ACT Team Leader

Achieve Behavioral Health

Team Leader overseeing ACT program for adults with serious mental illness. Leading multidisciplinary team and managing operations for new service implementation in Monsey, New York.

Posted 7/23/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $95,000 - $105,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading multidisciplinary teams in community-based mental health settings, with a strong focus on evidence-based practices and quality improvement. Holds relevant licensure and extensive experience in managing care for adults with serious mental illness.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Master's DegreeNYS Licensure (LCSW, LMSW, LMHC, RN)5+ Years Experience with Serious Mental IllnessEvidence-Based Practices (Motivational Interviewing, Harm Reduction, Trauma-Informed Care)Supervisory Experience

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Hard Skills

Quality ImprovementChart AuditsDocumentation QualityCAIRS ReportingFidelity Self-Assessment

Soft Skills

Team LeadershipSupervisionCollaborationCommunication

Tools & Technologies

PSYCKES

Certifications & Qualifications

NYS Licensure (LCSW, LMSW, LMHC, RN)

Industry Keywords

ACT ModelAOTCommunity-Based TeamMobile CrisisIntensive Care Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a multidisciplinary team of ~9 (nursing, substance use, vocational, family, and peer specialists plus a psychiatric provider), maintaining fidelity to the OMH ACT model and a 10:1 participant-to-staff ratio
Facilitate the Daily Morning Meeting; provide individual and field-based supervision grounded in evidence-based practice
Build referral relationships with SPOA, hospitals, and community partners; manage 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

What you’ll need

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, including 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 (agency vehicles provided); pre-employment clearances required, including fingerprinting and NYS Justice Center Staff Exclusion List check

Benefits

Comp & perks

comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, life, retirement, PTO)
full ACT Institute training support