Behavioral Health Practitioner: Assertive Community Treatment (Act) Housing Specialist

• Location 1321 13th Street North,Saint Cloud, MN, 56303,United States
• Employee Type Full Time

Description

Pay Range:

Behavioral Health Practitioner: Starts at $22.29

Behavioral Health Practitioner + Bachelor's Degree or Higher: Starts at $24.69

Schedule: Full Time:
Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 4:30 pm

CMMHC has a rewarding opportunity to serve as a Behavioral Health Practitioner:
Housing Specialist with our St. Cloud Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team.

If you are looking for a position where you can make a difference beyond the walls of an office, ACT may be the right fit for you.

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a unique, community-based model in which a multidisciplinary team brings services directly to the people we serve. Instead of expecting clients to come to an office for support, ACT team members meet people where they are—in their homes, neighborhoods, workplaces, and communities—and work alongside them to achieve their goals.

As the Housing Specialist, you will be an essential member of this team, helping people with serious and persistent mental illness find, obtain, and maintain housing that is safe, stable, and consistent with their personal goals. You will build relationships, problem-solve alongside clients, advocate with landlords and community partners, and help clients develop the skills and supports they need to successfully live in the community.

This is not a typical office-based housing position. You will spend your time in the community, working directly with clients and collaborating closely with an interdisciplinary team. You will have the opportunity to see the impact of your work in people's everyday lives.

As an active member of an evidence-based clinical team, you will provide medically necessary treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to identified clients with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI).

You will:

• Help people find and maintain a place to call home by assisting with housing searches, applications, supportive housing opportunities, subsidies, and other housing resources.
• Meet clients where they are, providing services in homes, neighborhoods, community settings, and other locations that are meaningful to the client.
• Assess housing-related strengths, needs, preferences, and barriers and help clients build the skills needed to obtain and maintain independent living.
• Advocate for clients to receive the appropriate level of housing and supports while promoting independence, choice, and self-determination.
• Build relationships with landlords, property managers, housing providers, community agencies, families, and other natural supports.
• Help clients navigate challenges that can put housing at risk, including landlord concerns, lease issues, changes in income or benefits, roommate conflicts, and other barriers to maintaining tenancy.
• Support clients through transitions between housing settings and assist with relocation when needed.
• Participate in treatment planning and discharge planning for clients receiving inpatient or Crisis Residential services.
• Provide care coordination within CMMHC and with outside organizations and providers, including entities identified in the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) statutory language related to care coordination.
• Maintain current knowledge of the mental health, housing, medical, financial, and social service systems and connect clients with resources that support their recovery and stability.
• Establish meaningful, trusting relationships with assigned clients and their supports and meet with each client as planned.
• Participate actively in the ACT team's daily operations, including team meetings, consultation, problem-solving, and coordination of services.
• Complete responsibilities related to housing contracts and documentation.
• Under the direction of the Mental Health Professional, develop and maintain client files according to the requirements of Minnesota Statute 256B.0623. Document all services provided accurately, completely, and within required deadlines.
• Work as part of a true multidisciplinary team. ACT team members share responsibility for…