Therapist I ( non Lic )

Chris 180•Alpharetta, GA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position provides evidence-based clinical services to consumers. Primary duties include providing positive role-modeling, promoting self-esteem, healthy boundaries, good hygiene, appropriate personal appearance, and reinforcing socially acceptable behaviors and decision-making skills. The role involves assessing consumers' history of trauma, acuity, strengths, and needs, and screening, evaluating, and triaging potential consumers to determine appropriate services and evidence-based interventions. This includes administering various assessments such as Biopsychosocial, Caregiver Strain, CAFAS/PECAFAS, and validated tools specific to evidence-based practices like 7 Challenges, TFCBT, DBT, and ARC. The position also requires developing and monitoring Individualized Recovery and Resiliency Plans (IRRPs), evaluating and documenting progress, and coordinating services with various internal and external entities. This includes making referrals to meet consumers' health, well-being, education, mental health, and employment needs, and facilitating/participating in team meetings. Collaboration with other CHRIS 180 programs and external providers is essential for best care services. The role also involves attending monthly RBWO meetings or providing treatment summaries for group home clients, advocating on behalf of clients, and monitoring service provision. Specific services include demonstrating exceptional engagement skills and clinical expertise in trauma-focused, trauma-informed individual treatment for clients of all ages, managing a clinical caseload, and using preventive intervention techniques. Outpatient services include individual, family, and group counseling for consumers with mental health, co-occurring, or substance abuse disorders, as well as CSI services for Medicaid-funded children and families.

Requirements

Ability to obtain licensure.
Associate licensed (LAPC, LMSW, AMFT) or fully licensed (LPC, LCSW, LMFT) preferred.
An understanding of the concepts of childcare
Skilled in providing individual, family and group therapy
Skilled in assisting and maintaining children in their family homes and/or community.
Ability to effectively relate to clients, parents/custodians of all social, economic, ethnic and educational backgrounds, with firmness, fairness and concern.
Be guided by precedent and established policy and procedure in decision-making.
This person will be required to analyze and react to difficult situations, often while under considerable stress.
Dependability, emotional stability and physically capable.
This position requires some physical functions that are essential to satisfactory performance of the outlined job responsibilities, i.e., sitting, standing, walking, driving, speaking, hearing and the ability to physically restrain (when necessary)
Ability to recognize when assistance and consultation is needed
Must be free to travel as the position demands
Clinical expertise in child development, dysfunction, counseling, treatment planning and diagnosis is required
Proficient in MS Office

Responsibilities

Provide positive role-modeling to consumers/clients
Promote self-esteem
Promote healthy boundaries
Promote good hygiene and appropriate personal appearance among youth and young adults
Reinforce socially acceptable behaviors (ex: manners, eating habits, safety)
Teach and reinforce thoughtful decision making skills
Assessing consumers/ history of trauma, acuity, strengths and needs
Screen, evaluate and triage potential consumers to determine what services/evidence-based interventions should be offered
Administer Biopsychosocial assessment
Administer Caregiver Strain Assessment
Administer Child and Adolescent Function Assessment Scale (CAFAS/PECAFAS) as needed
Administer validated assessment tools specific to evidence based practice (7 Challenges, TFCBT, DBT, ARC)
Administer/aware of ACE score and implications on service planning
Develop and monitor IRRPs
Evaluate and document
Coordinating Services and Collaboration
Make necessary referrals to meet consumer's health, well-being, education, mental health, and employment needs (i.e. Department of Public Health, Department of Family & Children Services, Georgia Department of Labor, employment staffing agencies, local colleges and tech schools
Facilitate and/or participate in Team Meetings for all consumers/members/residents/young adults.
Collaborate and communicate with other programs in the CHRIS 180 continuum in the provision of services to consumers
Collaborate and consult with other providers and entities in the provision of best care services to consumers
Attend monthly RBWO meeting or provide treatment summary for group home clients receiving wrap services.
Advocate on behalf of clients with other agencies to include coordinating services to patients.
Monitor the provision of services provided
Demonstrate exceptional engagement skills and clinical expertise in providing trauma-focused treatment.
Provide evidence-based trauma-informed individual treatment to Center clients of all ages.
Manage clinical caseload.
Use preventive intervention techniques when needed to prevent injury (to self or others).
Provide outpatient services to include providing individual counseling, family counseling/training and/or group counseling/training to consumers with MH, co-occurring or substance abuse disorders as classified by the DSM IV/V TR.
Provide CSI services to children and families receiving Medicaid funded services.
Timely documentation of all case activities in accordance with Center policy
Maintain detailed case files and other documentation in 100% compliance with standards.
Complete Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) applications as needed.
Complete monthly summaries for clients in DFCS custody or those receiving wrap services.
Maintain detailed files, documentation, and billing requirements in a timely manner in accordance with CHRIS 180 policy and compliance standards
Attend and participate in all meetings and supervision as required.
Adhere to CHRIS 180 Code of Conduct, Code of Ethics, and GA Code
Support and maintain an environment of emotional and physical safety for consumers, staff and other stakeholders.
Demonstrate exceptional customer service and maintain certifications/trainings.
Provide information to HR and Training in a timely manner.