Therapist Lead (LIGHT Program)

There is a place for you at Highland Rivers Behavioral Health!

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health provides treatment and recovery services to individuals impacted by mental illness, substance use disorders and intellectual developmental disabilities.

JOB SUMMARY:Provides individualized case management and accepts clinical responsibilities including: referrals; screenings/assessments, individual, group and family counseling, and crisis intervention. Additionally provides clinical oversight and supervision of the other therapists in the clinic.

Are you ready to make a Difference?

Responsibilities:

• Timely, compliant clinical documentation and billing practices following all HRBH policies and standards set forth by HRBH policy, including but not limited collaborative documentation, ensuring discharges are completed, etc.
• Case management and clinical responsibilities including: accepting appropriate referrals; providing assessments, individual counseling, family counseling, group counseling, and crisis intervention according to the treatment plan; maintains a caseload.
• Takes ownership for individual and referral source satisfaction by returning phone calls in a timely manner, communicating with referral sources with appropriate authorization, link and/or serve as advocate for individuals as needed.
• Encourages individual responsibility and recovery by utilizing evidenced-based interventions, providing comprehensive and ongoing assessment, referring individuals to appropriate internal and external services, involving and educating family, seeking and utilizing supervision, developing individualized and comprehensive plan of care based on the individual’s strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences.
• Provides administrative supervision to clinicians including coaching on meeting their job responsibilities, monthly/quarterly/annual chart audits and staff evaluations, conducts hiring and termination, approving schedules/time off/timesheets
• Promotes cohesion and teamwork between programs, conducts Treatment Team, manages the day to day running of the clinic in conjunction with the Clerical Lead.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits:

• Health Insurance through the State Health Benefit Plan of GA
• Flexible Benefits such as dental, vision, life, critical illness, etc.
• Retirement Plan with employer matching
• 4 weeks of Paid Time Off with increase of accruals based on years of service
• 10 paid holidays
• 1 personal day
• Qualifying employer for Public Student Loan Forgiveness
• NHSC loan forgiveness in qualifying counties.
• Clinical supervision for candidates on a licensure track.

MINIMUM**QUALIFICATIONS:**

• Licensure - Active Georgia LPC, LCSW, or LMFT required.
• Associate Licenses - Considered if full licensure is obtained within one year of hire.
• One or more years’ experience working with individuals with severe and persistent mental illness
• Computer skills, organizational and teaching skills, ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to pass background investigation and drug screen.
• Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish is highly preferred.

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of color, race, national origin, age sex, religion, or disability.

Selected applicants must pass a pre-employment background investigation and a pre-employment drug screen. Employment is contingent upon passing the background and the drug screen.