Advantage Behavioral Health Systems provides person-centered treatment and recovery support to individuals and families experiencing behavioral health challenges, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and addictive diseases.

Position Summary:

The APEX Clinician will provide outpatient services including individual, family and group counseling in a SCHOOL BASED SETTING in Clarke, Madison, or Oglethorpe counties. This is a year-round position that may also include in person sessions at Remix Clubhouse or utilizing telehealth. The hours for this position are typically 8:30am-5pm Monday-Friday, but will sometimes require flexibility in hours to accommodate caregiver schedules.

Job Responsibilities and Performance Standards:

The APEX Clinician duties will include:

• Performs Clinical Behavioral Health Assessments of the behavioral health needs of clients presenting for services.
• Conduct individual, family, or group therapy interventions using a variety of psychotherapeutic techniques as guided by goals set by client/caregivers.
• Complete and/or update individualized treatment plans with client and caregiver using shared decision making.
• Responsible for completing authorization requests for insurance
• Complete timely, thorough, and accurate progress notes that relate directly to the treatment outcomes described in treatment plan.
• Assemble, analyze, and interpret new/updated assessment information about the client member to assess treatment needs including but not limited to identifying available community resources and completing referrals to respective services.
• Maintain communication with client, the client’s identified supports, and collateral contacts such as teachers, case workers, probation officers, etc. to discuss client’s progress or no-shows for therapy sessions.
• Network, collaborate, and partner with school staff, social workers, DFCS, DJJ, and referral agencies to coordinate care and link clients with community-based opportunities for connection and growth.
• Complete thorough discharge plans for each client
• Complete discharge and safety plans for clients released from mental health hospitalization.
• Create and facilitate training opportunities for staff and community partners (schools, police officers, etc.) in a variety of subjects including youth mental health, family communication, and healthy peer relationships.
• Participate in clinical team meetings, clinical supervision (if assigned), outside and agency trainings, as well as possibly educational meetings (IEP, disciplinary, etc).
• May provide case management services included linkage/referral to resources as needed

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Eligibility for licensure, Associate licensure as an LAPC, LAMFT, or LCSW, Full Licensure as an LPC, LMFT, or LCSW in the state of Georgia.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those and employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Entry Qualification:

Clinician 1: Masters degree in a related area from an accredited college or university AND eligibility to be licensed in the state of Georgia.

Clinician 2: Masters degree in a related area from an accredited college or university AND associate licensure in the state of Georgia.

Clinician 3: Masters degree in a related area from an accredited college or university AND full clinical licensure in the state of Georgia.