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. Bridgeway operates 13 PACT teams, along with more than 20 additional short‑term and long‑term integrated care and recovery service teams across 10 New Jersey counties.

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.

$44,000 – $52,500 annually

• 5,000 Sign On Bonus*

622 Eagle Rock Avenue, West Orange, NJ

Livingston – Essex Counties

Monday‑Friday 8:00 am–4:30 pm, Sunday‑Thursday 8:00 am–4:30 pm, Tuesday‑Saturday 8:00 am–4:30 pm

Full‑time, 40 hours per week

As part of a multi‑disciplinary core services team, provides wellness assessment and direct services to people who have serious mental illness and who are enrolled in the PACT Program.

• Team member in the frequent monitoring and assessment of the mental health status of persons receiving services as well as related variables, including significant others, the home and the community in which the person served lives.
• Within the team, develop psychosocial and comprehensive assessments and an individualized recovery plan. Ensure documentation is done on time and with quality to ensure adherence to all DMHAS/Medicaid standards.
• Participate in clinical and non‑clinical team meetings, including individual and team supervision. Actively seek out monthly supervision from supervisor.

• Teaching of skills to support each person’s individualized recovery journey and community integration.
• Direct assistance to secure safe, clean, affordable housing, food and clothing, medical and dental services and appropriate financial support.
• Linkage to entitlement benefits such as Medicaid/NJFamily
  
  Care, social security, rental assistance, and other public assistance (social services, transportation, legal advocacy and representation).
• Observation and assessment of service recipients’ stated concerns, mental illness symptoms, and behavior in response to medication, and monitor for medication side effects during the provision of observed self‑administration and during ongoing face‑to‑face contacts.
• Medication education for both individuals and families/significant others with service recipients’ consent.
• Coordination of services with other community mental health and non‑mental health providers, as well as other medical professionals.
• Training and instruction to individuals at home and in the community, including individual support, problem solving, skill development, modeling and supervision to perform personal hygiene tasks, perform household chores, develop and improve money management skills, use community transportation, and locate, finance and maintain safe, clean, affordable housing.
• Wellness services including education and cognitive/behavioral interventions on nutrition, diet, exercise, stress reduction strategies and other wellness tools.
• Rapid and flexible response to crisis, including but not limited to: accompanying the individual to the screening center/psychiatric emergency center and remaining with the person during the…