WISCONSIN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC - Youth CCS Support Specialist
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Job Code: 2020-SPECIALI-038
Department: Wraparound
FT/PT Status: Full Time
Position Summary: The Comprehensive Community Services (CCS) Youth Support Specialist position serves as a member of the Youth CCS team providing individual skill development and enhancement services to support youth and young adults in reaching their recovery goals. The Support Specialist serves youth at various stages of their recovery from mental health, substance use, and co-occurring needs by embracing the youth's strengths to meet their identified needs. Services are provided in the community to meet the needs identified in the Plan of Care.
Essential Functions:
- Act as a member of the CCS team providing services to youth and young adults with mental health, substance use, and co-occurring needs.
- Build off the person's strengths to meet their individualized recovery needs.
- Provide individual skill development and enhancement services that include training in communication, interpersonal skills, problem solving, decision making, self-regulation, conflict resolution, and other specific needs identified in the Plan of Care.
- Services include training in daily living skills related to personal care, daily tasks, transportation, school, and accessing and connecting to community resources.
- Utilize various methods to serve people including role modeling, monitoring, mentoring, supervision, assistance, and cuing.
- Provide services in the community including homes and other community locations.
- Participate in team meetings to create a Plan of Care, identify and prioritize goals, and monitor progress toward meeting identified needs.
- Document all contact with the people being served and team members to adhere to program requirements.
- Attend and participate in staff meetings, in-service training, seminars, and conferences as required.
- Maintain flexibility in daily work schedule to adequately meet program needs.
- Adhere to agency policies and procedures while carrying out daily responsibilities.
Other Duties and Responsibilities: Ensure people are able to get transportation to all CCS related activities.
Equal Opportunity Employer: (M/F/Disability/Vet)
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/06552C1AA29448E1
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