Therapist (ASL Certified)

Highland Rivers Health; Dalton (GA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

PTO 4 weeks

Clinical supervision

Loan Forgiveness

Job summary

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health in Georgia seeks a Therapist to serve clients in an outpatient setting, providing individualized case management and clinical services including referrals, screenings, assessments, and counseling for individuals, groups, and families, with crisis intervention as needed.

The role requires an active ASL certification (NIC/CDI/BEI) to ensure direct and accessible communication with Deaf and Hard of Hearing clients.

Qualifications

• Active ASL certification (NIC/CDI/BEI) required.
• Experience in outpatient mental health settings preferred.
• Ability to provide individual, group, and family counseling.

Responsibilities

• Provide services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) community.
• Provide assessments, individual, family, crisis, and group counseling per treatment plans; complete paperwork.
• Ensure eligibility criteria are met or refer to appropriate providers.
• Manage caseload with proper charting and closed/updated records.
• Advocate for individuals, communicate with referral sources as needed.
• Participate in an interdisciplinary treatment team.

Skills

ASL proficiency

Crisis intervention

Counseling skills

Case management

Education

ASL Certification (NIC/CDI/BEI)

Job description

There is a place for you at Highland Rivers Behavioral Health!

Highland Rivers provides treatment and recovery services to individuals impacted by mental illness; substance use disorders and intellectual developmental disabilities.

Are you ready to make a Difference?

Job Summary

The Therapist serves individuals in an Outpatient setting. The Therapist provides individualized case management and accepts clinical responsibilities including: referrals; screenings/assessments, individual, group and family counseling, and crisis intervention. The Therapist must possess an active certification in American Sign Language (ASL), such as an NIC, CDI, or BEI credential, to ensure direct and accessible client communication.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) community.
• 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.