Associate or Licensed Clinician

Under general supervision, provides screening and biopsychosocial, suicide risk, and other specific assessment tools in the evaluation of adult clients. Makes sound triage decisions and develops clinical formulations, and diagnostic impressions based on clinical assessments. Develops client treatment plans in collaboration with the clients and collateral sources. Provides individual, group counseling, family counseling, and other treatment modalities within an evidence-based framework.

Coordinates care with the treatment team, community-based team, and external resources. Demonstrates clinical knowledge in mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders along with social determinants of health. Performs duties from a recovery-oriented, client-centered, and trauma-informed perspective. Documents services in the electronic health record according to agency standards. Demonstrates strong clinical judgment in care provision. Regularly obtains clinical supervision and seeks additional supervision as necessary.

• Performs thorough biopsychosocial assessment of the less complex to more complex clients and documents the assessment within agency guidelines
• Utilizes information from multiple sources as appropriate in the formulation of client-driven treatment planning
• Demonstrates knowledge of childhood development stages
• Demonstrates knowledge of play therapy and family systems interventions
• Assess and documents responses to interventions and modifies interventions
• May utilize specific assessment tools regularly in evaluation of adults and/or children and adolescents
• Demonstrates strong clinical judgment in assessments, application of diagnostic criteria, clinical formulations, and sound triage decisions
• Seeks clinical supervision as necessary
• Completes process for the authorization for services
• Documents referrals, discharges, and resources or other issues for problem resolution and/or utilization as required in agency policy
• May conduct intake assessments to adult or child clients.

• Creates therapeutic relationship as appropriate with clients and families/significant others
• Conducts individual, family, group counseling/therapy, and educational sessions using evidence-based practices
• Demonstrates clinical knowledge in mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders along with social determinants of health commonly associated with mental health
• Demonstrates documented clinical proficiency (through education, training, or experience) in client engagement, interviewing, and recording

• Maintain licensure/certification
• Actively participates in clinical supervision or consultation
• Actively engages in behavioral health educational initiatives
• Seeks continuing education to meet current clinical needs

License eligible or current licensure as a LCSW, LMSW, LPC, LAPC, LMFT, or LAMFT by the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists is required. The employee must be computer efficient and can multi-task. The employees must demonstrate initiative, flexibility, and professionalism.

Experience in a residential or outpatient setting with mental health or substance abuse programs. Experience working with adults, and/or children, and adolescents. Experience conducting groups counseling/therapy services.