Outreach Worker – Mental Health Services

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ACCS Outreach Worker providing community integration support for individuals with mental health conditions. Collaborating with intervention teams to deliver targeted skills teaching and wellness support.

Posted 7/17/2026full-timePlymouth • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $24 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in providing support and interventions for individuals with psychiatric disabilities, utilizing evidence-based practices such as Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral interventions. Capable of fostering professional relationships with community resources while promoting self-management and access to services.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Crisis InterventionMotivational InterviewingCognitive Behavioral InterventionsMedication Administration Program (MAP)Bilingual/Bicultural Skills

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Hard Skills

Skills TeachingSymptom ManagementSafety PlanningDocumentation of ServicesCommunity Resource Navigation

Soft Skills

Interpersonal CommunicationTeam CollaborationCulturally Competent Approaches

Industry Keywords

Psychiatric DisabilityCo-Occurring DisordersTrauma Informed CareRecovery-Oriented ApproachesEvidence-Based Practices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Participate as member of intervention team for assigned PS. At the direction of the Team LPHA Clinician, based on the PS Treatment Plan, perform skills teaching, and help PS learn about community resources and obtaining resources. Provide PS with support and supervision, as needed.
Deliver interventions identified on the Treatment Plan targeted at skills building in life domains including but not limited to activities of daily living, medication administration, symptom reduction, health and wellbeing, employment, school, socialization, and recreation and with supervision and direction from clinically licensed Team members.
Attend medical, psychiatric and other appointments with PS as needed.
Develop and maintain service-oriented and professional relationships with community resources and service providers.
Adhere to Medication Administration Program (MAP) policies and procedures.
Provide crisis intervention to PS, when needed.
Use trauma informed, recovery-oriented, person-centered, culturally competent and strengths-based approaches and skills training techniques in the work with PS.
Help PS with self-management of symptoms through Safety Plans, and medication administration program services and education as needed.
Participate as member of the regional ACCS Outreach Worker Community of Practice Workgroup led by LPHA Clinicians for continuous professional role competency development, mentoring and learning.
Support the provision of evidence-based practices and best practices to PS, including Motivational Interviewing; Harm Reduction; Housing First; Stages of Change; Seeking Safety, Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP), and Cognitive Behavioral interventions, as well as the development of Safety Plans and Crisis Prevention and Response Plans, and 8 Dimensions of Wellness.
Promote engagement, safe housing, community tenure, achievement of greater self-sufficiency and successful completion of service for all PS.
Provide thorough and thoughtful documentation of PS needs and services.
Promote healthcare, employment and education services access for PS.
Help with orientation of new staff and PS to the ACCS service.
Attend trainings, as assigned.
Perform other related duties, as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A high school diploma or equivalent is required. A Bachelor’s degree in human services field is preferred.
One to two years related experience working with people with psychiatric disability and/or co-occurring disorders preferred.
Must have access to an operational and insured vehicle and be willing to use it to transport PS.
Bilingual/bicultural applicants and applicants with lived experience of psychiatric conditions are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Professional Development
Hiring Events
External Referral Program