Therapist (Outpatient Clinic) at Highland Rivers Health in Calhoun, Georgia

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.JOB SUMMARY:Provides individualized case management and accepts clinical responsibilities including: referrals; screenings/assessments, individual, group and family counseling, and crisis intervention. Additionally provides clinical oversight and supervision of the other therapists in the clinic.Are you ready to make a Difference?Highland Rivers Behavioral Health is seeking a Therapist for the Gordon OP clinic.Sign-On Bonus of $5,000 for LPC, LCSW or LMFTDuties and Responsibilities include:

• Timely, compliant clinical documentation and billing practices following all HRBH policies and standards set forth by HRBH policy, including but not limited collaborative documentation, ensuring discharges are completed, etc.


• Case management and clinical responsibilities including: accepting appropriate referrals; providing assessments, individual counseling, family counseling, group counseling, and crisis intervention according to the treatment plan; maintains a caseload.


• 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.


• Provides administrative supervision to clinicians including coaching on meeting their job responsibilities, monthly/quarterly/annual chart audits and staff evaluations, conducts hiring and termination, approving schedules/time off/timesheets


• Promotes cohesion and teamwork between programs, conducts Treatment Team, manages the day to day running of the clinic in conjunction with the Clerical Lead.


• Other duties as assigned.