Service Coordinator - Assertive Community Treatment

Service Coordinator - Assertive Community Treatment

Exciting opportunities await you as a full-time Service Coordinator with our Assertive Community Treatment team at Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board! This onsite position allows you to make a significant impact in a flexible and collaborative work environment dedicated to client-centric care. You will work alongside a committed team of professionals, enhancing our community's health and well-being while upholding our core values of Empathy, Integrity, and Excellence. With a competitive salary of $51,253, this role not only offers financial stability but also the chance to grow within a premier provider known for its commitment to service. Embrace the chance to lead initiatives that foster a healthy work-life balance and contribute meaningfully to your community.

You will be provided with great benefits such as medical, dental, vision, a flexible spending account, a competitive salary, paid time off, employee discounts, and the Virginia Retirement System. Join us in making a difference; we can't wait to welcome you to our team!

Who Are We? An Introduction

Since 1971, the Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board has provided a comprehensive continuum of high-quality, essential, and community-based services to citizens of the Peninsula who are living with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance use disorders.

Assertive Community Treatment, or ACT, is a team of medical, behavioral health, and rehabilitative professionals who use a team approach to meet the needs of an individual with severe and persistent mental illness. Admission criteria include severe and persistent mental illness, predominantly Schizophrenia, and high service needs to maintain stability.

ACT consists of the following services: service coordination, psychiatric assessment and treatment, medication management, substance use services, counseling/therapy, vocational services, mental health support services, peer support, and representative payee services. ACT services are flexible, and teams offer personalized levels of care for all individuals, adjusting service levels to reflect needs as they change over time.

The goal of ACT is to lessen or eliminate debilitating symptoms of mental illness each client experiences and to minimize or prevent recurrent episodes of illness, assist clients to meet basic needs and enhance their quality of life, improve functioning in adult social and employment roles and activities, increase stability in the community, decrease hospitalizations, and lessen the family's burden of providing care.

What Does a Service Coordinator Do?

As a Service Coordinator in our Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team, you will play a vital role in supporting individuals with severe and persistent mental illnesses, primarily schizophrenia. Your expertise will help provide crisis support and intensive outpatient services that empower clients to maintain stability in their communities, particularly after discharge from psychiatric facilities. You will engage in comprehensive service coordination, performing assessments, treatment planning, and advocating for clients as they navigate their recovery journey.

What Matters Most

To excel as a Service Coordinator within our Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team, a Bachelor's degree in Human Services as Social Work, Psychology, or Counseling is essential. Candidates should possess at least one year of experience in case management or service coordination, demonstrating a solid foundation in addressing the needs of individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. Must be registered with the Board of Counseling to practice as a QMHP or register with the Board of Counseling to practice as a QMHP trainee within the first 30 days of employment.

The knowledge and skills required for the position are:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Services, such as Social Work, Psychology, or Counseling. One (1) year of experience in case management or service coordination services.
• Must be registered with the Board of Counseling to practice as a QMHP or register with the Board of Counseling to practice as a QMHP trainee within the first 30 days of employment

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If you think this role will suit your needs, great! Applying is easy. Good luck-we're excited to meet you!

The selected candidate must successfully pass a criminal history fingerprint background investigation, DMV record check, Child Registry search, drug screening test, and employment reference checks.