services **Requisition Number****:** COMMU01521 Showing 1 location **Job Details**

**Description**

The 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.

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

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