Community Support Specialist Job Taylor area,Texas USA,Healthcare

COMMUNITY SUPPORT SPECIALIST

needs! Simple Steps, LLC currently has a Community Support Specialist position open in the Taylor, TX area.

PART-TIME UP TO 10 Hours per week with a potential to increase hours due to the Veteran needs!

Benefits:

Mileage Reimbursement
Flexible schedule

PREFERRED Knowledge/

Education:

High School Diploma
Experience with physical and cognitive impairments/disabilities
Experience with Traumatic Brain Injury
Experience with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Veteran/Military Experience

Job Description:

The primary focus of the Community Support Specialist is to help make life more rewarding for our Veterans with neurological disorders, physical disabilities, and traumatic brain injuries by providing the delivery of high-quality home and community services. Community Support Specialists accomplish these results by effectively supporting and carrying out quality client care plans, ensuring resources are engaged effectively to meet client needs, orienting/educating clients and client's families about health care plan services and procedures, supporting accurate and complete documentation, and supplying timely data for generating accurate invoices.

Our Community Support Specialists come together in a team effort with Case Managers and family members to best serve Veterans through dynamic social, recreational, wellness, educational, and individualized life skills training and activities in the home and community. The Community Support Specialist reports to their assigned Care Coordinator.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Must be able to travel to current or prospective clients' homes
Must be able and willing to transport client(s) during client visits
Must have reliable transportation, a valid driver's license and agency-required auto liability insurance (100k/300k Bodily Injury)
Must be able to communicate with health care professionals, clients, families, and the general public through verbal and written communication
Must have access to a private personal laptop or desktop computer for HIPAA compliance
Track SMART goals and progress through weekly documentation using Microsoft Word, Excel, and Adobe Reader
Implement patient care plans through home and community goal-related activities
Able to work independently, manage one’s own time and the time of client(s)

Mileage and Expense Reimbursement provided

Flexible Staff Scheduling

Specific Duties May Include:

Attending community activities
Outdoor activities
Assisting with organization planning, cognitive awareness, doctor's appointments, household management, etc.
Ability to drive client
Be able to lift 50

Lbs
Walking

All individuals should have the following:

Resume
CPR/AED/First Aid Certification (American Red Cross or American Heart Association only)
Social Security Card
Driver's License
Auto Insurance (100k/300k Bodily Injury)

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