PEOPLE'S HEALTH CENTERS·St. Louis, Missouri
Provide activities and interactions to help youth at risk of hospitalization maintain community adjustment and recovery. Responsibilities include developing person-centered plans, training clients in living skills, and transporting clients to appointments.
Betty Jean Kerr Peoples Health Centers is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Organization that provides comprehensive mental health services to children and adults in the northern and central parts of the City of St.
Louis and North St.
Louis City.
A professional mental health staff serves a growing caseload of 2,800 patients, of which greater than ninety-five percent are chronically mentally ill and suffering from major psychiatric disorders.
BJKPHC operates a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Center and a Comprehensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center for adults and youth.
BJKPHC currently has an opportunity available for a Youth Community Support Specialist (CSS). This position is responsible for providing activities and interactions that enable an individual at clear risk of hospitalization, or who was discharged from inpatient treatment to maintain an adjustment to living in the community.
The CSS is also responsible for evaluation of client's status including personal strengths, areas of concern and needs.
CSS worker will participate in formal assessment and the development of the person-centered plan; monitor client's progress towards goal attainment; provide assistance and act as a 24-hour resource when necessary.
Train clients in living skills, social skills and other pro-social activities which enable client (s) to actively participate in the recovery process.
The CSS worker also transports clients to appointments and makes house visits as applicable.
The CSS worker is an active member of the Clinical Treatment Team.
CSS worker is responsible for maintaining client records and assuring standards and guidelines are upheld.
Betty Jean Kerr People's Health Centers does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, height, weight, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military obligations, and marital status.
Market context
Behavioral health roles in Missouri often draw steady demand, especially for licensed counselors who can support adults, children, and adolescents across varied care settings. These positions are competitive because employers typically want fully licensed LPCs with broad population experience, and benefits such as health, dental, vision, parental leave, and flexible schedules can influence candidate interest. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save research time, then confirm your Missouri LPC status and highlight direct experience with all three age groups in your application.
