Therapist (Outpatient Clinic)

Highland Rivers Health in; Smyrna (GA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Flexible Benefits

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Personal Day

Loan Forgiveness Eligible

Job summary

Highland Rivers seeks an Outpatient Therapist to provide assessments, individual, family, crisis, and group counseling. This role involves managing a caseload, ensuring service authorization, and advocating for individuals as needed.

The position offers competitive benefits including health insurance, flexible benefits, a retirement plan, and generous paid time off. You will engage in interdisciplinary treatment and develop personalized care plans tailored to each individual's strengths and

Qualifications

• Experience in individual, group, and family counseling.
• Knowledge of evidenced-based interventions.
• Ability to complete paperwork accurately.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments and individual, family, crisis, and group counseling.
• Complete all necessary paperwork and ensure eligibility criteria are met.
• Manage caseload to ensure services are authorized and chart paperwork is up-to-date.
• Communicate with referral sources and advocate for individuals as needed.
• Develop individualized care plans based on individuals' strengths and needs.
• Participate in an interdisciplinary treatment team.

Skills

Counseling

Crisis intervention

Case management

Assessment skills

Job description

Therapist (Outpatient Clinic) (Finance)

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

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

Duties and Responsibilities include:

• 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