Children’s Assertive Community Treatment Community; ACT Counselor

Description

Fulfill your purpose at CLM:

CLM provides the area's most comprehensive array of mental health services for children and their families. Our multi-disciplined treatment team works with individuals ages 3 – 21 who experience mental illness and/or serious emotional difficulties. Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidence‑based practice that provides an intensive and highly integrated approach to community mental health services. ACT support helps at‑risk children, youth and their families bring about positive change in symptoms and behaviors that impact school, relationships, living arrangements, and overall wellbeing.

ACT reduces mental health crisis, unnecessary hospitalization, encounters with law enforcement, involvement in the juvenile justice system, and out of home residential placement. The Children’s ACT Community Support Counselor provides outpatient community‑based support to assist client’s with improving symptoms and behaviors that otherwise interfere with age‑appropriate development, functioning and wellness goals. This is a full time, 40 hour per week position.

• Provide counseling and Functional Support Services (FSS) in the home, school or other community‑based setting as deemed appropriate for the objectives, interventions and desired outcomes identified in the client’s treatment plan.
• Provide Individual Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBSI) to develop, apply, and reinforce coping strategies to reduce and/or ameliorate symptoms and behaviors that interfere with functioning and goal achievement.
• Encourage engagement in and provide Family Training and Counseling (FTC) services to educate and promote how to best support the client’s resiliency and recovery toward treatment goals.
• Provide Crisis Intervention (CI) when clients experience acute exacerbation of symptoms to ensure their safety within the home and/or community.
• Provide timely documentation on each service delivered.
• Work collaboratively with other ACT Team members, natural supports, and external providers (school, primary and specialty care physicians, legal system, etc.) to ensure wrap‑around services are in alignment with the ACT model to meet client needs.
• Provide 22 hours of billable service each week to meet 55% of direct service key performance indicator (eligible for incentive pay upon exceeding productivity expectation).
• Serve on appropriate committees, both internal and external, as determined by supervisor.
• Function professionally and in a manner that protects the integrity, confidentiality and rights of all patients.
• Execute all required services and documentation in accordance with agency policies and federal/state standards.
• Maintain professional memberships, licenses, accreditation, certifications, etc.
• Represent CLM in a professional and appropriate manner in all settings.
• Perform all other duties as assigned by supervisor.

A majority of the work will be visiting clients in the community and also in their homes. The ability to actively engage with children and conduct interactive play within a therapeutic setting is required. Manual dexterity is needed to use computers. The ability to sit for extended periods of time is required. Reliable transportation, a clean driving record, and proof of auto insurance coverage is required.

At Center for Life Management, we offer a robust benefits package because caring for our staff is just as important as caring for our clients. Benefits for benefits eligible employees include:

• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• Health Reimbursement Arrangement
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid earned time (3 weeks in year one, caps at 6 weeks)
• Paid holidays (8) with bonus birthday holiday in your birth month
• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan with 3% company contribution upon 1 year of employment
• Life Insurance paid by company
• Short- and Long‑Term Disability paid by company
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance paid by company
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), accessible to staff and their natural supports
• Company issued cell phone and laptop as needed for role
• Scholarship…