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: The Listening, Inspiring, and Guiding Healthy Transitions (LIGHT) Program is an Early Treatment Program (ETP) that provides transitional services to individuals in Cobb County. The LIGHT Program is a team based, multi-element approach to treating transition age youth and young adults, ages 16-30 years old with FEP (First Episode Psychosis).
Are you ready to make a Difference?
Responsibilities:
- Provide behavioral health assessments, diagnostic assessments, individual, group, and family therapy in clinic, via telehealth and in community setting.
- Hold and maintain caseload of Youth/Young Adults individuals ages 16-30.
- Develop personalized treatment plans.
- Perform marketing activities and community outreach
- Collaborate with outside agency staff to promote mental health services and referrals.
- Attend treatment team meetings as directed by Director.
- Coordinate/lead treatment meetings and ensure related documentation is completed.
- Ensure and provide high quality, compassionate, and ethical mental health therapy to improve program and organizational performance.
- Provide referrals to additional Highland Rivers Programs or community services when needed.
- Ensure and maintain appropriate usage and allotment of units authorized per service delivery.
- Intervene, stabilize and manage acute crisis situations as needed.
- Maintain confidentiality for all indirect/direct service in accordance with agency policies and HIPPA policies.
- Provide leadership/supervision to program staff directly assigned by the Director.
- 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.
