THERAPIST (OUTPATIENT)

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: Serves military veterans, Reservists, National Guard, Active Duty, and military families with mental health and substance use needs.

Provides clinical services for individuals to reduce the impact of their mental health symptoms and/or substance use on their recovery, and reduce the need for higher levels of care I.E.

hospitalization, jail, etc.

Provides individualized services including: referrals; screenings/assessments, individual, group and family counseling, and crisis intervention.Responsibilities and Duties:


* Working with Veterans and Veteran family members at the Cobb Outpost providing clinical oversight at clinic


* Provides assessments, individual, family, crisis, and group counseling for individuals according to their treatment plans; completes paperwork according to Policy and Procedure.


* Completes all necessary paperwork according to Policy and Procedure; ensures individuals meet eligibility criteria or refers to appropriate provider in the community.


* Manages a caseload by ensuring all services are authorized, chart paperwork is complete and current, and individual charts are closed according to Policy and Procedure.


* Takes ownership for individual and referral source satisfaction by returning phone calls in a timely manner, communicating with referral sources with appropriate authorization, link and/or serve as advocate for individuals as needed.


* Encourages individual responsibility and recovery by utilizing evidenced-based interventions, providing comprehensive and ongoing assessment, referring individuals to appropriate internal and external services, involving and educating family, seeking and utilizing supervision, developing individualized and comprehensive plan of care based on the individual's strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences.


* Participates as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team.


* 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.