Licensed Mental Health Professional - PACT Outreach

FTE: 1.0 (full time 40 hrs/wk) Shift: Day: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM OR Swing: 11:30 AM – 8:00 PM Schedule: Sunday - Thursday OR Tuesday - Saturday. Final scheduling assignments will be discussed during the interview process.

PACT (Program for Assertive Community Treatment) is an intensive and highly integrated approach for community mental health service delivery. The multidisciplinary team shares a caseload of individuals who experience symptoms of the most serious forms of mental illness, predominantly but not exclusively the schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Many individuals also experience substance abuse, victimization and trauma, psychiatric hospitalizations, arrests and incarceration, homelessness, and additional significant challenges. The symptoms and complications of mental illnesses lead to serious functioning difficulties in several areas of life, often including work, social relationships, residential independence, money management, and physical health and wellness.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team including mental health professionals, nurses, prescribers, peer counselors, SUD specialists, and vocational staff.

• Deliver recovery-oriented services such as case management, treatment planning, resource assistance, crisis intervention, and group/individual services.

• Assist clients in identifying and accessing resources and collaborate with community resources on behalf of clients.

• Assist clients in the development of healthy coping mechanisms in individual or group settings.

• Conduct risk assessments, develop and implement safety plans, and provide crisis intervention and stabilization services as needed, including facilitating access to inpatient facilities for behavioral health care.

• Provide ongoing support to clients in their homes and community environments.

• Participate in the 24/7 on-call rotation and deliver after-hours support as needed.

This position requires regular driving and mobility in community settings.

Requirements:

• Mastersdegree in social work, psychology, counseling, or related field

• A Mental Health Professional as defined within HB 1724 one of these higher credentials are held:Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), SW Independent Clinical Lic (LICSW)

• Drivers License/Abstract

Position Summary

Responsibilities

• You will complete psychiatric or psychosocial assessments, including mental status exams

• You will develop with the individual in service, an assessment and comprehensive treatment plan that identifies the unique needs of each individual and may provide individual, couples, family, psychoeducation, and group therapy

• You will provide psychotherapy, supportive therapy, i.e. problem solving, role-playing, modeling and support, social skill development, and assertiveness training to increase patient social and interpersonal activities in community settings

• You will document all encounters inpatient electronic health record according to organization policies and procedures; monitor outcome measurements

• You will collaborate with referral sources and other members of the patients clinical team

• You will provide ongoing measurement of the individual in service outcomes and evaluation of intervention effectiveness

Requirements

• Masters degree in social work, psychology, counseling, or related field

• A Mental Health Professional as defined within HB 1724 one of these higher credentials are held: Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), SW Independent Clinical Lic (LICSW)

• Drivers License/Abstract

Pay and Benefit Expectations

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