Community Support Specialist Resume

A community support specialist is a social worker who shoulders the responsibility of assessing and providing health care facility to the community. The role demands providing psychiatric treatment, medical, social, educational services, coordinating and monitoring service, and support activities of individuals. The specialist plays a primary contact for individuals within the framework of a team model.

This career requires good organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills. Candidates for the job also have to hold immense patience and extraordinary people skills. In addition, documentation, writing reports, and monitoring progress of clients/patients are necessary.

Community Support Specialist Resume Example

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Leon H. Chapman
323 Custer Street
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Phone: 815-207-0905
Email: lhchampman@example.com

Career Objective:

Looking for a community support specialist job with “Catholic HealthCare,” to instill hope, faith, and strength in people afflicted with mental and physical conditions and strengthen their lives.

Summary of Skills:

• In-depth knowledge of mental illness and organizing rehabilitation programs
• Ability to work with and help people with psychotic disorders
• Thorough understanding of different types of therapeutic treatments
• Strong familiarity with diagnosis procedures and administering CPR
• Ability to provide one-on-one and group services to patients
• Strong patience, people skills, and organizational skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and documentation skills

Work Experience:

Community Support Specialist
Sound Health System, Oak Brook, IL
October 2014 - Present

• Working with patients on one-on-one basis and in group and providing counseling
• Ensuring continuity of care for mentally-ill patients and helping in taking informed decisions
• Coordinating, assessing, and monitoring care services to the community
• Scheduling therapeutic sessions and arranging for transportation
• Personalizing treatment plans according to the mental conditions and progress of patients
• Bringing families on board for easy and faster recovery of their loved ones

Community Support Specialist
Saint George Community Center, Oak Brook, IL
February 2013 - September 2014

• Organized family education and supported community activities
• Developed a group of volunteers and assisted them in community services
• Facilitated access to medical, educational, and other basic rights for the community
• Organized and conducted workshops for youth in fighting with drugs and other substances
• Maintained complete documentation of services provided to the community
• Provided mental health and rehabilitative services to mentally-ill patients

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Psychology
  Oak Brook University, Oak Brook, IL
  2011

• CPR Certification
  ABC Medical Board, Oak Brook, IL
  2012

Reference:

On request.