ACT-Young Adult Community Support Specialist

ACT-Young Adult Community Support Specialist

Department: Behavioral Health

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Barrington - OCR

Reporting To: ACT-YA Team Manager

Are you passionate about helping individuals overcome barriers, achieve stability, and thrive in their communities? Join East Bay Community Action Program's Behavioral Health team as a Community Treatment Specialist and become a vital part of a multidisciplinary care team dedicated to transforming lives. In this highly rewarding, community-based role, you'll provide hands-on support, advocacy, care coordination, and recovery-focused services for individuals navigating mental health and co-occurring substance use challenges.

If you're driven by compassion, collaboration, and a commitment to whole-person care, we'd love to hear from you.

The Community Treatment Specialist serves as a key member of EBCAP's high-acuity behavioral health programs, including ACT I, ACT II, and ACT-YA. This role provides comprehensive wraparound support, case management, care coordination, and community-based services to young adults living with severe and persistent mental illness and co-occurring disorders.

Working within a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) care model, you'll collaborate closely with medical, psychiatric, vocational, and recovery-focused providers to help clients build independence, improve wellness, and achieve their personal goals.

Please Note:

This position is primarily community-based and includes client transportation responsibilities, periodic weekend rotations, and limited holiday coverage to ensure continuity of care for the individuals we serve.

• Participation in a rotating weekend coverage schedule approximately every 4 to 6 weeks
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• Weekend coverage hours are 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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• Participation in holiday coverage is required, typically 2 to 4 holidays per year
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• Holiday coverage hours are 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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• Serve as the primary care coordinator for an assigned caseload.
• Develop and implement comprehensive care plans that support physical, behavioral, and social well-being.
• Coordinate medical, dental, specialty, and behavioral health appointments.
• Assist clients with transportation, scheduling, and treatment follow-through.
• Support medication adherence through education, reminders, pharmacy coordination, and motivational strategies.
• Collaborate with hospital staff and clinical providers to ensure smooth transitions following hospitalizations or higher levels of care.
• Promote health education, symptom management, and chronic disease management.

• Advocate for clients across healthcare, educational, legal, housing, and social service systems.
• Build productive relationships with families, guardians, schools, landlords, healthcare providers, and community agencies.
• Participate in multidisciplinary treatment planning and care coordination meetings.
• Monitor client well-being and promptly communicate safety concerns or changes in functioning.
• Assist clients in accessing essential resources such as housing, benefits, transportation, food, and other supports that promote stability and independence.

• Assist clients in identifying triggers and developing relapse prevention strategies.
• Support recovery planning and strengthen natural and community support systems.
• Conduct urine toxicology screening and breathalyzer testing when required.
• Reinforce recovery education under the guidance of licensed substance use treatment professionals.

• Assess educational and employment interests and connect clients with vocational resources.
• Support progress toward educational, employment, and independent living goals.

• Maintain accurate documentation and compliance with regulatory and program standards.
• Participate in trainings, continuing education, committees, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to the ongoing growth and evolution of EBCAP's CCBHC service model.