What are the responsibilities and job description for the CLINICAL TRAINEE/THERAPIST: ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT (ACT TEAM) position at Central Minnesota Mental Health Center?
WHY CMMHC?
At Central Minnesota Mental Health Center, our team members are our strongest asset. We strive to attract and retain passionate people who want to live out our mission and make a difference in the communities we serve. We are motivated to provide a supportive and caring environment with a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for career development. We are privileged to offer services and employment opportunities at multiple sites within the four-county area. Central Minnesota Mental Health Center is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.
CAREERS INSPIRED TO SUPPORT
CMMHC has a rewarding opportunity to serve as a Clinical Trainee or Therapist within our St Cloud Assertive Community Treatment team. We truly exercise a people first mindset. We know that providing a caring and supportive environment for our clients begins and ends with our employees. We are looking for compassionate people to join our mission. We will offer a great place to work, collaborative team environment, and resources to support your personal and professional development.
HOW YOU’LL MAKE AN IMPACT
As an ACT Team member, each day you will engage with our ACT clients, helping them to have purposeful and fulfilling lives. You will get to know them by assisting with treatment plans that are centered around their own personal strengths, needs, and aspirations for the future. Each team member participates in an on-call team approach to ensure our services are customized to individual needs and staff will respond 24/7.
- Instruct, assist, and support clients in areas such as; interpersonal communication skills, community resource utilization and integration skills, crisis assistance, relapse prevention skills, health care directives, budgeting and shopping skills, healthy lifestyle skills and practices, cooking and nutrition skills, transportation skills, mental illness symptom management skills, household management skills, employment-related skills, and integration into community living.
- Under the supervision of the Team Leader, provide evidence-based individual, group, and family therapy interventions.
- Make changes in the treatment plan to ensure immediate and appropriate interventions are provided in response to changes in mental status/symptoms or behavior which may put the recipient at risk.
- Provide medication monitoring and education regarding health maintenance to encourage a healthy lifestyle. These activities include: assist in maintaining consistent medication regime, deliver medication, discuss purposes and benefits of medications, and report any complaints or distress about medications.
- Work collaboratively with a variety of community providers, employers, landlords, and families.
- Maintain current knowledge of the mental health service system and the ability to locate information and resources for a variety of client needs within the mental health, medical, housing and social services system.
- Participate in daily, mandatory, team meeting as well as all designated team activates.
- Follow all current mandated reporter guidelines.
