Wellness Specialist

Expect Success at Bridgeway

We make a difference in people's lives by supporting their life goals—our employees and the people we serve alike. We invest in our employees through competitive compensation and benefits, best practice training, and fostering a team-oriented culture that promotes career development. We nurture an environment that values diversity, where inclusivity, equity, and belonging thrive.

Bridgeway values and promotes quality clinical and administrative practices to foster the best outcomes for persons who come to us for behavioral healthcare. We offer a work environment that supports teamwork, creativity, innovation, professional growth and dedication to the work. At Bridgeway, we never stop growing and innovating our vision of behavioral healthcare for the future.

As a Wellness Specialist, you will join an evidence-based program and a dynamic team for the opportunity to learn and refine your clinical and engagement skills and accomplish your dream of helping people to make progress on their unique recovery journeys. The work is sometimes challenging and always rewarding by engaging with persons we serve and co-workers as we all learn, grow, and thrive.

• Department: ISH
• Salary: $44,000- $45,000
• Location:
  
  Union, NJ
• Full Time Position
• Hours:
  
  Sunday 9:00am-5:00pm;
  Monday 9:00am-5:00pm;
  Tuesday 9:00am-5:00pm;
  Wednesday 10:00am-6:00pm;
  Thursday 9:00am-5:00pm

As a member of the multi-disciplinary Community Support Services team, provides resource development, skill development and direct support to assist people who have serious mental illness who are enrolled in CSS to fully integrate into the community of their choice.

• A wellness and recovery-oriented environment by using person-first language, respectful documentation, person-centered planning, and evidence-based practices
• A culture of compliance with internal and external policies, regulations, laws and high ethical and professional standards.

• Contributes to the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Needs Assessment on an ongoing basis.
• Participates with the licensed staff in the development, implementation, monitoring and updating of the individualized rehabilitation plan/Individual Recovery Plan (IRP).
• Perform therapeutic rehabilitative skill development as outlined in the CSS Regulations.
• Offer services appropriate to meet person’s served needs as identified in the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Needs Assessment (CRNA) and included in each individuals IRP.
• Perform crisis intervention as indicated.
• Coordinate and manage services in conjunction with the team.
• Supportive counseling, medication education, mental health education and early crisis intervention.
• Engages people receiving services in the treatment process.
• Utilizes Illness Management and Recovery, WRAP and other relevant health and wellness curriculum to ensure overall wellness is a key focus in the individual’s recovery plan.
• Perform evidence-based practices that are appropriate for implementing community support services. This may include Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral and Educational Strategies, Trauma Informed Care, Career Services, Permanent Supportive Housing, IMR and WRAP.
• Mental health education, community living skill training, and supportive counseling in the home and other natural environments to person served and significant others.
• 24-hour on-call coverage on a rotating schedule.
• Technical assistance and education to members of the team in the area of recovery and wellness. Works with the team to develop materials and strategies for teaching wellness strategies including Wellness Recovery Action Plans, instilling hope, promoting choice and empowerment, and spirituality, in conjunction with the team.
• Serves as a resource for all team members to ensure health literacy principles are translated into services and supports offered for all persons served, especially those who are at risk for metabolic syndrome.
• Consults with other service providers and resource people regarding the assessment, treatment and rehabilitation needs of the…