Community Support Specialist
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Summary
About the Role
About You
- Passion for mental health advocacy.
- Effective communication and relationship-building skills.
- Good writing skills.
- Strong time management and organization.
- At least 21 years old.
- A valid driver's license, current car insurance, and daily access to your own car.
- Willingness to provide transportation to clients.
- Availability Monday through Friday.
- High school diploma or GED certificate and 5 years of supervised clinical experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Social Work, or related field.
- Bachelor's degree in an unrelated field and 2 years of supervised clinical experience.
- Master's degree in Psychology, Social Work, or related field.
Benefits
- Competitive pay - Base Rate: $24.25-27.16 per hour (Annually - $50,440 - $57,400).
- Generous PTO (9 federal holidays, 8 days of sick leave, 15-22 days personal and vacation).
- Dental insurance, vision insurance, choice of 4 medical insurance plans.
- 403(b) retirement plan with 3% employer match.
- Robust employee assistance program (EAP).
- Mileage reimbursement.
- Cell phone reimbursement (up to $50/month).
- Public service loan forgiveness.
- Supervision for clinical licensure at no cost (LSW, LCSW, LPC, LCPC).
- Reimbursement for professional licensure and license renewal.
Thresholds provides healthcare, housing, and hope for thousands of persons with mental health and substance use conditions in Illinois each year. Through care, employment, advocacy, and housing, Thresholds assists and inspires people to reclaim their lives. Thresholds is one of the oldest and largest providers of recovery services for persons with mental health and substance use conditions in Illinois. We offer 30 innovative programs at more than 75 locations throughout Chicago, the adjacent suburbs, and four surrounding counties. Services include assertive outreach, case management, housing, employment, education, psychiatry, primary care, substance use treatment, and research. Thresholds’ staff meets people where they are – out in the community. Offering services in a community-based setting makes them more accessible and effective and lessens the social exclusion that is often present in the lives of persons living with mental illnesses and substance use conditions. This allows our staff and clients to work on skills, clinical interventions, and recovery that allows them to live independent lives in their own neighborhoods Our clients are all unique – coming from vastly different backgrounds and arriving with different needs, talents, and hopes. Each client works with our staff to set their own specific short-term goals and objectives, based on their needs, desires, and level of self-sufficiency. Recovery from mental illnesses and substance use is possible. Recovery is a process of finding and living a satisfying and meaningful life, as one defines it for oneself. We assist our clients as they work to reclaim a positive sense of self, and discover their own potential, gifts, and skills.