Wellness Specialist

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.

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 1/RIST 2
• Salary: $44,000 - $45,000 annually
• Location:
  
  Fords, NJ
• Position:
  Full Time
• Work hours:
  
  Tuesday-Saturday 9am-5pm (one day will be 10am-6pm)
• Bridgeway offers uniquely rewarding experience in a supportive Team atmosphere. We invest in our employees, offer excellent salary and benefits packages, and opportunities to advance your career.

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 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 individual’s 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.
• Engage people receiving services in the treatment process.
• Utilize 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 such as Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral and Educational Strategies, Trauma Informed Care, Career Services, Permanent Supportive Housing, IMR, and WRAP.
• Provide mental health education, community living skill training, and supportive counseling in the home and other natural environments to the person served and significant others.
• Provide 24-hour on-call coverage on a rotating schedule.
• Provide technical assistance and education to members of the team in the area of recovery and wellness.
• Work 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.
• Serve 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 at risk for metabolic syndrome.
• Consult with other service providers and resource people regarding the assessment, treatment and rehabilitation needs of the people receiving services.
• Complete chart documentation for assigned individuals according to CSS regulations.

• Associate degree in one of the helping professions (social work, human services, counseling, psychiatric rehabilitation, psychology, or criminal justice) from an accredited college or university and a minimum of two years…