ACT Team Counselor

State-of-Georgi; Newnan (GA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Robust benefits package

Job summary

State of Georgia is seeking an ACT Team Counselor for Pathways Center. The role involves delivering Assertive Community Treatment services within a multidisciplinary team to individuals with mental illness or substance use disorders.

The candidate must hold a Master’s in social work and counseling with licensure (LAPC/LMSW/LPC/LCSW) and have at least two years of post-license experience. The position emphasizes crisis intervention and coordinated care in a public-sector setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications: must be associate or fully licensed as an LAPC, LMSW, LPC or LCSW.
• Master's degree in social work and counseling with licensure in the area of assignment and two years of related post-license experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides professional level therapeutic services to persons with mental illness and/or addictive disease.
• Participates in daily treatment team meetings
• Conducts face to face comprehensive assessments to identify problems and service needs
• Writes treatment plans to meet payer requirements and regulatory guidelines
• Provides risk assessment and crisis intervention
• Facilitates the admission process and communicates with referral sources, families, patients and staff
• Writes timely progress notes related to treatment outcomes
• Modifies treatment plans as needed
• Provides crisis intervention services as needed
• May perform case management duties to ensure continuity of care
• Develops and maintains cooperative relationships with community providers
• Participates in ongoing learning & development

Skills

Therapeutic services

Crisis intervention

Assessment

Case management

Communication

Education

Master's degree in social work and counseling

Licensed in LAPC/LMSW/LPC/LCSW

Tools

EHR systems

Regulatory guidelines

Job description

Explore a World of Opportunity with the State of Georgia! We are the force that drives Georgia! Georgia State Government is a large enterprise, composed of various agencies and entities with a common goal to improve the lives of Georgia's more than 10 million citizens! Join Team Georgia and impact lives everyday while receiving a robust benefits package designed for every stage of your career!

Job Title: ACT Team Counselor Agency: Pathways Center Job Requisition ID: JR0000003881 Shift: Day (United States of America) Compensation Details:

Job Description: Pathways Center’s Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team provides a variety of interventions twenty-four (24) hours, seven days a week. The service utilizes a multidisciplinary mental health team. The ACT team works as one organizational unit providing community based interventions that are rehabilitative, intensive, integrated, and stage specific. Services emphasize social inclusiveness though relationship building and the active involvement in assisting individuals to achieve a stable and structured life style. ACT is a unique treatment model in which the majority of mental health services are directly provided internally by the ACT program in the recipient’s natural environment.

The responsibilities for the Licensed Counselor position include but are not limited to the following:

• Provides professional level therapeutic services to persons with mental illness and/or addictive disease.
• Participates in daily treatment team meetings
• Conducts face to face comprehensive assessments to identify problems and service needs.
• Writes treatment plans to meet third party payer requirements, regulatory guidelines, and individuals needs which are clear, concise, grammatically correct, timely and properly coded.
• Provides risk assessment and crisis intervention.
• Facilitates the admission process and maintains communication with referral sources, families, patients and unit staff.
• Writes timely progress notes that relate directly to the treatment outcomes.
• Modifies treatment plans based on new developments and needs identified by the individual.
• Provides crisis intervention services to individuals as needed.
• May provide services during non-traditional hours as indicated by program needs.
• May perform some case management duties to facilitate and ensure communication, linkage, and continuity of care between individuals, physicians, other organizational components, community resources and service providers.
• Develops and maintains cooperative working relationships with community service providers and other program components
• Participates in ongoing learning & development

Minimum Qualifications Must be associate or fully licensed as an LAPC, LMSW, LPC or LCSW

Minimum Qualifications: Master's degree in social work and counseling from an accredited college or university and licensure in the area of assignment and two (2) years of experience at the lower level Social Work, Licensed 2 (HCP051) or position equivalent; or Master's degree in social work and counseling from an accredited college or university and licensure in the area of assignment and two (2) years of related post-license experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer The State of Georgia does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, or other protected categories in employment or the provision of services.

Qualified applicants may request reasonable accommodation when needed during the application and/or screening process by contacting the appropriate agency Human Resources department.

Georgia State Government is a large enterprise, composed of various entities with a common goal to improve the lives of Georgia's 10 million citizens. With nearly 62,000 employees, we are one of the single largest employer in the state. Public service opportunities stretch across the state as employees live and work in all 159 counties. From traditional fields such as accounting, nursing, and engineering to unique fields like forestry and natural resources management, Georgia state government provides a world of opportunity.