Certified Peer Specialist - Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team - Gwinn/Rockdale/Newton Co.

View Point Health Job Title: Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) Job Code: SST012/Client Support Worker 3 Shift: Full-Time (40 hours per week on average) Job Hours: Times May Vary Base Location: Gwinnett/Rockdale/Newton/Dekalb/Fulton Counties (Based on area of assignment) Division/Department/Program: Assertive Care Treatment Program (ACT) View Point Health is a community behavioral health center utilizing a team of psychiatrists, nurses, licensed counselors and social workers, as well as other professionals to provide services to individuals who need treatment and support to cope with mental illness, substance abuse, and intellectual and developmental disabilities.

View Point Health serves uninsured, underinsured, low-income Medicaid, Medicare, war veterans and some private insurance across multiple locations with a full continuum of behavioral health services and support.

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) uses a multidisciplinary team approach to provide intensive mental health treatment services to individual with severe and persistent mental illness in their homes and other community settings--24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

ACT's goal is to keep individuals in hospitals, jails, emergency rooms, and other institutions.

ACT teams are comprised of psychiatrists, nurses, licensed therapists, care coordinators, substance abuse treatment counselors, vocational specialists, and certified peer specialists who work closely together to provide integrated and outreach-oriented services to address all aspects of the individual's health and productivity in the community.

Team members stay in close contact with individuals; 3 to 4 visits a week and are able to respond quickly with additional services and support if circumstances arise with specific needs.

ACT Team members receive specialized training on how to identify crises before they arise and to immediately respond accordingly to ensure the safety of the individual Duties & Responsibilities: Provides intensive case management services for consumers with severe and persistent behavioral health disorders.

Typically, the goal is prevention of hospitalization or other out-of-home placements.

Provides services primarily in community settings: home, school and other service settings.

Conducts face-to-face comprehensive assessments to identify problems and service needs.

Utilize their personal recovery experience as a tool in providing support to consumers in meeting daily recovery goals and during crisis episodes.

Function as part of an interdisciplinary team to provide indirect and direct clinical and supportive services.

Provides and bills only those consumer services that are authorized in the service plan.

Arranges appointment schedule at optimal intervals to maximize use of work time.

Monitors consumer progress and compliance with the service plan.

Writes timely progress notes that relate directly to the treatment outcomes described in the service plan.

Assembles, analyzes and inte...