Part time​/Potential Supervised Therapist Clayton​/Henry

Pay: $35.00 - $50.00 per hour

Job description:

Georgia Families in Transition is looking for individuals to join our community-based mental health team!

The Therapist position is focused on providing individual/family mental health counseling using evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches of care for children, adolescents, and adults in the Clayton/Henry County area
. GFIT strives toward a company culture based in collaboration, teamwork, honesty, and promotion of self-care and is looking for members of our mental health team who share this vision.

• Providing individual/family mental health counseling using evidence based and trauma informed approaches of care.
• Providing individual/family mental health skill building services.
• Timely documentation submission.
• Commitment to providing consistent, ongoing services to clients.
• Provide crisis intervention as necessary to enhance and restore functioning.
• Participate in coordination of care with a multi-disciplinary treatment team.
• Meet or exceed agency required productivity and documentation standards.
• Travel is required within Clayton/Henry counties
  , as well as to neighboring counties located within an hour or less
  , to conduct in-person client sessions.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Interpersonal Skills & Communication: demonstrated emotional intelligence with an ability to balance an empathy forward response with families and throughout the organization. Enjoys working closely with other people to understand their concerns and seeks out the ways our workplace might address them. Able to use storytelling to advance a concept or idea.
• Professionalism:
  Confidence, articulation, ability to receive criticism and feedback well, ability to resolve conflicts.
• Organization & Time Management:
  Organizes work, effectively prioritizes, and sets short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them. Aligns communication, people, processes and resources to drive success. Organizes information and data to identify/explain trends, problems, and their causes.
• Teamwork &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Contributes to common goal, maintains open communication with team members, asks for help when necessary, encourages involvement.
• Diversity & Inclusion:
  Self-aware, attentive listener, people-oriented, cognizant of bias, cultural intelligence; demonstrating a respect for divergent viewpoints; an awareness of and sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the population served, thereby contributing to an environment that is equitable, inclusive, and cooperative.
• Flexibility:
  Adapts effectively to change by accepting changes in processes readily and with an optimistic perspective of the resulting benefits; readily accepts new technology as part of his/her job and uses it to continually improve efficiency or the quality of his/her work products.

• Minimum of a Master’s degree in a psychology/social work/human services-related discipline
• Must be at least license eligible
• Fully licensed LPC, LCSW, LMFT preferred, but not required
• Must be able to pass DBHDD background check (required prior to providing any services to clients)
• State-mandated training:
  Relias, CPR/First Aid, CPI, CANS/ANSA (must be completed within the first 30 days of hire)
• Knowledge of Medicaid/CMO compliance requirements preferred
• Demonstrable knowledge of DSM-5 diagnosis criteria
• Willingness to learn new documentation and clinical skills
• Receptivity to feedback/constructive criticism

Individuals who are prompt in communication, have collaborative personalities, and demonstrate a passion and knowledge for mental health and human services will be considered.

Pay Rate: $35.00 – $50.00 per hour

Note: $50.00 per hour applies for fully licensed therapists.

* Hourly pay based on licensure level and experience in community-based settings.

(Georgia –
Clayton/Henry County area)

• Job Type: Part-time
  , contractual position
• Hours Requirement: Expected to maintain 25 billable hours per week and manage up to 13 clients
• Location Requirement: Must reside in or have reliable transportation to provide in-person services within Clayton/Henry County, GA. Travel to client homes and…