ACT Team Lead: Lead Community-Based Recovery Services

Mental Illness Recovery Center; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation and sick leave

Paid holidays

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Employer-paid life insurance

Employer-paid long-term disability

401(k) retirement plan with employer 6

Voluntary short-term disability

Job summary

MIRCI in Columbia, SC seeks an ACT Team Lead to guide a multidisciplinary team delivering recovery-oriented, community-based services to adults and youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Under the Chief Clinical Officer, you will oversee clinical and administrative operations, ensure fidelity to the ACT model, coordinate treatment, and collaborate with partners to promote stability and independence.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in counseling, social work, or related mental health field.
• Three (3) years of direct experience working with adults diagnosed with serious and persistent mental illness.
• Valid South Carolina licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW), or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT).

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical, administrative, and operational leadership for the ACT program, including staffing, caseload assignments, scheduling, service coverage, and coordination of client care.
• Supervises, coaches, and evaluates ACT team members and interns through supervision, training, and performance management, ensuring standards are met.
• Leads daily treatment team meetings, case staffing, and treatment planning activities; coordinates interventions to respond to changing client needs.
• Provides direct clinical and community-based services, including assessment, therapy, case management, crisis intervention, and treatment planning in homes, hospitals, and community settings.
• Oversees development and review of individualized treatment plans and recovery goals, ensuring person-centered services across needs ( housing, benefits, medical, etc.).
• Collaborates with hospitals, housing providers, social services, courts, families, and partners to promote continuity of care and recovery.
• Ensures compliance with CARF, ACT fidelity, Medicaid, and SC DHHS requirements; maintains documentation and regulatory standards.
• Monitors program performance, service quality, and client outcomes; identifies improvement opportunities and implements actions.

Skills

Leadership

ACT model fidelity

Clinical supervision

Community-based care

Crisis intervention

Regulatory compliance

Education

Master's degree in counseling, social work, or related mental health field

Job description

MIRCI in Columbia, SC seeks an ACT Team Lead to guide a multidisciplinary team delivering recovery-oriented, community-based services to adults and youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Under the Chief Clinical Officer, you will oversee clinical and administrative operations, ensure fidelity to the ACT model, coordinate treatment, and collaborate with partners to promote stability and independence.