Therapist, Clinician, Mental Health Specialist

Therapist, Clinician, Mental Health Specialist

Therapist, Clinician, Mental Health Specialist

Role and Summary of Duty

  • Psychiatric rehabilitation skills training
  • Case management
  • Psychotherapy
  • Housing support
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Illness management and recovery
  • Trauma specific services
  • Other evidence based practices

 

Therapist, Clinician, Mental Health Specialist

Team Lead

Team Lead

Please utilize the resources, tools, and training opportunities for
Team Leads offered here.

Role and Summary of Duty

Clinical responsibilities:

  • Clinical supervision for ACT team members
    • Individual (office and field mentoring)
    • Group supervision (entire ACT team present)
  • Direct service (ideally 50% or more of time)
  • Responsible for screening and admission (including ensuring ACT admission criteria

adhere to the National Program Standards).

Managerial:

  • Coordinating day to day work and ensuring accountability
  • Ensuring fidelity to ACT model
  • Tracking outcomes

Leadership:

  • Advocating for ACT within agency (resources, system change, etc.)
  • Promoting ACT model and providing ongoing support / training to team
  • Educating community partners (admission criteria, referral process, etc.)

 

Therapist, Clinician, Mental Health Specialist

ACT Nursing

ACT Nurse Resources

Please utilize the resources, tools, and training opportunities
for ACT nurses offered here.

Role and Summary of Duty

  • RN or LPN
  • Manages medication system
  • Administers medications and injections
  • Screens participants for medication side effects and medical conditions
  • Coordinates care with medical providers
  • Health promotion, prevention, and education activities
  • Educates the team about medications, side effects, and health conditions
  • Provides services in the community

DACUM Chart

Nurse Competencies Project – Please click on the link below for a full description of the ACT Nurse Role

ACT Program Nurse DACUM Chart

 **For ease of viewing, please select “2 page view” when viewing the DACUM Chart pdf

ACT Nurse Competency Assessment

Competency Assessment for ACT Program Nurse