Job Description:
The PACT Team Leader is a motivated, teamwork-oriented master’s level, licensed practitioner. The Team Leader establishes, administers and directs the Assertive Community Treatment team. The Team Leader will work alongside a dedicated, clinically sophisticated workforce and have opportunities to build clinical best practices and be a part of a long-term team utilizing the principles of wraparound and other evidence-based practices. The ACT Team Leader provides clinical support in the form of clinical assessments, treatment planning, crisis support, individual, group, and family therapy, outreach, case management, and other clinical supports as needed.
The ACT Team Leader collaborates with the team, the individuals enrolled in services, and their collaterals to implement, identify and oversee treatment interventions and support each individuals' personal recovery journey. The PACT Team Leader will provide clinical supervision to ACT team members. The PACT Team Leader will maintain licensure requirements in their field of practice. They will exhibit Open Sky’s commitment to racial equity, justice, diversity, and inclusion in the work they perform.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Master’s degree and professional licensure required in related field.
2+ years of experience working with adults with chronic and persistent mental illness.
Experience in Leadership and program management preferred.
Clinical experience in evidence-based practices is required.
Demonstrated clinical judgement and strong work ethic.
Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
Proficiency with Windows computer environments, including office software such as Word and Outlook.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Maintain fidelity to the ACT model.
Responsible for directing the day-to-day operations of the ACT Program.
Responsible for recruiting, hiring, training, and evaluating program staff.
Direct and coordinate treatment for all individuals enrolled in services.
Provide clinical treatment to individuals enrolled in services including, but not limited to, individual therapy, brief supportive counseling, family therapy, psychoeducation, and case management support.
Provide supervision to program staff to address any clinical or performance needs.
Administer and maintain program budget including monitoring billing and regulatory requirements.
Carry out and document quality assurance activities and review the use of program services.
Develop and support good working relationships with the community including DMH, managed care companies, landlords, and other partner agencies.
Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to coordinate care for people served.
Create and oversee the screening, assessment, and reassessment of people served for risk and protective factors using agency risk assessment protocols and tools.
Create and oversee the development and implementation of Safety Plans and Crisis Prevention and Response Plans.
Build relationships with people served and develop shared understanding of individual goals and steps necessary to achieve goals.
Provide individual, group, or family therapy with people served in line with treatment plan.
Cultivate mutually respectful partnerships, set appropriate limits, and maintain a helping role with people served and family members.
Collaborate with Individuals Served and other stakeholders and collaterals to complete assessments and establish plans of care.
Create, review, and oversee the assessments and person-centered care plans for clinical appropriateness, appropriate service referral/utilization and integration across all health domains.
Establish and maintain relationships with applicable Care Coordination Entities, Emergency Service Providers, outpatient clinics, and other providers/entities to share information and ensure that the needs of the person are fully met.
Assess progress against the care plan goals, work to continuously identify and resolve barriers; make recommendations for modifications as…