Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) – Master’s Level Therapist

Location: Jonesboro, Georgia
Company: Samba Recovery
Position Type: Clinical / Master’s Level Therapist
Reports To: Clinical Director or Designated Clinical Supervisor
Setting: Detox and Recovery Clinic Serving Adults and Families

Samba Recovery is a detox and recovery clinic serving adults and families in Jonesboro, Georgia. We are committed to providing compassionate, clinically sound, recovery-focused care for individuals affected by substance use disorders, mental health conditions, trauma, and co-occurring disorders.

We are seeking a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) to join our clinical team and provide mental health counseling, substance abuse counseling, psychotherapy, assessment, treatment planning, care coordination, and recovery-support services in a multidisciplinary treatment environment.

The Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) provides mental health and substance abuse counseling services to adults and families receiving care in a detox and recovery clinic.

The ideal candidate is compassionate, skilled, and motivated, with experience in behavioral health, ASAM criteria, co-occurring disorders, crisis intervention, group facilitation, and individualized treatment planning. This role conducts assessments, facilitates therapy sessions, coordinates care, and supports clients on their path to recovery and wellness.

• Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, substance use screenings, risk assessments, and level-of-care reviews using ASAM criteria as applicable to the program setting.
• Develop, implement, and update individualized treatment plans, relapse-prevention plans, recovery goals, discharge plans, and continuing-care recommendations.
• Provide individual, group, and family counseling or therapy for adults and families experiencing substance use disorders, mental health conditions, and co-occurring disorders within the provider’s scope of practice.
• Facilitate psycho educational, process, coping-skills, relapse-prevention, trauma-informed, life-skills, and recovery-oriented groups, including groups informed by 12 Step principles and other recovery support models.
• Monitor client progress, clinical presentation, withdrawal-related needs, safety concerns, treatment engagement, and response to interventions; adjust interventions as clinically appropriate.
• Provide crisis intervention, safety planning, de‑escalation, relapse‑prevention support, and referral or escalation to emergency or higher levels of care when clinically indicated.
• Collaborate with psychiatrists, physicians, nurses, case managers, peer support staff, medical providers, families, courts, referral sources, and community resources to coordinate care.
• Educate clients and families on addiction, mental health, co‑occurring disorders, coping strategies, medication adherence as applicable, recovery resources, and aftercare planning.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and timely documentation in the electronic health record in accordance with agency policy, Georgia requirements, payer standards, accreditation standards, HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2 as applicable, and professional ethics.
• Participate in clinical supervision, case consultation, treatment team meetings, staff meetings, utilization‑review support, quality‑improvement activities, and ongoing professional development.

• Master’s degree in Counseling, Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, or a related behavioral health field meeting Georgia professional counseling licensure requirements.
• Active Georgia Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) license in good standing.
• Associate‑level license may be considered only when consistent with job classification, supervision, payer, and facility requirements.
• Experience working with mental health, substance use, and/or co‑occurring disorder populations preferred.
• Knowledge of ASAM criteria, DSM-informed assessment, crisis intervention, treatment planning, discharge planning, and ethical clinical documentation.
• Ability to provide individual, group, and family therapy within Georgia LPC scope of practice and agency policy.
• Strong communication, organizational,…