Community Services Program Assistant

• Teach specific skills such as money management, community accessibility, laundry, meal planning, employment related skills, maintaining personal hygiene, and cleaning.
• Organize and monitor day-to-day schedule when necessary.
• Provide direction for organizing and scheduling household duties and routines.
• Provide resources to consumers and their families for obtaining necessary household equipment.
• Assist consumers and their families in providing medication reminders to take medication as prescribed.
• Provide transportation to consumers for attendance of medical appointments, appointments related to their service plan, or for activities designated on the consumer’s service plan.
• Regular contact with contracted caregiving service to provide updates on consumers and assure smooth transition to evening, weekend, holiday coverage for consumers and their families.
• Weekly to daily contact with client’s assigned CCS service facilitator to obtain clinical updates regarding clientele.
• Attend weekly staffing for clinical consultation with CSP/CCS/Mobile Crisis/Medical Director
• High School Diploma or equivalent required. Post High School classes or degree in Human Services field preferred.
• Experience or training with the serious and persistent mentally ill population required.
• Experience or training with in-home caregiving preferred.
• Must be a licensed driver and have access to an insured vehicle.

Portage County offers a GREAT benefit package, which includes the following;

• Vacation - available on day one!
• Health insurance- your choice of two health plans- (Health Savings Account associated with a High Deductible Health Plan with a County contribution or a PPO Co-pay plan)
• Wellness incentive plan offered with health insurance enrollment! Earn up to $600 per year!
• Flexible spending account
• Dental insurance
• State of Wisconsin Retirement Plan - County contribution of 7.2%!
• Paid holidays
• Paid sick leave
• Life insurance - premium paid by the County (must work a minimum of 30 hrs/wk)
• Long term disability insurance - premium paid by the County (must work a minimum of 30 hrs/wk)
• EAP (Employee Assistance Plan) - paid by the County