PACT Clinician

PACT Clinician

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