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CSO is looking for a Personal Care Specialist for our Medical Respite team in Northampton.
We are excited to announce being chosen by the State of Massachusetts to open a new Medical Respite Program for people who are unhoused and in need a safe place to recuperate after an emergency room visit or inpatient stay.
This program offers CSO an opportunity to create a 10-bed Medical Respite, located centrally to the CSO service area in Northampton, MA. FOH Medical Respite team members will support guests in healing, and ultimately transitioning to appropriate housing.
The Personal Care Specialist coordinates and monitors the assessment, treatment planning process and follow-up for each guest and serves as an advocate and liaison for guest benefits. This position is part of the agency service team, providing a safe haven for FOH Medical Respite guests to address barriers to self-sufficiency.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
High School diploma or GED and two years' experience working as a CNA or MA, or in the Human Services Field such as working with low income and homeless populations, chemical dependency, and/or mental health programs or experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Ability to use computer software applications and general office equipment. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, guests and the general public. Bi-lingual skills desirable. Valid driver's license and reliable transportation required.
Bilingual candidates are strongly encouraged to apply, (English/Spanish speaking.)
Benefits
We provide our employees with competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, including full coverage health and dental insurance and ample paid time off (vacation, personal, sick, and holidays). Additionally, we offer a 403B retirement savings plan, an employee referral bonus program, regular in-house training and professional development opportunities with free CEUs, and voluntary supplemental insurances at group rates, including short and long-term disability, cancer, accident and life. We also offer a premier employee assistance program (EAP) and personal cell phone plan discounts. Our work environment is flexible and supportive, with ample opportunities for collaboration within and across departments, programs and locations.
Our Agency
Clinical & Support Options, Inc. is a behavioral health organization serving individuals and families across Western Massachusetts. From our early days as a child guidance clinic, we have expanded into a full service behavioral health agency, committed internally to excellence while we collaborate externally with community partners to participate in a comprehensive system of assistance and resources for the residents of our communities. We employ over 650 multi-disciplinary staff, helping thousands of families over the past 50 years. We have community based office locations throughout Western Massachusetts, including Springfield, Northampton, Greenfield, Orange, Athol, Gardner and Pittsfield.
Our expertise, in a nutshell, is to support people in their progress towards self-sufficiency, no matter what challenges they face on that journey. EOE/AA
Part Time
Sports & Recreation
$26k-32k (estimate)
11/19/2023
05/22/2024
csoinc.org
GREENFIELD, MA
500 - 1,000
1954
KEITH OBERT
$10M - $50M
Sports & Recreation
Clinical & Support Options Inc. (CSO) is a community-based nonprofit behavioral health agency providing individuals and families with comprehensive, holistic care throughout Western Massachusetts and the North Quabbin region. With 16 locations in five Massachusetts counties (Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Worcester), CSO offers an Open Access model, with walk-in availability and No Wrong Door coordinated entry. CSO embraces a trauma-informed culture in fulfillment of its mission to provide responsive and effective interventions and therapeutic services to support adults, children... and families. CSO serves more than 18,000 individuals and families annually in their quest for stability, growth and an enhanced quality of life. CSO provides a full range of behavioral and mental health and substance abuse outpatient services, including: Urgent outpatient assessment & treatment Diagnostic evaluations Therapy for children, adolescents and adults Child and adult psychiatry Sexual abuse and trauma treatment for survivors and families Treatment for depression, anxiety, PTSD and general adjustment disorders Group therapy Structured outpatient addiction programs Medication management Intensive outpatient programs CSO Crisis Programs provide behavioral health assessment, intervention and stabilization for youth, families and adults 24 hours/day, 365 days/year. CSOs Family Support Services are part of the Massachusetts Childrens Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI). CSOs Friends of the Homeless (FOH) provides a warm bed and hot shower to more than 1,100 individual adults each year and serves 157,000+ hot meals to anyone in need of food. In addition, FOH case works help FOH guests find work and permanent homes, navigate state and federal assistance programs and access mental health supports.
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