ACT Team Specialist EMPACT
About The Position
EMPACT—Suicide Prevention Center, part of the La Frontera Arizona family, is a nonprofit organization providing community services and resources for behavioral health counseling, crisis intervention, and suicide prevention. The ACT Team Specialist is a member of a community-based clinical team serving a specialized population in the Phoenix Metro area. The role supports individualized services that promote members’ independence and recovery goals. The specialist participates in assessments and service plan development, delivers services according to each consumer’s individualized service plan (ISP), and communicates and documents progress toward recovery. Working collaboratively with the clinical team, the specialist engages and educates consumers and coordinates care with consumers, families, behavioral health, medical and dental providers, community resources, and others to help ensure prescribed services are implemented.
Requirements
- Experience working in community behavioral health with adults with serious mental illness is required.
- Be available to work days, weekends, and on-call.
- Have a Fingerprint Clearance card or be eligible to obtain one.
- Hold a valid Arizona driver’s license with no major infractions in the past three years.
- Be at least 21 years old at the time of employment.
Nice To Haves
- A bachelor’s degree in a behavioral health-related field is preferred and meets the qualification for a BHT.
- Experience working on an ACT Team is preferred.
- One year of experience working with SMI is preferred.
- Spanish bilingual skills are a plus.
Responsibilities
- Participate in consumer assessments and individualized service plan development.
- Implement services in accordance with consumers’ individualized service plans.
- Communicate and document consumers’ progress toward recovery.
- Collaborate with the clinical team to engage and educate consumers.
- Coordinate care with consumers, their families, behavioral health, medical and dental providers, community resources, and others.
- Help ensure that services prescribed in the individualized service plan are implemented.
Benefits
- Generous paid time off
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Medical plans (three choices)
- Dental plans (two choices)
- Vision plans (two choices)
- 403(b) retirement plan
- Retirement allowance
- Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
- Company-paid long-term disability
- Voluntary additional life insurance
- Voluntary short-term disability
- Tuition reimbursement
- Licensure reimbursement
- Elder care assistance
- Pet insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
