Licensed Social Worker-ACT

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Social Worker (LMSW / LCSW / LMHC)

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based practice model designed to provide treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to individuals who are diagnosed with a severe mental illness and whose needs have not been well met by more traditional mental health services. The ACT team provides services directly to an individual that are tailored to meet his or her specific needs.

ACT teams are multi-disciplinary and include members from the fields of psychiatry, nursing, psychology, social work, substance abuse, and vocational rehabilitation. Based on their respective areas of expertise, the team members collaborate to deliver integrated services of the clients' choice, assist in making progress towards goals, and adjust services over time to meet clients' changing needs and goals. The staff-to-client ratio is small (one clinician for every ten clients), and services are provided 24-hours a day, seven days a week, for as long as they are needed.

ACT teams deliver comprehensive and flexible treatment, support, and rehabilitation services to individuals in their natural living settings rather than in a hospital or clinic setting. This means that interventions and skills teaching is carried out at the locations where individuals live, work, and socialize and where support is needed. ACT teams share responsibility for the people they serve and use assertive engagement to proactively engage individuals in treatment.

Requirements

• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to provide services consistent with the ACT model
• Participate in daily team meetings to review and plan client services
• Provide the expected number of services to clients each month, 80% of which are in the community
• Complete required documentation in a timely and high-quality manner
• Work collaboratively with clients, their families, and community partners to assist clients in achieving their treatment and recovery goals
• Coordinate client care through close involvement with hospitals, substance use treatment facilities, etc.
• Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on a rotating basis
• Complete immediate needs assessments, comprehensive psychosocial assessments, individualized service plans, and crisis / relapse prevention plans
• Conduct specialized clinical assessments of violence risk, suicide risk, substance use, trauma, and criminogenic needs
• Use evidence-based treatments in the areas of mental health and substance abuse to address client needs (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy, harm reduction, motivational interviewing, trauma-informed care)
• Provide services to assist clients with needs such as family support, housing, entitlements, employment, education, vocational interests, community integration, and connection to physical health care
• Provide services to assist clients with needs such as legal advocacy, navigating the criminal justice system, coordination with legal agencies