The Health Services Department is requesting to add a Mental Health Community Support Worker II for its Central Adult Mental Health Clinic. Currently there is a Community Support Worker II assigned to both the East and West Adult Mental Health Clinic which has proved to be successful. These positions provide support services to mentally ill adults and their families. Incumbents welcome families of consumers into the system; act as the family voice and provide consultation and assistance to staff; address concerns and answer questions that family members need resolved; lead or co-lead multi-family groups; assist families to maintain the consumer living in their homes. Transport and accompany families and consumers to appointments and meetings; act as a guide for housing and community resources; and attend and participate in meetings as a team member. The Department has determined a full time Mental Health Community Support Worker II would be appropriate classification to fulfill the needs of the Central Adult Mental Health to mirror that of the other two Adult Mental Health Clinics.  

If this action is not approved, Behavioral Health Division’s Central Adult Mental Health Clinic of the Health Services Department will not have adequate staffing to meet the demand and volume of client care for those we serve.