| The Center for Practice Innovations (CPI) sits within the
Department of Mental Health Services and Policy Research at
the New York State Psychiatric Institute, which is
contiguous with the Department of Psychiatry of Columbia
University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. CPI carries
out several important training functions for the New York
State Office of Mental Health. The Assertive Community
Treatment (ACT) Institute within CPI provides one of these
training functions. Other training initiatives within CPI
are responsible for training practitioners state-wide in the
treatment of co-occurring mental health and substance use
disorders, on the Individual, Placement and Support model of
supported employment, and on other evidenced-based practices
for helping people with serious mental illnesses maximize
recovery. The incumbent will serve as the Director of the
ACT Institute and could lead one or more of the other
initiatives promoting evidence-based practices.
The ACT Institute trains the staff of the 70+ ACT Teams
statewide. Additionally, the CPI is charged with having its
training efforts, including those under the ACT Institute,
evolve and adapt to ongoing changes in the structure and
financing of the mental health system. Emerging challenges
include focusing on medical as well as mental health care
needs and the need to develop innovative, collaborative
strategies to engage particularly vulnerable individuals who
have not been well served by traditional services in care.
The Director of the ACT Institute and these other
initiatives is responsible for developing, coordinating, and
implementing state-of-the-art training. The Director of the
ACT Institute also oversees on-site consultation for the
state’s ACT Teams and supervises the associated program
staff. The Director will oversee the development,
implementation, and revision of the training curriculum. As
a senior Research Scientist, the incumbent will be expected
to obtain outside funding for research on ACT or other
OMH-related initiatives and to have a strong publication
record in at least one of these areas.
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