The Community Wellness Specialist will provide mental wellness services, engage clients, conduct screenings, and facilitate community workshops under supervision, ensuring culturally aware care.
Comunilife Inc. is looking for experienced Community Mental Wellness Specialists for its new OMH program, Project Engage. Under the supervision of the Team Leader and the Clinical Director of the Project Engage Program, the Community Mental Wellness Specialist will provide services as directed by the scope of their supervisors. The employee ensures strengths based, person centered quality of care provided in a culturally and linguistically meaningful therapeutic environment. These full time positions are eligible to participate in Comunilife's benefits and paid time off package.
Essential Duties:
- Undergo training and certification by the Mental Wellness Equity Center in the modules assigned by the program (e.g., IPC, Motivational Interviewing, SBIRT, SPI, and Financial Wellness).
- Training, test cases, and clinical supervision of test cases will include about 20 hours a week.
- During the initial certification period, staff will be assigned tasks for the remaining hours (approximately 15 hours/week), to include client engagement work to support the existing clients in Comunilife programs. This may include reminder phone calls, client satisfaction surveys, outreach efforts to re-engage clients, etc.
- Utilize the Mental and Financial Wellness Everywhere Tool (mwTool), to screen clients for symptoms of common disorders (depression, anxiety, PTSD), severe disorders (psychosis, mania), substance use disorders, suicide, and financial stressors.
- Based on mwTool results, match the type and severity of symptoms to one or more brief low-intensity counseling interventions or coordinate referral to a higher level of care (mental health specialist).
- Offer and deliver brief structured counseling interventions with step-by-step guidance from provider facing apps specific to the client’s symptom severity and areas of need.
- Provide direct coaching, education, and advocacy in linking, engaging, clients to get services through referrals in the community.
- Collaborate with Comunilife Programs to host community engagement and mental wellness education workshops.
- Participate and complete all required training as indicated by OMH and Comunilife.
- Be present during morning huddles to communicate impediments and confirm arrival of outreach locations.
- Maintain frequent communication with your supervisor via Googlemeet, Zoom or other communication platforms.
- Perform any other duty as assigned.
Education and Experience Requirement(s)
- High school diploma.or Associate degree preferred.
- Minimum of two (2) years of previous relevant experience in Behavioral Health or social services setting required.
- Must obtain mandated reporter (2 hours) prior to hire date. Website info: https://nysmandatedreporter.org/TrainingCourses.aspx
- Excellent interpersonal skills and able to communicate both verbally and in written form.
- Ability to use business acumen to exercise good judgement and decision-making.
- General knowledge of organization, community and/or social service resources programs.
- Most work is completed in community, with occasional work done in the office as indicated by supervisor.
- Subject to outside environmental conditions while performing tasks associated with job functions.
- Ability to deal with sensitive issues with diplomacy and discretion.
- Must be able to multitask with strong organization skills.
- Commitment to cultural diversity and sensitivity.
- Ability to maintain a professional demeanor under pressure and operate with a keen sense of urgency and commitment to quality.
- Bilingual – Spanish speaking a plus.
Comunilife is an EEO employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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