Licensed Clinician - Youth & Young Adult - Clifton Springs

Under general supervision, provides screening and biopsychosocial, suicide risk, and other specific assessment tools in evaluation of the client. Provides sound triage decisions, clinical formulation and diagnostic impressions based on clinical assessments. Develops client treatment plans in collaboration with the individual. Provides individual, group, family counseling, and other treatment modalities within an evidence-based framework. Coordinates care with the treatment team and external resources. Demonstrates clinical knowledge in mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders along with social determinants of health.  Performs duties from a recovery oriented, client centered, and trauma informed perspective. Documents services in the electronic health record according to agency standards. Demonstrates strong clinical judgement in care provision. Regularly obtains clinical supervision and seeks additional supervision as necessary.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs thorough bio psychosocial assessment of the less complex to more complex clients and documents the assessment within agency guidelines 
• Utilizes information from multiple sources as appropriate in the formulation of client driven treatment planning
• Assess and document responses to interventions and modifies intervention as needed
• May utilize specific assessment tools regularly in evaluation of the client
• Demonstrate strong clinical judgement in assessments, application of diagnostic criteria, clinical formulations, and sound triage decisions
• Seeks clinical supervision as necessary
• Completes process for the authorization for services
• Coordinates with parents, guardians, families, and other community agencies as necessary
• Documents referrals, discharges, and resources of other issues for problem resolution and/or utilization as required in agency policy

Advanced Therapeutic Counseling

• Creates therapeutic relationships as appropriate with clients and families/significant others
• Conducts individual, family, group counseling/therapy, and educational sessions using evidenced-based practices that are tailored to the age and developmental level of the client  
• Demonstrates clinical knowledge in mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders along with social determinants of health
• Demonstrates knowledge of childhood developmental stages
• Demonstrates documented clinical proficiency (through education, training, or experience) in client engagement, interviewing, and recording
• May utilize advanced certification in specialty in counseling the consumer and others

Professional

• Maintain licensure/certification
• Actively participates in clinical supervision
• Actively engages in behavioral health educational initiatives
• Seeks continuing education to meet current clinical needs

Minimum Training, Competency & Experience: Current licensure as a LCSW, LMSW, LPC, LAPC, LMFT, or LAMFT by the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists is required. Must have experience or willingness to work with children as young as age 4 and adults. The employee must be computer efficient and can multi-task. The employees must demonstrate initiative, flexibility, and professionalism.