PACT Clinician

Position Summary: The PACT Clinician provides psychosocial support as a part of a multidisciplinary team to individuals with psychiatric experiences and mental illness. The PACT clinician serves both as a primary case manager for a small caseload (3-4 individuals) and provides 1:1 and group sessions to clients in other areas (wellness, vocational, family support, spirituality, social, addictions etc) mostly in a community based setting.

Qualifications Required:
Master's degree in relevant field required
Post secondary school education and training, including internships and other supervised practical experiences in a clinical or rehabilitation setting with persons with severe and persistent mental illness Must be licensed or certified to work in the field, abide by a code of ethical and practice standards and be committed to a process of lifetime knowledge and skills development. (LCSW, LICSW, LMHC, LMFT recommended)
Must have skills and competencies to establish supportive trusting relationships with persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses as well as family and other members or the clients' network
Must have valid driver's license, dependable automobile and a clean drivers record

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Provide service coordination (case management) for an assigned group of clients including coordinating and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment team (ITT).
Assume primary responsibility for developing, writing, implementing, evaluating and revising overall treatment goals and plans in collaboration with the client and the ITT
Provide individual side by side support, counseling, therapy and symptom management, ensuring immediate changes are made in the treatment plan as clients' needs change
Educate and support clients' families and advocate for clients' rights and preferences
Conduct holistic and comprehensive assessment along with other team members
Act as liaison and consult with community agencies and families to maintain coordination in the treatment process
Provide education and opportunity to other team members to engage in and learn about expressive therapies work (in-service training, staff wellness days, etc)
With other team members, participate in on-call rotation for crisis intervention/support 7days/wk, 24hrs/day.
Document client progress to maintain a permanent record of client activity according to established methods and procedures.