Mental Health Professional - Acute Community Treatment Team

ENVISION UNLIMITED

Are you looking to make a difference in people’s lives? Do you want to learn and grow professionally while experiencing meaningful work?

Join our community mental health and wellness program and help people achieve success every day. Envision is a premier provider of recovery based mental health services in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. We inspire hope, inspiration and resiliency to hundreds of people each year.

Description:

ACT is the integration of crisis intervention; treatment services and rehabilitative supports focused on skill building and stabilization to promote and maintain community living. ACT services are available to the client 24/7 are provided by a multidisciplinary team under the direction of an LPHA, and include the following rehabilitative services: 1) All Mental Health services funded by Medicaid that an MHP-level staff member can provide, 2) crisis services, 3) medication services, and 4) individual and group therapy 5) all Case Management services.

General Functions:

The Clinician will serve as a member of a multi-disciplinary team providing comprehensive mental health services to clients transitioning from Psychiatric Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Facilities and community clients in need of a higher level of care.  Clinician will be responsible for completing a comprehensive mental health assessment which also include LOCUS, SLOF and other tools to arrive at a mental health diagnosis. A treatment plan will also be completed based on assessed needs. The clinician will be providing individual and group therapy, medication training, skill building, crisis intervention and case management services with clients using a recovery model in a home/community-based model.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team to implement recovery-oriented services to clients using evidenced based practices.
• Work collaboratively with team leader and staff attending case staffings and clinical meetings as needed. 
• Engage clients in assessment and treatment planning process together with the ACT team
• Provide services needed to achieve psychiatric stability including crisis intervention, therapy, medication training, community support and case management services
• Work with staff to facilitate individual and group skill building activities to aid clients to achieve recovery goals and promote community living at highest potential possible
• Assist clients to secure and maintain entitlements
• Develop and implement therapeutic recreational opportunities for clients
• Enter progress notes in Envision’s Electronic Health Record System (Quantum).
• Complete required productivity targets and documentation on a timely basis
• Participates in a rotational after hours on call system, with additional compensation
• Work with leadership team to manage client recruitment, prior authorization and on-going utilization management and other administrative requirements of the program

Minimum Qualifications:

Master’s Degree in social work, counseling, psychology or related field. Will consider bachelor level staff with extensive mental health experience.  Experience working with substance abuse and or CADC a plus. Experience in working directly with clients with severe mental or physical illness also preferred. Must be able to work with diverse populations with multi-faceted needs. Excellent written and oral communication skills needed, with demonstrated ability to engage clients. Valid driver’s license, with insured automobile to travel to multiple locations required. Knowledge of Medicaid rule 132/140 a plus.

ABOUT ENVISION UNLIMITED:

Envision Unlimited is a large, non-profit agency with locations across the Chicago Metropolitan Areas. We have decades of experience working with clients who experience developmental disabilities or severe, and persistent mental health challenges. We provide psychiatry, outpatient mental health, residential and day treatment within our mental health division.

Envision Unlimited offers competitive salaries and a generous benefit package to our professionals:

Flexible Schedule

Blue Cross/Blue Shield Medical Coverage: HMO, PPO

Dental and Vision Insurance Options 

Company paid Life Insurance

12 Paid Holidays + Birthday Off

Paid vacation, sick time and personal days

401K plan

In house training and CEU’s

Employee Assistance Network

Support for pursuing clinical licensure (financial and time off)

Opportunity for career growth & development