Counselor - Crisis Response Team

Georgia Department of Revenue•Newnan, GA

About The Position

Pathways Center partners with Coweta County’s emergency response program, Coweta CARES, a para-medicine program responding to mental health and substance abuse crisis calls made to 911. The program’s licensed counselors and paramedics collaborate to stabilize people experiencing behavioral health crises, with the goal of reducing unnecessary hospitalization, emergency department presentations, and jail incarcerations. The Counselor works to ensure quality care and compliance with regulatory and governing service guidelines. The role provides psychosocial and therapeutic support to people coping with mental health crises and/or detoxification, and delivers professional therapeutic services to people with mental illness and/or addictive disease. The Counselor works alongside EMS personnel in Coweta CARES, conducts assessments and clinical interviews, develops treatment plans collaboratively, and provides risk assessment and crisis intervention. The role also facilitates admissions and maintains communication with referral sources, families, patients, and the Care Campus healthcare team.

Requirements

Hold a Georgia LPC, LCSW, or LMFT license, or have a master's degree and eligibility to obtain Georgia licensure within six months of employment as an LAPC, LMSW, or LAMFT.
At least one year of experience working in a behavioral health setting.
The minimum qualifications also specify a master's degree in social work and counseling from an accredited college or university, licensure in the area of assignment, and either two years of experience at the lower-level Social Worker, Licensed 2 (HCP051) or equivalent position, or two years of related post-license experience.

Responsibilities

Provide psychosocial and therapeutic support to patients or clients coping with mental health crises and/or detoxification.
Complete Behavioral Health Assessments as part of intake within required timeframes.
Conduct clinical interviews and develop a diagnostic impression based on clinical assessment.
Develop treatment plans collaboratively with patients or clients and input from other treatment team members.
Provide professional-level therapeutic services to people with mental illness and/or addictive disease.
Work alongside EMS personnel in the Coweta CARES program.
Provide risk assessment and crisis intervention.
Facilitate the admission process.
Maintain communication with referral sources, families, patients, and the Care Campus healthcare team.
Help ensure quality care and compliance with regulatory and governing service guidelines.