Group Counselor; IOP

Group Counselor (IOP) – $1,500 Signing Incentive

Employer: Behavioral Health Group – BHG

Location: Tifton, GA

Sign-On Bonus: $1,500

Behavioral Health Group (BHG) is the largest network of Joint Commission‑accredited treatment centers and a national leader in opioid addiction treatment. With more than 114 locations across 22 states, our 1,900+ employees provide care to over 42,000 patients every day. We offer a full continuum of care through our Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP), Opioid Treatment Programs (OTP), and Office‑Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT), giving patients access to the level of support that best meets their needs.

The IOP Counselor emphasizes delivering compassionate, evidence‑based care to patients overcoming addiction, using a multidisciplinary approach that fosters hope, respect, and recovery. Responsibilities include individual and group counseling, admissions using ASAM criteria, and maintaining accurate, organized patient records while ensuring compliance with all regulations. Collaboration with the recovery care team and clinical supervisor is essential to empower patients to achieve their best functioning and address underlying health conditions.

• Prompt and regular attendance at an assigned work location.
• Ability to complete (or oversee the completion of) assigned tasks/projects in a timely manner.
• Inspire hope that addiction is not a moral failing but a mental disease that can be overcome.
• Admissions using ASAM criteria.
• Provide evidence‑based counseling, TCM and empowering crisis support services to patients to live their best lives.
• Enliven compassionate care and empower patients to realize their best level of functioning in the community.
• Employ an individualized and multidisciplinary approach to care with all medical staff, supporting the shared patient with hope, respect and care.
• Help patients identify and seek treatment for underlying mental and physical health conditions that perpetuate addictive behavior with a focus on progress and recovery.
• Work in close partnership with the recovery care team and clinical supervisor while conducting individual and group counseling sessions as required; make referrals to case management services as appropriate.
• Orient patients to the treatment program’s services, operation and procedures; provide intake/readmission services, including several weeks of supportive follow‑up counseling for new patients until a primary counselor has been assigned.
• Ensure patient records are up‑to‑date, accurate, complete and well‑organized.
• Comply with all regulations to include state and BHG requirements for quality patient care; respect confidentiality and privacy with the utmost reverence.
• Additional responsibilities as required.

• Responsible for complying with all federal, state and local regulatory agency requirements.
• Responsible for complying with all accrediting agencies.
• Marketing and outreach.
• Participate in community and public relations activities as assigned.
  
  Professional development.
• Responsible for the achievement of assigned specific annual goals and objectives.
• Demonstrates the belief that addiction is a brain disease, not a moral failing.
• Demonstrates hope, respect, and caring in all interactions with patients and fellow team members.
• Establishes and maintains positive relationships in the workplace.
• Can work independently and under pressure while handling multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Makes decisions and uses good judgment with confidential and sensitive issues.
• Deals appropriately with others in stressful or other undesirable situations.

• Participate in and provide in‑service trainings as required by federal, state, local, and accrediting agencies.
• Attend conferences, meetings, and training programs as directed.
• Participate in and/or schedule and attend regular in‑service trainings.

• Demonstrate commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.

• Bachelors or Masters level degree required plus GCADC‑I, CADC‑I, CPS‑AD, LPC, LMSW, LCSW, or LMFT required.

Experience with Outreach Activities Is Preferred.

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