Make a Difference as a Community Support Specialist with ReDiscover

Join ReDiscover’s Treatment Options Program and be part of a mission-driven organization that’s been transforming lives for over 50 years. As a non-profit community mental health center serving southeastern Jackson County, Missouri, we’re passionate about helping individuals impacted by mental illness or substance use find hope, support, and healing.

Why ReDiscover?

• 700+ dedicated professionals
• Over five decades of community impact
• A culture grounded in compassion, collaboration, and growth

About the Treatment Options Program

ReDiscover’s Treatment Options Program (TOP) provides medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for individuals with opioid use disorder, offering methadone and buprenorphine alongside counseling, group therapy, case management, and integrated mental health and nursing services. Community Support Specialists play a key role in supporting clients through their recovery journey by connecting them to resources, reinforcing treatment goals, and helping them build stability in their daily lives.

What You’ll Do

• Maintain and interact with a caseload of clients with diverse characteristics either in-person or over the phone.
• Facilitate each client’s achievement of long range outcomes of symptom management, employment and independent living based upon the needs of the client.
• Engage difficult to serve clients by investigating all potential resources in order to gain access and make connections.
• Help remove barriers for clients, which may include helping clients participate in community or social service programs and referring clients to educational or working programs.
• Assist clients with transportation barriers as identified in their treatment plan. This includes transporting clients in the employee's personal vehicle to various appointments and area resources.
• Collect and maintain information about clients and document interactions within ReDiscover’s designated electronic medical record.
• Communicate and collaborate with an internal multi-disciplinary team to address various aspects of wellness and ensure positive communication regarding the coordination of client care.

Requirements of the Position

• 4 year degree or 4 years of equivalent experience in lieu of degree.
• A valid automobile driver’s license, appropriate automobile insurance and a safe, reliable, registered automobile available for use during work hours which includes transporting clients in personal vehicle.
• Ability to work a regular and consistent schedule of Monday - Friday from 7:00 am - 4:00 pm, with rotating Saturday shifts from 7:30 am - 11:00 am.
• At least two (2) years clinical experience in a direct service provision to children and adolescents in a mental health setting preferred.
• Knowledge of the community resources as well as health and social service systems in the Kansas City metro area and skill in establishing working relationships with community partners preferred.
• Excellent customer service skills with a recovery focus.
• Strong written, oral and interpersonal communication skills.
• Intermediate computer skills in typing/keyboarding, Microsoft Word and Excel programs as well as the use of email.

Grow With Us

We’re committed to your professional development and will support your growth as a Community Support Specialist through training, collaboration, and meaningful work.

Ready to join a team that’s passionate about people? Apply today and help make wellness accessible for all.