Community Support Workers

COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES (CCSS)

Kinship guardians face a variety of challenges that aren’t exactly clinical. They often need help acquiring certain skills or accessing community resources. Comprehensive Community Support Services step in to fill this gap. A Community Support Worker (CSW) supports individuals and families with the services and resources to help promote recovery, rehabilitation, and resiliency.

A CSW addresses goals in the following functional domains:

  • INDEPENDENT LIVING
  • LEARNING
  • WORKING
  • SOCIALIZING
  • RECREATION

Interacting face-to-face and on behalf of the client in community locations, a CSW utilizes a variety of interventions to address any barriers that impede the kinship caregiver or the children under their care.