Wellness Specialist; Case Manager
Listed on 2026-09-26
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Healthcare
Mental Health
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.
At Bridgeway, Everyone Learns and Grows together.
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Make a Future at Bridgeway!
Who we are: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.
Why you should apply: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:RIST-5:
Hudson and Essex Counties
Location:
Serving Hudson and Essex Counties (Home base located in Union)
Work hours:
Tuesday-Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm
Position Overview:
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.
Essential Job Functions:
Create and Maintain:
- 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, and 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…
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