Therapist/Case Worker, QMHP

Assertive Community Treatment Program

About the position

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an Evidence-Based Practice designed to provide comprehensive treatment and support services to individuals who are diagnosed with serious mental illness. ACT services are provided by a multidisciplinary team and are designed to be provided in the most integrated setting possible to maximize independence and community integration. ACT Therapists provide direct support to program participants living in rural Cottage Grove and south Lane County. Therapists assist participants in developing and implementing individual plans to overcome barriers in day-to-day challenges and to focus on long term treatment goals for stable wellbeing.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide therapeutic support to clients of the ACT Team

• Build therapeutic relationships with clients and provide individual therapy to clients with severe and persistent mental illness in SLMH’s ACT program. Help clients identify personal strengths and resources needed to acquire skills and supports while healing from past traumas and assist in developing and implementing culturally appropriate individualized plans in collaboration with other ACT team members.

• As a member of the multi-disciplinary ACT treatment team, assist clients with identifying symptoms, goals, and methods for achieving goals.

• Work with clients and team members to provide therapy and support in the environment that provides the best opportunity for success, including conducting therapeutic sessions in the client home, in the community, over the phone, or in the office.

• Provide therapeutic support for clients in the community as they conduct daily living tasks, such as shopping, maintaining a household, or attending medical appointments.

• Assist clients with navigating challenging situations such as relocations.

• Provide crisis support and de-escalation to clients as required.

• Deliver and distribute medications to clients at client homes, or at the office as indicated in the client’s treatment plan.

• Conduct in depth mental health assessments, intakes, and updates for ACT clients, develop individualized support plans, and document services as appropriate.

• Provide skills and support for the client’s natural support network—family, landlords, employers, friends, etc.

• Understand that many clients have been traumatized and strive to constantly provide services from a respectful, trauma-informed perspective.

Participate in the ACT Treatment Team

• Regularly attend ACT team meetings and rounds and collaborate with other ACT team members to identify strategies to provide quality care to ACT clients.

• Coordinate care with other members of the ACT team, as well as other providers, families, courts, schools, etc. as required to assist the client succeed in meeting individual goals.

• Develop mental health assessments and individualized support plans.

• Possibility of carrying a crisis phone on rotation with other team members

• Possibility to work a weekend and holiday with pay differential and holiday bonus pay

• 40 hours, 4- or 5-day work weeks.

Complete administrative and continuing education responsibilities

• Complete all required paperwork, including notes on each session and individual client paperwork, in a timely manner.

• Meet requirements regarding productivity and dependability.

• Coordinate with co-workers and treatment teams, including participating in complex case reviews or family systems reviews as necessary.

• Actively participate in clinical supervision, as well as staff meetings.

• Engage in continuing education activities and trainings and maintain appropriate continuing education credits as required by board and licensure, as well as continually building therapeutic skills.

• Participate in completeness and quality reviews as required.

• As required, positively represent SLMH in the community and with other service providers, and/or act as a liaison with other organizations or with internal committees/cross-departmental teams.

• Perform all duties in a respectful and responsible manner, both with clients and coworkers, and in a manner that meets all professional ethical standards.

• Additional duties as requested.

Qualifications:

Education and Experience

• Master’s degree in the related fields of therapy to include social work, professional counseling, or couples and family therapy.

• LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or the ability to be credentialled as A QMHP through MHACBO in the state of Oregon.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Provide individual, family, or group therapy.

• Ability to respond calmly and professionally in high-stress situations and respond constructively to clients in a mental health crisis.

• Complete a DSM 5 diagnosis.

• Conducting best practice suicide risk assessments and safety planning.

• Write and supervise the implementation of an intensive service plan.

• Ability to conduct in depth mental health assessments according to standards set in Oregon Administrative Rules including identifying precipitating events, gathering histories of mental and physical health, alcohol and drug use, past mental health services and criminal justice contacts, assessing family, cultural, social and work relationships, and conducting a mental status examination.

• Experience working with individuals with severe and persistent mental illness.

• Ability to balance clinical, cultural, and ethical values, particularly as relates to client and staff needs.

• Strong written and oral communications skills.

• Ability to interact with people of all ages and cultural background.

• Be familiar with relevant fidelity requirements, and complete responsibilities in a manner that comports with relevant fidelity standards.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Sound computer skills.

Essential Job Functions

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, move, talk, hear, and manipulate equipment, as well as lift and move objects, equipment, and supplies. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Lift up to 40-50 pounds may occasionally be required, depending on the specific style or type of care provided. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must travel regularly using a personal vehicle to locations throughout the community, including client homes. The employee works in well-lighted, clean environments. The noise level in the work environment is quiet to moderate. May work evenings or weekends. The employee may occasionally work with angry or hostile clients or members of the public, work with toxic substances and biohazards, and be exposed to infectious illnesses.

Equal Opportunity Statements

South Lane Mental Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

We encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and LGBTQIA+ community members. The strength of our organization lies in the diversity of our workforce and the perspectives our employees bring to their work at South Lane Mental Health.

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