Child and Family Support Specialist - full-time - 1st shift - Mon-Fri
Child and Family Support Specialist - full-time - 1st shift - Mon-Fri
Posted on :
26-05-2025
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Why CMHA
Community Mental Health Affiliates Inc. (CMHA) is a private non-profit treatment provider headquartered in New Britain with seven locations throughout the city and in Waterbury. We partner with clients and the community to promote recovery from mental illness and substance use treating more than 7500 adults and children each year. CMHA is Connecticuts first fully Joint Commission accredited Behavioral Health Home and is a SAMHSA Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). Visit to learn more.
Internal mobility and career pathing is a focus at CMHA with many employees growing from individual contributors to leaders.
CMHA is looking to hire a School Based Child and Family Support Specialist for our Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). This position will be located at 233 Main St. New Britian CT 06051. Monday Friday 8:30am 4:30pm.
Compensation Range:The salary range for this position starts at $20.00 per hour
Compensation for each position is determined not only by years of relevant experience education and skills but also by maintaining internal pay equity. CMHA also takes into consideration our benefits and paid time off package to provide a well-rounded and competitive approach to the applicants overall compensation.
Position Summary:The SBS Child and Family Support Specialist (SBS-CFSS) serves as an active member of a multidisciplinary team that provides assistance and support to facilitate clients behavioral emotional and social development and learning in school and within the community. This includes co-facilitation of daily social and emotional support interventions to decrease recurrence of behavioral health related issues and absenteeism. The CFSS will also provide case management services to students and their families both in school and in the community who are in need of additional wrap-around support. Case management services may include treatment planning advocacy linkage referrals and crisis intervention.
Essential Responsibilities:
- While on-site at assigned schools case manager will respond to students social and emotional needs when it is appropriate to intervene alongside school staff.
- Facilitate debriefing for school staff students and their caregivers when appropriate following a behavioral incidence at school that may or may not have resulted in disciplinary outcomes or crisis interventions for the student.
- Support students and their caregivers as well as school staff with transitioning student back to school following a behavioral health-related crisis intervention (i.e. ED visit hospital admission) or disciplinary outcome (i.e. suspension).
- Provides case management services such as communicating with schools pediatricians DCF juvenile court and other social service agencies
- Supports clients recovery plan goals
- Provides crisis intervention to child and family in the home office or community if need arises.
- Provides case management services advocacy and assistance to clients with linkage to services.
- Collaborates with integrated CMHA clinical team to ensure all services provided are communicated with whole team to be an effective wrap around model.
- Assures timely documentation is maintained in accordance with CMHA policies and procedures including but not limited to progress notes treatment plans authorizations program orientation consent to treat activity logs and monthly targeted case management notes.
- Maintains appropriate caseload as determined by CMHA and funder
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Valid DMV License.
- Bachelors degree in social work or related counseling field required
- Certified in Mandt First Aid and CPR (or obtained within three months of hire)
- Bilingual/Bicultural preferred (English/Spanish/Portuguese) and knowledge of cultural values traditions and practices of the communities we serve.
- Experience working with children and family systems
- Minimum of 1 year of experience working with youth with social/emotional/behavioral difficulties; or comparable education and/or internship experience within a human service-related bachelors level program to compensate for lack of work experience.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system.
We care about our employees by offering benefits that strike a harmonious work-life balance. We also care about your future. CMHA offers:
- Medical Dental and Vision Insurance packages.
- 403(b)-retirement savings plan with CMHA matching starting after 1 year of service.
- 11 observed holidays.
- 3 Wellbeing days off on a Friday throughout the year to extend a long weekend.
- 2 CHMA/Personal days to use throughout the calendar year.
- Up to 24 days of PTO that increases with years of service.
- Paid agency closure between Christmas and New Years (except 24/7 programs)*must be approved annually.
- Company paid Life Insurance and Long Term Disability.
- A comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that offers counseling coaching and wellness resources for staff as well as members of their household.
- Higher education tuition discounts at participating schools through the Alliances academic partnerships.
- Free ongoing professional development opportunities and continuous access to Continuing Education Units (CEUs) featuring comprehensive training in Evidence-Based Practices such as EMDR DBT and CBT.
- Employee discounts for shopping the New Britain YMCA travel and entertainment.
- Free employee subscriptions to the calm app.
- Annual Company Picnic.
- CMHA-sponsored Loan Reimbursement Program and Scholarship Program.
- FreeStudentLoan Wellnessfor eligible employees and their family members access to:
- Student loan consolidation and refinancing.
- Loan payoff projection dashboard.
- Coaching and support via chat email and phone.
- College cost calculator.
- College financial planning.
- 3 NHSC-approved sites for federal student loan repayment.
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Enhancementfor eligible employees access to:
- Automated Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) form management for past and present employers.
- Automated reminders for annual (PSLF) recertifications to help you stay on track.
- Resources and ongoing communications that make PSLF understandable.
- The opportunity to receive the national average of $72000.00 in forgiveness.
Community Mental Health Affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer except in the case of a bon fide occupation qualification or as otherwise permitted or required by law does not discriminate of the basis of race color age disability sec childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical condition including by not limited to lactation sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran or military status religion national origin ancestry marital or familiar status genetic information status with regard to public assistance citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.
Any individual needing assistance completing an online application should contact CMHAs Human Resources Departmentat.
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