The City of Virginia Beach Department of Human Services is seeking to hire a candidate for the ACT Clinician position who is highly ambitious and motivated with a passion to help others for the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program. The ideal candidate for these positions will be licensed as a LPC, LCSW, or license eligible, have experience providing community-based or in-home services to consumers with serious mental illness and or co-occurring disorders to include experience with providing skills training for activities of daily living, linking consumers to community resources, and providing crisis intervention and or hospital discharge planning.    

Duties:

• Provide intensive community treatment and community-based services to consumers diagnosed with serious mental illness and/or co-occurring disorders. 
• Provide comprehensive assessments for persons with chronic mental illness and co-occurring disorders to determine services and supports needed to promote safety and stability in the community.
• Develop individualized treatment plans that respond to the needs of the person served and coordinates service delivery that coincides with the treatment plan. 
• Provide linkage, monitoring, and coordination of services such as medical care, specialized therapy, residential and housing support, vocational readiness and placement, residential crisis stabilization, etc.  
• Assist consumers with attending appointments with Social Security, Social Services, landlords, and other community support services appointments and meetings.
• Serve as the primary care coordinator (SAI) for a caseload of 10-15 ACT Consumers.
• Provide supportive counseling, outreach home visits, crisis intervention and advocacy.
• Provide individual, group, family rehabilitative and supportive counseling, independent living training, and emergency/crisis intervention.
• Assist in the provision of medical services, such as delivering and monitoring medications, scheduling for and transportation to psychiatric and medical appointments and requesting medical records. 
• Assist with TDOs and is present at hearings for ACT Team consumers. Assists and participates in all hospital diversion, hospital in-reach, and hospital discharge and re-integration services.
• Provide case and program consultation to individuals, organizations, agencies, groups, etc. that are involved with Virginia Beach ACT consumers.
• Participate in team meetings, clinical case reviews and supervision. Provides mental health educational materials and programs to consumers and staff.
• Maintain QA documentation standards in accordance to agency, DMAS and licensure regulations.
• Provide emergency assessment, treatment and collaboration during work hours and via the ACT emergency phone rotation. 

Work Schedule - Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, one evening shift, 11:30 am - 8:00 pm, and alternating weekend day.

• $1,000 will be awarded in the first paycheck.
• $1,250 will be awarded upon completion of the six (6) month interim performance evaluation with an overall rating of “Meets Expectations”.
• $1,750 will be awarded upon completion of the employee’s one (1) year probationary period and a performance evaluation with an overall rating of “Meets Expectations”.

 This position is also eligible to receive a $6,000 annual stipend to be paid in installments over the 26 pay periods.

The City offers a generous benefits package, which includes health, dental and life insurance, retirement and savings plans, maternity/paternity and parental leave, holidays and Paid-Time-Off.