• Actively participates in team processes, including attending at least one full team meeting per week

• Typically meets with participants at least monthly to assess symptoms and response to the medications
• Provides diagnostic and medication education to participants with medication decisions based on shared decision making

• Provides brief therapy
• Conducts home and community visits

The Substance Use Disorder Specialist on an ACT team must:

• Have a minimum of one year of training OR clinical experience in substance abuse treatment (individual treatment, group treatment, substance abuse assessment)
• Training:  Someone with a State certification or licensure in substance abuse counseling meets the training experience requirement.  If the training was not part of State licensure, then the SA specialist must have also received supervision specifically related to the provision of SA services from a licensed SA specialist for one year.
• Clinical experience:  The clinical experience must have included supervision related to the provision of substance abuse services from a licensed SA provider.  During the one year of clinical experience, the primary job duty of the SA specialist was to provide SA services (i.e. at least 50% of direct service time involved the provision of SA services).
• Has been trained on and utilizes an evidence based integrated dual disorder treatment model
• Well versed in stages of change, harm reduction, motivational interviewing ,and matching treatment to stage
• Performs substance abuse assessments
• Provides 1:1 substance abuse treatment
• Facilitates dual disorder treatment groups
• Expected to spend 80% of their total FTE providing substance abuse treatment services to ACT participants

• Conducts educational profile assessments
• Provides educational resource development on college campuses
• Supports participants in pre-enrollment, higher education navigation and exploration, and obtaining achievement in educational goals
• Supports participants to pursue career oriented goals through education and training opportunities

• Has at least one year of training and / or supervised experience specific to providing vocational services

• Follows the IPS Supported Employment fidelity model
• Conducts career profile assessments
• Job develops to find competitive jobs in the community
• Supports ACT participants in all phases of seeking, acquiring, and maintaining competitive employment
• Supports participants to pursue education goals

• Has a mental health diagnosis for which they have received treatment
• Has similar lived experience to the population being served (significant mental health challenges / psychiatric diagnosis; co-occurring diagnosis)
• Is willing to self-disclose as part of their role on the team
• Performs the 5 functions defined on the OCEACT fidelity scale.
  • Coaching and consultation to consumers to promote recovery and self-direction
  • Facilitating wellness management and recovery strategies
  • Participating in all ACT team activities as an equal professional
  • Modeling skills for and providing consultation to fellow team members
  • Providing cross training to other team members in recovery principles and strategies