About the Role
Achieve Behavioral Health is launching a new 68-capacity Adult Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team under a NYS Office of Mental Health contract. This senior role is for a clinician-leader to own the program launch end-to-end, including recruiting the team and shaping policies, workflows, and culture. The program serves adults with serious mental illness in Rockland County, extending Achieve's established care.
Responsibilities
- Lead a multidisciplinary team of approximately 9 specialists, maintaining fidelity to the OMH ACT model and a 10:1 participant-to-staff ratio.
- Facilitate the Daily Morning Meeting and provide individual and field-based supervision grounded in evidence-based practice.
- Build referral relationships with SPOA, hospitals, and community partners, managing a measured admission pace to full census.
- Monitor adherence for participants under court-ordered AOT and coordinate with the county AOT team.
- Oversee documentation quality, CAIRS reporting, chart audits, and the annual fidelity self-assessment.
- Use PSYCKES and program data to drive quality improvement.
- Ensure 24/7 clinical consultation coverage and share in the team's rotating on-call schedule.
Requirements
- Master's degree with current NYS licensure (LCSW, LMSW, LMHC, etc.); OR NYS-licensed RN; OR licensed physician.
- 5+ years serving adults with serious mental illness.
- 2+ years of supervisory experience.
- Experience on a multidisciplinary community-based team (e.g., ACT, AOT, mobile crisis, intensive care management).
- Demonstrated competency in evidence-based practices such as motivational interviewing, harm reduction, and trauma-informed care.
- Valid driver's license.
- Pre-employment clearances required, including fingerprinting and NYS Justice Center Staff Exclusion List check.
Skills
- Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) model fidelity
- Evidence-based practices
- Motivational interviewing
- Harm reduction
- Trauma-informed care
- Clinical supervision
- Program administration
- Quality improvement
- Documentation
- CAIRS reporting
- Chart audits
- PSYCKES
- Team leadership
Location
- Rockland County
- Orange County
Work Type
- Mobile
- Community-based
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior role
- Not a first leadership position
Education Level
- Master's degree
- NYS licensure (LCSW, LMSW, LMHC, etc.)
- NYS-licensed RN
- Licensed physician
Salary/Compensations
- $95,000–$105,000
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Life insurance
- Retirement plan
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Full ACT Institute training support
About the Company
- Achieve Behavioral Health has been serving people since 1981.
- Achieve is one of New York's original CCBHC demonstration sites.
- Achieve is a 650-person organization serving more than 5,300 people annually across Rockland and Orange Counties.
