Fully or Associate Licensed Clinician

Claratel Behavioral Health•Decatur, GA

About The Position

Under general supervision, the Fully or Associate Licensed Clinician evaluates children and adolescent clients using screening, biopsychosocial assessments, suicide-risk assessments, and other appropriate assessment tools. The clinician makes sound triage decisions and develops clinical formulations and diagnostic impressions based on assessment findings. In collaboration with clients, parents, guardians, and families, the clinician develops treatment plans and provides individual, group, and family counseling and other treatment modalities within an evidence-based framework. The role coordinates care with treatment teams and external resources, including families, DFCS, schools, and other family-serving agencies. It requires clinical knowledge of mental health, substance use, co-occurring disorders, and social determinants of health, and a recovery-oriented, client-centered, trauma-informed approach. The clinician documents services in the electronic health record according to agency standards, exercises sound clinical judgment, and regularly obtains clinical supervision, seeking additional supervision as needed. The position may include some evening hours to accommodate youth and families after school and work. The clinician may also conduct intake assessments or provide therapy to adult clients.

Requirements

Be 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.
Be computer efficient and able to multitask.
Demonstrate initiative, flexibility, and professionalism.
Demonstrate documented clinical proficiency in client engagement, interviewing, and recording through education, training, or experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a residential or outpatient setting with mental health or substance abuse programs.
Experience working with adults, children, and adolescents.
Experience conducting group counseling or therapy services.

Responsibilities

Perform and document thorough biopsychosocial assessments of child and adolescent clients, from less complex to more complex cases, in accordance with 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 responses to interventions and modify interventions as appropriate.
Use specific assessment tools regularly when evaluating children and adolescents, as appropriate.
Exercise clinical judgment in assessments, application of diagnostic criteria, clinical formulations, and triage decisions.
Seek clinical supervision as necessary and actively participate in clinical supervision.
Complete the authorization process for services.
Coordinate regularly with parents, guardians, families, DFCS, schools, and other family-serving agencies.
Coordinate with the child and adolescent treatment team and consult with community-based staff on interventions for emotional or behavioral concerns in community or school settings.
Document referrals, discharges, resources, and other issues related to problem resolution or utilization as required by agency policy.
Build therapeutic relationships with clients and families or significant others.
Provide individual, family, and group counseling or therapy, as well as educational sessions, using evidence-based practices tailored for children and adolescents.
Maintain licensure or certification.
Engage in behavioral health educational initiatives and pursue continuing education to meet current clinical needs.
May conduct intake assessments or provide therapy to adult clients.