Join our team and grow with us! Are you looking for a career with meaning? Do you want to be part of a team who strives to improve the quality of a person’s life?

Avita Community Partners gives you the opportunity to live out your passion, in an organization known for high quality care. We value, reward & recognize hard working committed staff and want you to be surrounded by a healthy team and strong leadership.

Avita offers a great benefit package including options for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short/long-term disability, and many more! We understand that it’s difficult to save for retirement, so we contribute the equivalent of 3.5% of your salary into a 401k plan that will grow for you.

• 20 days Paid Time Off (PTO) per year with a full “cash out” for unused PTO
• 9 Paid Holidays, 1 Floating Holiday, plus Your Birthday as a Holiday just for you!
• Flexible schedule

Job Duties:

• Provides a broad range of paraprofessional behavioral health and social services to clients and their families
• Under supervision, will organize and facilitate groups.
• Participates in treatment team planning, and performs crisis intervention
• Will teach daily living skills to clients and will monitor/document progress toward treatment goals.
• Assists in dealing with personal and social problems
• May provide support to clients and families and/or serve as a liaison for social services
• Will focus on skill development and assist with linkage to resources.
• Will transport clients as needed. Must be willing to use personal vehicle when necessary.
• Assists clients in locating and utilizing community resources including legal, medical, financial assistance, and other referral services.
• Implements and organizes the delivery of specific social services within the community.
• Implements life skills workshops and programs in behavior management, youth services, community and social services.
• Maintains contact with other social service agencies and health care providers involved with clients to provide information and obtain feedback on clients overall progress.
• Monitors client’s progress towards treatment goals.
• Provides short-term case management and referral services to clients with emergency situations

Minimum Qualifications:

• Completion of a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health, Counseling or related field.

(LEVEL 2 @ 33, 280)

• Completion of a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health, Counseling or related field and 1 year of experience working in a community mental health setting providing direct services.

(LEVEL 3 @ 34,840)

Preferred Qualifications:

One year of full-time (or equivalent part-time) experience in social services delivery.

Avita is also an approved organization for the Federal Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

Avita has been recognized by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities as The Provider of the Year and have achieved the highest level of CARF Accreditation since 1999.

Avita is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Join the Avita Family TODAY!