Purpose:
The ACT Therapist provides community-based individual therapy, clinical, substance use disorder and support services to consumers and/or their support system utilizing the ACT Model. The ACT therapist will join the ACT multi-disciplinary team to serve those individuals with serious and persistent mental illness and presenting with the highest level of clinical intensity and at risk for arrest and/or higher levels of care.
Accountabilities:
- Provide community based intensive therapy community-based services to adult consumers with a severe and persistent mental illness and may have a co-occurring substance use disorder who have frequent contact with criminal justice entities. These may also include other community-based services such as case management as needed
- Provides mental health, dual diagnosis and/or substance use disorder therapy, in both an individual and group setting, to consumers and families as appropriate
- Will maintain caseload of client/consumers from the ACT team and other teams as needed
- Assists with the development of diversion plans to help reduce/prevent hospitalizations and incarcerations; actively participate in team planning for implementation of diversion plans.
- Attend daily multi-disciplinary team meetings for coordination of care for clients.
- Actively participates in the research, development and implementation of emerging multi-system models and practices.
- Coordinates community / mobile emergency responses in conjunction with the Emergency & Stabilization Services team as needed.
- Participate in on-call or after-hours responsibilities when required by the program.
- Models inspire flexibility and creativity in the delivery of clinical services.
- Outreach individuals who are in need of mental health services and have had frequent law enforcement contact.
- Provide transportation and accompany clients to and from activities and/or appointments to provide medically necessary direct care and support, as directed.
- Complete all required documentation thoroughly, on time and according to agency standards.
- Attend team meetings and individual supervision sessions as required by the direct supervisor.
- Provides crisis prevention and intervention as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
