Community Support Specialist

Job Title: CSP Community Support Program (CSP) Department: Programs and Services Supervisor: Chief Operating Officer Status: Non-Exempt Definition Community Support Program (CSP) consist of mental health and substance abuse rehabilitation services and supports necessary to assist the individual in achieving and maintaining the highest degree of independent functioning. The service utilizes a team approach to provide intensive, rehabilitative community support, crisis intervention, group and individual psycho-education, and skill building for activities of daily living. CSP includes a comprehensive array of rehabilitation services most of which are provided in non-office settings by a mobile team. Services are focused on skill building with a goal of maximizing independence. Community-based treatment enables the team to become intimately familiar with the participant’s surroundings, strengths and challenges, and to assist the participant in learning skills applicable to his/her living environment. The team services and interventions are highly individualized and tailored to the needs and preferences of the individual. CSP services of at least 15-minutes duration provided to the participant by a direct-care staff member of the CSP team in the participant’s home and in other community settings. These services include: 1. Rehabilitation assessment and development of the rehabilitation plan; 2. Re-evaluation and adjustment of the rehabilitation plan; 3. Crisis response services either face-to-face or telephonic; 4. Psycho-education services for rehabilitation from psychiatric or substance abuse disorders; 5. Clarification of goals and motivational support for pursuing goals related to employment, education, community involvement, and use of natural supports. (NOTE: Documentation shall be maintained in the file of each participant receiving work or education-related services that such services are not available under a program funded under section 110 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.)); 6. Residential supports, such as motivating the participant to find and lease an apartment, and assistance with tenancy issues and problems; 7. Skill building and support for Activities of Daily Living, including: Teaching, coaching and assisting with daily living and self-care skills such as the use of transportation, nutrition, meal planning and preparation, housekeeping and basic household tasks, dressing, personal grooming and hygiene, management of financial resources, shopping, use of leisure time, interpersonal communication, personal safety, child care and parenting, basic first aid, and problem solving; Other skill development activities directed at reducing disability, restoring participant functioning and achieving independent participation in social, interpersonal, family, or community activities and full community re-integration and independence as identified in the waiver Recovery Plan; Teaching of recovery skills in order to prevent relapse such as symptom recognition, coping with symptoms, emotional management, relaxation skills, self administration and appropriate use of medications, and preparation of illnesses related advance directives; Development of self-advocacy skills for the purpose of accessing natural supports, self-help, and other advocacy resources; and e. Health and wellness education. 8. Education, support, and consultation to family members (and significant others) of the participant, provided these activities are directed exclusively toward the rehabilitation treatment of the participant; 9. Participation in waiver Recovery Plan development and quarterly Recovery Plan update meetings, if requested by the DMHAS Support Coordinator; 10. Travel to an appointment with a participant or family member when the CSP provider is also engaged in a qualifying waiver service activity; and 11. Group treatment, involving not more than four persons receiving care, focusing on any of the activities listed in items #4 through #7 above. Limitations: Coverage of Community Support Program services shall be subject to the following limitations: CSP services are subject to service volume (number of ¼ hours service units per day and/or week) and duration (number of months or specified service end date) limits established in the waiver Recovery Plan approved by DMHAS and DSS. The departments or their designee will enact these limits; CSP services shall be based on the waiver Recovery Plan and shall be performed by or under the supervision of a licensed clinician employed by or under contract to the provider; CSP services must exclude services that are duplicative of Supported Employment Services. #J-18808-Ljbffr