Community Living Specialist 7:30am- 3:30 pm shift

Job DetailsLevel: EntryJob Location: Day Program Landover - Landover, MD 20785Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: High SchoolSalary Range: $19.00 - $23.00 HourlyTravel Percentage: Up to 50% Job Shift: AnyJob Category: Health Care 

**** This position is in the Landover  Maryland area ********  MUST HAVE VALID CLEARED DRIVERS LICENSE

Psychotherapeutic Services is looking for positive, compassionate, hard-working, dedicated employees to provide Direct Care Services to assist persons with chronic mental illness to live independently in the community.  

POSITION SUMMARY

The Community Living Specialist is in constant face-to-face contact with persons diagnosed as chronically mentally ill.  Services and work assignments are primarily in a Community based requiring travel to their homes.  The Community Living Specialist’s goal is to increase the persons’ capacity for independent community living, through medication management, support, rapport, role-modeling, teaching, and the provision of activities and learning experiences.  The Community Living Specialist consistently exercises discretion and sound judgment in the performance of the duties of the position.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

High School Diploma or GED; plus one (1) adult mental health experience required.  Preferred - Associate Degree (Certificated Nursing Assistance (CNA), Medical Technicians (Med Tech.) /or related certified professional.  College degree may replace experience requirement. 

  High School Diploma or GED; plus one (1) adult mental health experience required.  Preferred - Associate Degree (Certificated Nursing Assistance (CNA), Medical Technicians (Med Tech.) /or related certified professional.  College degree may replace experience requirement.