Mobile Mental Health Clinician — ACT Team

St. Luke's University Health Network; Pottstown (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke’s University Health Network in Pottstown, PA is seeking an ACT Mental Health Professional to join a multidisciplinary Assertive Community Treatment Team.

You will provide in vivo services, psychotherapy, and crisis support to individuals with severe mental illness in the community, including home visits and coordination with families and providers. Requirements include a Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or related field and at least two years of direct-service experience,

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, psychology, counseling, or other recognized clinical graduate degree.

Responsibilities

• Meet with ACT participants—in their homes and other community venues—to provide in vivo services which improve the participants’ quality of life and maintain community tenure.
• Provide medication service—including delivery of medications and observation of ingestion—as directed by the team psychiatrist, nursing staff, and Team Leader.
• In collaboration with other members of the ACT staff, provide service coordination for an assigned group of clients.
• Provide on-call crisis services on a rotating schedule—cover program needs.
• Complete documentation of all services in the electronic health record, in accordance with program and Network standards.
• Work weekend, evening, and holidays on a rotating schedule—to cover program needs.
• Cross-train with other ACT Specialties to provide other services to the ACT participants.
• Assess participant history and develop treatment plans; provide individual and supportive counseling.
• Provide one-on-one psychotherapy in the field to individuals with severe mental illness.
• Provide group psychotherapy to ACT participants; promote stability and symptom management.
• Support ACT participants and train team members in crisis management.

Education

Master’s degree in social work, psychology, counseling, or other recognized clinical graduate degree

Job description

St. Luke’s University Health Network in Pottstown, PA is seeking an ACT Mental Health Professional to join a multidisciplinary Assertive Community Treatment Team.

You will provide in vivo services, psychotherapy, and crisis support to individuals with severe mental illness in the community, including home visits and coordination with families and providers. Requirements include a Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or related field and at least two years of direct-service experience,