Mental Health Professional Therapist - ACT (Assertive Community Treatment) - Chester County

St. Luke's University Health Network•Exton, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The ACT/FACT Mental Health Professional is a member of a multidisciplinary Assertive Community Treatment Team. The role provides supportive services—including outreach, monitoring, assessment, service planning, support network building, consultation to families, side-by-side skills training, and instruction in the use of community resources and referrals. It also provides specialized psychotherapy to individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. The professional works with participants in their homes and other community settings to improve quality of life and support community tenure. Services include help with activities of daily living, budgeting, housing stability, benefits and entitlements, meal planning and grocery shopping, transportation, coaching, and accompaniment to appointments and community activities. The role also provides medication services as directed by the team psychiatrist, nursing staff, and Team Leader; coordinates services for assigned clients; and develops, implements, evaluates, and revises treatment goals. The role provides individual and group psychotherapy using evidence-based strategies, as well as counseling and support for symptom management, recovery, and crisis management. It includes rotating on-call, weekend, evening, and holiday coverage; timely electronic health record documentation; and cross-training with other ACT specialties. The position is full-time and based at the Exton, Pennsylvania office, with services also delivered in participants’ homes and community settings.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work, psychology, counseling, or another recognized clinical graduate degree.
At least two years of direct-service experience with individuals with mental health diagnoses.
Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and a driving record compliant with St. Luke’s University Health Network policy.
Good physical and mental health; visual and auditory acuity required to provide comprehensive care.
Ability to perform heavy work, including occasionally lifting or carrying up to 50 pounds and sitting, standing, and/or walking at least six hours in an eight-hour workday.
Frequent stooping, crouching, and grasping; occasional fine manipulation.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with individuals with forensic involvement and/or co-occurring substance disorders.

Responsibilities

Meet ACT participants in their homes and community venues to provide in vivo services that improve quality of life and maintain community tenure.
Assist participants with activities of daily living, budget planning and money management, stable housing, access to benefits and entitlements, meal planning and grocery shopping, transportation, side-by-side coaching, and accompaniment to appointments and community activities.
Provide medication services, including medication delivery and observation of ingestion, as directed by the team psychiatrist, nursing staff, and Team Leader.
Coordinate services for an assigned group of clients in collaboration with other ACT staff.
Develop, write, implement, evaluate, and revise treatment goals.
Provide individual and supportive counseling to assist with symptom management.
Provide rotating on-call crisis coverage, including primary and back-up responsibilities, as directed by the Team Leader.
Complete timely documentation of services in the electronic health record in accordance with program and Network standards.
Work weekends, evenings, and holidays on a rotating schedule to cover program needs.
Cross-train with other ACT specialties to provide services such as housing and vocational support.
Assess each participant’s history of mental health symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment, and assist in developing a mental health wellness plan to decrease hospitalization and maintain community tenure.
Provide individual, in-the-field psychotherapy to people with severe and persistent mental illness using evidence-based strategies such as Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Use Harm Reduction techniques and other strategies aligned with participants’ current Stage of Change for recovery.
Provide group psychotherapy to address symptoms and build symptom-management skills.
Provide primary support and cross-training to ACT team members in symptom and crisis management to promote stability and community tenure.
Perform other duties as assigned.