ACT Employment Specialist

About the role

As an employment specialist on an ACT team, you will provide support to members with serious mental illness to achieve self-sufficiency and recovery. Your responsibilities include direct job development training, employment support services, and teaching activities to enhance members' skills and independence.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct services to a small caseload of members, developing plans to help them reach their goals and reviewing their progress daily.
• Work with the ACT clinical team to engage, educate, communicate, and coordinate care with members, their families, healthcare providers, and other stakeholders.
• Pursue best practice outcomes across various areas of life, including education, employment, community tenure, social networks, independent living, and reduced substance use.

Requirements

• Education and certification: Master's or bachelor's degree in behavioral health or related field, or associate's degree plus relevant experience, or high school diploma plus three years' experience.
• Experience: One year working with seriously mentally ill adults, one year experience with job development and employment services, and a valid Arizona driver's license and car insurance.
• Certifications: Current CPR, First Aid, and Therapeutic Options certifications.
• Age: At least 21 years old.

Compensation and Benefits

This position offers a fair, competitive salary, medical, dental, and vision insurance, a Health Savings and Flex Spending account, paid sick, vacation, and holiday time, tuition reimbursement, a retirement plan with company match, disability insurance, basic life insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program. Employees also receive employee discounts.

About Southwest Network

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to providing integrated behavioral and physical health services for whole health and wellness. Our Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program focuses on providing intensive, frequent, face-to-face services to members with persistent and severe mental illness or substance use disorders. We aim to improve outcomes for those most at-risk of homelessness, psychiatric hospitalization, and institutional recidivism.

About Our Adult Services Division

We help adults with serious mental illness achieve recovery through community treatment and habilitation. Our services focus on improving outcomes in areas such as education, employment, community tenure, social networks, independent living, and reduced substance use. We provide integrated health services, care, and support to help individuals and families achieve their goals for wellness and hope.