LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR (LPC)

Samba Recovery•Jonesboro, GA

12d

About The Position

The Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) provides mental health and substance abuse counseling services to adults and families in a detox and recovery clinic. The role conducts assessments, facilitates individual, group, and family therapy, coordinates care, and supports clients in recovery and wellness. The position requires professional counseling and psychotherapy within Georgia licensure scope, agency policies, payer requirements, and applicable supervision or consultation standards. The LPC assesses client needs, develops and updates individualized treatment and discharge plans, monitors progress and safety, provides crisis intervention, and coordinates with clinical and community partners. The role also educates clients and families, maintains compliant clinical records, and participates in supervision, team meetings, quality-improvement activities, and professional development.

Requirements

Master's degree in Counseling, Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, or a related behavioral health field meeting Georgia professional counseling licensure requirements.
Active Georgia LPC license in good standing; an associate-level license may be considered only when consistent with job classification, supervision, payer, and facility requirements.
Knowledge of ASAM criteria, DSM-informed assessment, crisis intervention, treatment planning, discharge planning, and ethical clinical documentation.
Ability to provide individual, group, and family therapy within Georgia LPC scope of practice and agency policy.
Strong communication, organizational, interpersonal, documentation, and clinical judgment skills.
Maintain confidentiality and ethical standards in compliance with HIPAA, applicable substance use confidentiality protections, professional licensing or certification rules, agency policy, state and federal standards, and required clinical supervision or consultation procedures.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with mental health, substance use, and/or co-occurring disorder populations.
Experience treating co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
Knowledge of evidence-based practices such as CBT, DBT skills, Motivational Interviewing, trauma-informed care, relapse-prevention counseling, and 12 Step/recovery-support approaches.
Familiarity with electronic health record documentation systems and multidisciplinary treatment-team workflows.
Experience in inpatient detox, residential treatment, partial hospitalization programs (PHP), intensive outpatient programs (IOP), outpatient behavioral health, crisis stabilization, or community mental health.

Responsibilities

Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, substance use screenings, risk assessments, and level-of-care reviews using ASAM criteria as applicable.
Develop, implement, and update individualized treatment plans, relapse-prevention plans, recovery goals, discharge plans, and continuing-care recommendations.
Provide individual, group, and family counseling or therapy to adults and families experiencing substance use disorders, mental health conditions, and co-occurring disorders within the provider's scope of practice.
Facilitate psychoeducational, process, coping-skills, relapse-prevention, trauma-informed, life-skills, and recovery-oriented groups, including groups informed by 12 Step principles and other recovery-support models.
Monitor client progress, clinical presentation, withdrawal-related needs, safety concerns, treatment engagement, and response to interventions; adjust interventions as clinically appropriate.
Provide crisis intervention, safety planning, de-escalation, relapse-prevention support, and referrals or escalation to emergency or higher levels of care when indicated.
Collaborate with psychiatrists, physicians, nurses, case managers, peer support staff, medical providers, families, courts, referral sources, and community resources to coordinate care.
Educate clients and families about addiction, mental health, co-occurring disorders, coping strategies, medication adherence as applicable, recovery resources, and aftercare planning.
Maintain accurate, complete, and timely electronic health record documentation in accordance with agency policy, Georgia requirements, payer and accreditation standards, HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2 as applicable, and professional ethics.
Participate in clinical supervision, case consultation, treatment team and staff meetings, utilization-review support, quality-improvement activities, and ongoing professional development.
Perform other duties as assigned.