AOT/ACT Therapist
Summary
Provide clinical AOT/ACT therapy for adults with serious mental illness, coordinate care plans, and ensure regulatory compliance while collaborating with treatment teams.
Job Description: Lead Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) and Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) programs and provide therapeutic AOT and ACT services for adult participants with SMI, per the participants’ person-centered recovery plans (PCRPs) to improve treatment adherence and reduce the consequences of non-treatment.
Role and Responsibilities
- Provide direct clinical services for participants assigned to caseload, through the helping process of engagement, assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, and termination, as indicated by the treatment team and PCRP.
- Serve as case coordinator for participants assigned to caseload.
- Maintain understanding of and ensure compliance of all regulatory standards for AOT, ACT, In-Reach, IHope or assigned CSS services.
- Focus on growth, innovation, and program advancement in consultation with the VP CSS and agency vision.
- Recruit referrals and generate referrals to other programs/resources to promote community reinforcement for participants.
- Clinical duties include providing individual therapy, group therapy or crisis services, maintaining EMRs and completing treatment documentation as required.
- Administrative duties include supervision of direct reports, participating in community outreach for CSS services, collaborating with community partners, completing growth goals, data collection, evaluation, and state reports.
- Collaborate with multiple disciplinary treatment teams and maintain collateral contacts with significant others as needed to foster participants’ continuity of care.
- Maintain all requirements for licensure or eligibility per the state licensing board including participation and documentation of clinical supervision.
- Meet agency clinical productivity requirements.
- Serve in after hour on call rotation.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
Must be able to successfully pass background checks and drug screen.
- Master’s degree in psychology, social work or a human service-related field.
- Licensed or license eligible by corresponding Kentucky State Board.
- Clinical experience preferred.
- Experience with SMI population preferred.
Special Requirements
- Travel may be required.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Dependable transportation.