ACT Team Member - Rehabilitation Specialist

At Community Alliance, we believe in the potential of recovery for all individuals with a mental illness and we dedicate our resources to support the journey of each individual we serve.

Community Alliance, offering an integrated health care approach and built on an array of mental health and primary care services, is seeking an ACT Team Member – Substance Use Specialist. Ideal candidates will have passion for working with vulnerable populations and comfortable in collaborating with other professionals to empower clients to achieve self-defined goals.

The ACT Team Member – Rehabilitation Specialist works within the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Program. This program is a mobile, interdisciplinary, clinical team working in an integrated manner rather than as individual practitioners. The team works collaboratively, and in a coordinated manner to deliver the majority of treatment, rehabilitation, and support services needed by the consumer.

• Participation in a comprehensive assessment process, including evaluation of a consumer's past history and current condition, and identification of strengths, needs and goals.
• Utilize motivational conversation strategies and techniques throughout assessment, individualized planning and treatment, and rehabilitation process.
• Develop, implement, evaluate and revise a comprehensive and individualized treatment, rehabilitation and recovery plan for each consumer.
• Assess, identify, and assist consumers in managing symptoms of mental illness and co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders, including clinical and psychological interventions and supports within scope of licensure and expertise as outlined in the individualized, recovery-focused plan of the person served.
• Teach personal, social, daily living, leisure, vocational, educational, and other related community skills.
• Assist in identifying and managing symptoms of mental illness, including medication administration, management and monitoring.
• Participate on an assigned and rotational basis, in after-hours on-call service; respond promptly and effectively to consumer needs and emergency situations within the timeframes and in accordance with program policies and procedures.

• Earned Bachelor’s degree in social work, vocational rehabilitation, education, or other related human service field.
• Demonstrated knowledge of characteristics and needs of persons with a serious mental illness, including persons with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with individuals of diverse backgrounds persons with serious mental illness and co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders, family members, behavioral health professionals, government representatives, and the public at large.
• Demonstrated willingness and ability to work flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and on-call. When and while on-call, must be able to respond in person to client need within thirty minutes or less.
• Possession of current, valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and good driving record.

Hours: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM four times per week, then one late shift 11:30 AM to 8:00 PM once per week. Scheduled on call for one week (carry the phone) and to work one weekend day (8:00 AM to 4:30 PM) approximately every 3 to 4 weeks.