ACT Team Family Specialist/Psychotherapist- LMSW, LGPC, LGMFT, LGPAT, LGADC

Healing Hope Community, Inc. (HHCI) is one of Maryland’s newest non-profit mental health organizations. HHCI prides itself in being a clinician-led organization committed to strengthening and enhancing the lives of individuals experiencing mental health challenges in the community. We aspire to be a leading non-profit mental health organization that prioritizes the needs of our clients and personnel, which ultimately places everyone in a position to be successful and thrive in their environments.

HHCI is in search of a Family Specialist (FS) for its Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team. This position is currently remote and field-based, but will require the FS to report to the office (located in Baltimore, MD) as needed. Remote work capabilities are available for as long as tele-health services are permitted by HHCI’s regulators and funding sources. The need to report to the office will be determined and communicated to the FS by the Clinical Director (CD)/CEO.

Position Summary:

The Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team FS provides ACT services to a mutually shared caseload of ACT clients within HHCI’s treatment and recovery services division. The FS is responsible for utilizing evidence-based practices to assist their clients with meeting their treatment and recovery goals, and operating within the scope of their profession. This includes providing client psychoeducation, family/natural support psychoeducation, motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior techniques, and trauma-informed care.

Responsibilities:

• Provide ACT services to each admitted client of the ACT team at least monthly
• Conduct psychosocial assessments within 30 days of admission for newly admitted clients, and annually thereafter for existing clients
• Conduct additional mental health assessments as needed and directed by the CD
• Coordinate referrals for additional support for admitted clients
• Accompany clients to appointments, if needed
• Enter, sign, and submit all electronic clinical documentation to the CD within 24 hours of the encounter with the client, including progress notes and assessments
• Conduct intake screenings for prospective clients
• Prepare for, attend, and participate in daily team meetings
• Engage in person-centered treatment planning with clients
• Conduct requested self-audits of charts for assigned clients, as well as unplanned chart audits
• Collaborate with consented external providers and internal personnel regarding the treatment goals of mutually shared clients
• Involve consented collateral contacts into the client’s treatment and care, including offering family therapy/counseling as needed and permitted by the client
• Complete required trainings within established timeframes
• Rotate the 24-hour on-call ACT phone with other members of the team
• Comply with all relevant standards and regulations of HHCI, the state of Maryland’s Behavioral Health Administration (BHA), The Joint Commission, HIPAA
• Perform other duties as requested by the CD

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW), Mental Health Counseling (MHC), Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT), Creative Arts Therapy (CAT), Counseling Psychology, Clinical Professional Counseling, or a related field from an accredited master’s program
• Licensure in the state of Maryland as a: LMSW, LGPC, LGMFT, LGPAT, LGADC, LCSW, LCSW-C, LCPC, LCMFT, LCPAT, or LCADC
• A minimum of 1 year of providing evidence-based family counseling/therapy within the mental/behavioral health sector
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Access), electronic health records, and the use of computers/laptops

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong preference for experience working with a multi-disciplinary mobile team

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $80,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Application Question(s):

• Are you willing to conduct home visits? If not, this opportunity is not a good fit for you.
• Are you licensed in the state of Maryland as a LMSW, LGPC, LGMFT, LGPAT, LGADC, LCSW, LCSW-C, LCPC, LCMFT, LCPAT, or LCADC?
• While the position is part-time and until it becomes full-time, are you available to participate in a daily team meeting at either 9am or 4pm from Monday-Friday?
• While this position is currently remote and field-based, it requires the incumbent to report to the office as needed. Are you able to fulfill this requirement?

Education:

• Master's (Required)

Experience:

• family counseling/therapy: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Baltimore, MD 21201

Salary : $80,000 - $100,000