Clinician I ACT Team (Vocational Specialist) **SIGN-ON BONUS ELIGIBLE**

Essential Functions

• Provide community-based services to include assessment, therapy, case management, independent living skills, care coordination and crisis response.
• Implement evidenced based treatment interventions to include CBT, CBTp and Motivational Interviewing to promote recovery.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of Individual, Family, and Group treatment interventions.
• Link individuals to community resources to help meet basic needs.
• Provide a minimum of 75% of services in the community.
• Attend daily team meetings and provide updates on any interventions or individual needs within the last 24 hours.
• Effectively collaborate with colleagues to assure client care is occurring as specified by the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) model and the individual service plan.
• Utilize the Individuak Placement and Support (IPS) model while taking the lead role in the provision and coordination of vocational services.
• Provide indivudal and group vocational supportive counseling to enable consumers to identify vocational strengths and problems, establish vocational or career goals and plans to reach them, and recognize and target symptoms of mental illness that interfere with work.
• Complete comprehensive vocational assessments to help the team develop through goals and objectives with special attention to vocational issues.
• Conduct job performance assessments and evaluations, regular with work review sessions with consumers and their employers, on the job supports, crisis assistance contacts and job coaching.
• Conduct diagnostic assessments and service authorization requests.
• Complete individual service plans, progress notes, quarterly reports, annual documents, and discharge plans.
• Evaluate the quality-of-service provision and changes in individuals’ condition.
• Evaluate individuals’ environment for safety, security and negative factors.

Qualifications

• Mental Health-Clinician I (Vocational Specialist) license or eligibility.
• Experience working with seriously mentally ill adults.
• Knowledge of CBT, CBTp and Motivational Interviewing.
• Experience with the IPS model.
• Ability to conduct vocational assessments and job performance evaluations.
• Ability to complete comprehensive vocational assessments.
• Ability to maintain certifications as a prescreener with DBHDS and for medication administration.
• Ability to deliver medication to individuals and monitor medication adherence.
• Ability to conduct diagnostic assessments and service authorization requests.
• Ability to evaluate individuals’ environment for safety, security and negative factors.