ACT Therapist​/Team Lead

ACT (Assertive Community Treatment Team) Therapist/Team Lead

Full-Time, Monday-Friday, 1st shift

Takes primary responsibility for managing clients’ treatment within a team of clinicians, including the day-to-day operations and clinical guidance for the team. The Therapist Team Lead works with the identified patient population under the direction of the Director of Outpatient Services to deliver psychotherapy and/or other behavioral health services to assigned patients. Understands and utilizes established theoretical framework, as set forth by the various mental health disciplines, to conceptualize and solve mental health and substance abuse problems.

Utilizes organizational processes, policies, and procedures to oversee workflows, facilitate documentation training and foster compliance with organizational standards, and assure staffing needs are met. Uses higher academic training as a basis to learn a wide variety of established mental health and substance use techniques for clients and their families. Where applicable, assures fidelity to evidence-based practice models.

• Screens, completes, and/or facilitates the completion of diagnostic assessments independently or under supervision in accordance with licensure requirements. Make recommendations about patient’s treatment needs based on screening and diagnostic assessment.
• Employs a variety of treatment modalities including individual, group, and family therapy for identified patient population(s). Psychotherapeutic techniques and modalities are appropriately matched for clinical needs and may include the assurances of fidelity adherence as applicable to the position/ team.
• Develops and assures the development of the treatment plan with patients by assessing their strengths and needs, defining their mental health and substance abuse problems, and setting specific goals and objectives to be accomplished during treatment.
• Meets with supervisors, colleagues in other departments, clients’ natural support, and with the treatment team to discuss a patient’s treatment process.
• Is available for crisis work with individuals, groups and families both independently and under supervision. Continuously and accurately assesses each patient’s potential for harming self and/or others to take appropriate action to prevent serious incidents from occurring.
• Works with patient’s families and social networks to accomplish the goals of treatment.
• Works in collaboration with other teams and departments to problem solve and accomplish goals using the chain of command and proper channels to effectively meet client, team, and organizational needs.
• Consults with other community caregivers to strengthen and coordinate social intervention programming.
• Maintains collaborative relationships with community partners, funders, and resources to assure clients and team members have access to the services and consultation opportunities needed.
• Represents the organization favorably within and outside of the organization.
• Assures that documentation reflects the patients’ progress in the clinical record and that the Therapist Team Lead and team members complete all paperwork necessary by MHS policy for professional, administrative, financial and evaluative purposes of monitoring clinical care and of assuring efficient and effective agency operations.
• Participates in quality improvement activities in which the quality of clinical care for the entire agency is monitored by reviewing the clinical charts, reviewing the criteria for admission/continued stay/discharge, performing patient care audits, and investigating adverse occurrences in treatment.
• Screens for healthcare needs and encourage patients and team members to follow up with health care providers and treatment recommendations.
• Reads relevant professional literature and attends conferences, seminars, workshops, and in-service training as required to remain current on best treatment protocols and techniques.
• Is responsible for delivery of number of units of service budgeted to assure the fiscal viability of MHS while also supporting that team members have opportunities clearly defined and provided to meet…