Job Description
ACT - Team Lead, Associate License, ACT. 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.