Licensed Therapist

Apalachee Center; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 35,817 - 48,216; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Vision

Basic life insurance

Long term disability

Paid time off

Job summary

Apalachee Center, Inc. in Tallahassee is seeking a licensed mental health professional to provide individual, group, and family therapy, with teletherapy as needed, to promote stabilization and recovery.

This full-time position emphasizes crisis intervention and maintaining thorough client progress notes, with responsibilities across office, community, and client homes as necessary.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in counseling, social work, psychology, or a related human services field is required.
• Two years of related professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides individual, group, marital and family therapy in various settings including office, teletherapy, community, or client home as needed.
• Maintains all required documentation for clinical records and progress notes.
• Meets service productivity standards and ensures appropriate clinical documentation and ethics compliance.
• Requests authorization for services through insurance when required.

Skills

Counseling

Crisis intervention

Client documentation

Education

Master's degree in counseling, social work, psychology, or related field

Job description

Job Details

• Job Location: Tallahassee, FL 32308
• Position Type: Full Time
• Education Level: Graduate Degree
• Salary Range: $30.00 Hourly
• Job Category: Other

Apalachee Center, Inc. is best known for helping individuals and families of North Florida succeed in recovering from emotional, psychiatric, and substance abuse crises. Apalachee Center, Inc. provides comprehensive behavioral health services across 8 counties (Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, and Wakulla Counties).

Apalachee Center, Inc. offers competitive benefits for our full-time positions to include health, dental, vision, basic life insurance, long term disability, paid time off, and more.

Benefits

• health
• dental
• vision
• basic life insurance
• long term disability
• paid time off
• and more

Overview

Professional counseling work in providing brief individual and group therapy and related indirect client services.Provides crisis intervention to promote stabilization and avert hospitalization.Maintains documentation regarding client progress in the client records.

ESSENTIAL/CORE JOB-SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provides individual, group, marital and family therapy in accordance with established and acceptable clinical protocols in the office, through teletherapy, in the community, and in the client's home as necessary. Provide Therapeutic Behavioral On-Site services (TBOS) (i.e. providing services in client's home and school).
2. Maintains all required and appropriate documentation for clinical records and progress notes for assigned cases in accordance with Client Record Handbook specifications or Agency policies and procedures.
3. Meets service productivity standard of at least 62.5% (or 5 out of 8 work hours) for the provision of direct therapy services in accordance with applicable clinical/quality criteria which are supported by appropriate clinical record documentation which meet Clinical Record Handbook specifications, SAL documentation requirements, and Agency business/clinical ethics standards.
4. Requests authorization for services through insurance when required.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with from an accredited university or college with a major in the field of counseling, social work, psychology, or a related human services field.
• Two years of related professional experience.

Licensure or Certification

• Must be licensed by the State of Florida as a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist or mental health counselor.
• Must possess valid driver’s license.
• Maintain authorization as a designated driver in accordance with Agency policy.