ACT Team Lead (Associate Licensed)
Milledgeville, Georgia•Full-time
About the Job
ACT - Team Lead, Associate License, ACT.
Company Overview:
Company Overview:
At River Edge Behavioral Health in Macon, GA, employees are expected to develop meaningful relationships with patients, establishing trust and making a difference in the lives of clients and their families. We believe in supporting our team as well as our clients with our comprehensive benefits package and a supportive work culture, including health, dental, and vision benefits, paid vacation, retirement plans, and more.
Program Overview:
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based, person-centered, recovery-oriented program that provides highly intensive, community-based support for individuals with serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI). ACT services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and delivered by a multidisciplinary team that integrates rehabilitative, intensive, and stage-specific interventions to promote community living and recovery.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide psychosocial support to individuals and families coping with chronic and acute mental illness in various settings, including client homes, public places, outpatient clinics, and inpatient facilities.
- Educate and counsel clients and their families on mental health management.
- Advise caregivers and make appropriate referrals to community social services.
Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in a social service or related field (Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, Counseling, etc.) — required.
- Licensure in Georgia as one of the following: LAPC, LMSW, LAMFT, LMFT, LPC, or LCSW — required.
- Minimum two (2) years of supervisory or management experience overseeing clinical and/or support staff — required.
Additional Benefits:
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Short and long-term disability coverage.
- 11 Paid holidays.
- Voluntary Life Insurance.