General Responsibilities:
• Develop comprehensive goal plans in conjunction with individuals and family members.
• Provide service coordination for an assigned group of individuals, including coordinating and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment team.
• Assume lead role in the delivery and coordination of substance abuse treatment services.
• Develop, write, implement, evaluate and revise, as necessary, individual's treatment plans in collaboration with the Assertive Community Treatment team.
• Provide individual supportive therapy, psychotherapy and symptom management, ensuring that immediate changes in the treatment plan is made, as necessary.
• Act as a liaison and consult with community agencies and families to maintain coordination in the treatment process.
• Educate and support individual's families and advocate for individual rights and preferences.
• Conduct comprehensive assessment of the following areas:
Family structure and relationships, Psychiatric history, Mental status, Any history of drug and/or alcohol use, Education and Employment, Social development and functioning, Daily living activities, Diagnosis of physical and dental health history
• Document individual's progress while maintaining a permanent record of individual's activity in accordance with policies and regulations.
• Provide treatment, rehabilitation and support services in conjunction with other ACT team members and with direction from staff with specialty training.
• Provide on call crisis intervention as required.
• Perform other related duties as required or assigned.
• Participate in cross training with other specialists as deemed necessary by supervisor.

Psychiatric Treatment and Dual Diagnosis Substance Abuse Services
• Provide systematic and integrated screening and assessment of the individual's mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse disorder and symptoms, as well as responses to treatment,
• Provide interventions that are tailored to the stage of change the individual is currently in.
• Provide ongoing symptom education to enable individuals to identify their mental illness and substance abuse/dependency symptoms.
• Provide direct clinical services, including supportive therapy and psychotherapy to individuals on a one to one, group and family basis to teach behavioral symptom management techniques to alleviate and manage symptoms not reduced with medication and to promote personal growth and development by assisting individuals to adapt and to cope with internal and external stress.
• Modeling skills and individual consultation including cross-training staff to help them identify substance use issues, monitor progress, and provide stage-wise treatment for dual disorders.
Structuring Time and Employment
• Provide individual vocational-supportive counseling to enable individuals to identify vocational strengths and areas to improve upon as well as establish vocational or career goals and plans to reach them.
• Plan, structure and prompt social and leisure time activities on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Organize and lead individual and group social activities to increase social experience and provide opportunities to practice social skills and receive feedback and support.
• Provide mentoring, problem solving and support on and off job site.
• Perform work-related support services, such as wake-up calls, transportation and securing of appropriate clothing.
Activities of Daily Living Services
• Provide ongoing assessment, problem-solving, side-by-side services, skill training, supervision and environmental adaptations to assist individual activities of daily living.
• Assist individuals through education and promotion of good hygiene. (grooming, bathing, brushing teeth, etc.)
• Assist individuals in the procurement of safe and affordable housing and related necessities (utilities, furniture, etc.)
• Support individuals in the performance of household activities (cleaning, organizing, laundry, etc.)
• Provide nutrition education and assistance with meal planning, grocery shopping and meal preparation.
• Ensure that individuals have adequate financial support and teach and promote money management skills.
• Assist individuals in accessing reliable transportation.