Associate or Fully Licensed Clinician

Claratel Behavioral Health•Decatur, GA

About The Position

Under general supervision, the Associate or Fully Licensed Clinician evaluates adult clients using screening, biopsychosocial assessments, suicide risk assessments, and other relevant tools. The clinician makes triage decisions and develops clinical formulations and diagnostic impressions based on assessments. In collaboration with clients and collateral sources, the clinician develops treatment plans and provides individual, group, and family counseling and other evidence-based treatment modalities. The role coordinates care with treatment teams, community-based teams, and external resources, and applies clinical knowledge of mental health, substance use, co-occurring disorders, and social determinants of health. Services are delivered from a recovery-oriented, client-centered, and trauma-informed perspective and documented in the electronic health record in accordance with agency standards. The clinician exercises sound judgment and regularly obtains clinical supervision, seeking additional supervision as needed. Responsibilities include assessing clients with varying levels of complexity, using information from multiple sources to formulate client-driven treatment plans, applying relevant assessment tools, and evaluating responses to interventions. The clinician may conduct intake assessments for adults or children and is expected to demonstrate knowledge of childhood development, play therapy, and family systems interventions. The role also includes completing service authorization processes, documenting referrals and discharges, and addressing resources or other issues according to agency policy. The clinician builds therapeutic relationships with clients and families or significant others; conducts individual, family, and group counseling or therapy and educational sessions using evidence-based practices; maintains required licensure or certification; participates in supervision or consultation; engages in behavioral health educational initiatives; and pursues continuing education to meet current clinical needs.

Requirements

License eligible or currently licensed as an LCSW, LMSW, LPC, LAPC, LMFT, or LAMFT by the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists.
Computer proficiency and ability to multitask.
Demonstrate initiative, flexibility, and professionalism.
Demonstrate clinical proficiency in client engagement, interviewing, and documentation through education, training, or experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a residential or outpatient mental health or substance abuse program.
Experience working with adults and/or children and adolescents.
Experience conducting group counseling or therapy.

Responsibilities

Conduct thorough biopsychosocial assessments of clients across levels of complexity and document assessments according to agency guidelines.
Use information from multiple sources, as appropriate, to develop client-driven treatment plans.
Apply knowledge of childhood developmental stages, play therapy, and family systems interventions.
Assess and document client responses to interventions and modify interventions as needed.
Use specific assessment tools in the evaluation of adults and/or children and adolescents, as applicable.
Exercise sound clinical judgment in assessments, diagnostic criteria, clinical formulations, and triage decisions.
Seek clinical supervision as necessary and participate in clinical supervision or consultation.
Complete authorization processes for services.
Document referrals, discharges, resources, and other issues for problem resolution or utilization as required by agency policy.
Conduct intake assessments for adult or child clients, as assigned.
Create therapeutic relationships with clients and families or significant others.
Provide individual, family, and group counseling or therapy and educational sessions using evidence-based practices.
Coordinate care with treatment teams, community-based teams, and external resources.
Document services in the electronic health record according to agency standards.
Maintain required licensure or certification and engage in behavioral health education and continuing education.