Therapist for Newton/Rockdale County

Georgia Families in Transition is looking for individuals to join our community-based mental health team!

Job description

The Supervised Therapist position is focused on providing intensive in-home individual/family mental health counseling using evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches of care for children and adolescents at high risk of out of home placement or returning home from inpatient or residential treatment.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Providing individual/family mental health counseling using evidence based and trauma informed approaches of care.
• Providing individual/family mental health skill building services
• Commitment to providing consistent, ongoing services to clients.
• Participate in coordination of care with a multi-disciplinary treatment team.
• Coordinating with a team to provide crisis intervention as necessary to enhance and restore functioning.
• Meet or exceed agency required productivity and documentation standards.
• Must be flexible to work after-school hours and weekends to accommodate clients served.
• Travel is required within Newton/Rockdale counties , as well as to neighboring counties located within an hour or less , to conduct in-person client sessions.
• Other duties as assigned

Core Competencies

• Interpersonal Skills & Communication: Demonstrated emotional intelligence with an ability to balance an empathy forward response with families and throughout the organization. Enjoys working closely with other people to understand their concerns and seeks out the ways our workplace might address them. Able to use storytelling to advance a concept or idea.
• Professionalism: Confidence, articulation, ability to receive criticism and feedback well. Ability to resolve conflicts.
• Organization & Time Management: Organizes work, effectively prioritizes, and sets short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them. Aligns communication, people, processes, and resources to drive success. Organizes information and data to identify/explain trends, problems, and their causes.
• Teamwork & Collaboration: Contributes to common goal, maintains open communication with team members, asks for help when necessary, encourages involvement.
• Diversity & Inclusion: Self-aware, attentive listener, people-oriented, cognizant of bias, cultural intelligence; demonstrating a respect for divergent viewpoints; an awareness of and sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the population served, thereby contributing to an environment that is equitable, inclusive, and cooperative.
• Flexibility: Adapts effectively to change by accepting changes in processes readily and with an optimistic perspective of the resulting benefits; readily accepts new technology as part of his/her job and uses it to continually improve efficiency or the quality of his/her work products.

Mandatory Requirements

• Minimum of a Master’s degree in a psychology/social work/human services-related discipline with at least 3 years of behavioral health experience required
• Must be at least license eligible and have qualified clinician providing supervision
• Demonstrable knowledge of DSM-5 diagnosis criteria
• Must be able to pass DBHDD background check (required prior to providing any services to clients)
• State-mandated training: Relias, CPR/First Aid, CPI - must be completed within the first 30 days of hire, Relias training is at no cost, the cost of CPR/First Aid and CPI are not covered by the company.
• Excellent organization, communication, and time management strategies
• Willingness to travel to meet within clients in the Newton/Rockdale area as well as to neighboring counties located within an hour or less , to conduct in-person client sessions.
• GA driver's license and car insurance required
• Bilingual skills advantageous
• Experience in substance abuse treatment or CADC (Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor) certification is a plus

Additional Information

• Job Type: Full-time, 1099
• Pay Rate: $30.00 - $50.00 per hour
• Job Location Type: In person - Applicants either must reside in or have reliable transportation to provide in-person services within Newton/Rockdale County, GA. Travel to client homes and community locations as required, with willingness to commute up to 1 hour for client sessions.
• Schedule Requirements: Must be flexible to work after-school hours and weekends in order to accommodate the needs of the clients served. With availability to provide services during morning, afternoon, and/or evening hours . Be flexible to meet the scheduling needs of the parent/guardian.

Compensation & Growth Opportunity

• Starting Rate: $35 per hour for CORE Supervised Therapists with a master’s degree.
• Eligible therapists may be considered for an increase to up to $37.50 per hour based on caseload development and performance. Reviews typically occur around the third month, but qualified therapists may be considered sooner based on their progress.