The Licensed Clinical Manager is responsible for leading the (Assertive Community Treatment) ACT Team.

ACT is an Evidence Based Practice that is client-centered, recovery-oriented, and a highly intensive community based service for individuals who have serious and persistent mental illness.  ACT utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to mental health service delivery to individuals with serious and persistent mental illness that significantly impairs their stability and functioning in their natural environments.  The goal of ACT is to provide structure and stability while reducing incidents of psychiatric inpatient admissions, incarcerations, and use of emergency rooms for mental health crises.  Individuals will learn to manage symptoms of their mental illness.  Individuals receiving ACT should experience increases in their social interactions, vocational / educational activities, housing stability, and abilities to manage personal affairs.  There should be subsequent decreases in mental health crises.

The Licensed Clinical Manager serves as the clinical and administrative leader of this program and functions as a practicing clinician.  

§  Directs the day to day clinical operations of the ACT Team Program

§  Leads daily and/or weekly organizational staff meetings and treatment planning meetings

§  Schedules team members and ensures appropriate coverage for day, evening, weekend, holiday on-call hours.

§  Directs and coordinates the client admission process, treatment, rehabilitation and support services of the program in coordination with the psychiatrist

§  Provides clinical supervision

§  Participates in staff recruitment (interview and selection process)

§  Provides leadership, team development and team building activities to create and promote a positive work environment in an effort to engage and retain employees

§  Works with senior leaders to develop, administer and monitor program budgets and ensure program compliance

§  Develop, maintain, and revise program policies, protocols and procedures

§  Provides direct services at least 50% of the time