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

The Therapist position is focused on providing individual/family mental health counseling using evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches of care for children, adolescents, and adults in the DeKalb County area. GFIT strives toward a company culture based in collaboration, teamwork, honesty, and promotion of self-care and is looking for members of our mental health team who share this vision.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Providing individual/family mental health counseling using evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches of care.
• Timely documentation submission
• Commitment to providing consistent, ongoing services to clients
• Provide crisis intervention as necessary to enhance and restore functioning
• Participate in coordination of care with a multi-disciplinary treatment team
• Meet or exceed agency required productivity and documentation standards
• Some travel may be needed within DeKalb County to see clients in person
• 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 others to understand their concerns and seeks out ways to improve the workplace. Able to use storytelling to advance concepts or ideas.
• Professionalism: Confidence, articulation, ability to receive criticism and feedback well, ability to resolve conflicts.
• Organization & Time Management: Organizes work, effectively prioritizes, and sets goals and strategies to achieve them. Aligns communication, people, processes, and resources to drive success. Organizes information and data to identify/explain trends and problems.
• Teamwork & Collaboration: Contributes to common goals, maintains open communication with team members, asks for help when necessary, encourages involvement.
• Diversity & Inclusion: Self-aware, attentive listener, people-oriented, cognizant of bias and cultural intelligence; demonstrates respect for divergent viewpoints; awareness of and sensitivity to cultural diversity, contributing to an equitable, inclusive, and cooperative environment.
• Flexibility: Adapts effectively to change with optimism, readily accepts new technology and uses it to improve efficiency and quality of work.

Requirements

• Fully licensed LPC, LMSW, or LMFT required
• Minimum of a Master’s degree in psychology, social work, or a related human services discipline
• Therapists will primarily work with EAP clients, and must be prepared to provide data for their CAQH profiles
• Must be able to pass DBHDD background check (required prior to providing any services to clients)
• Completion of state-mandated training within the first 30 days of hire: CPR/First Aid, CPI, CSSRS, Relias
• Knowledge of Medicaid/CMO compliance requirements preferred
• Demonstrable knowledge of DSM-5 diagnostic criteria
• Willingness to learn new documentation and clinical skills
• Receptivity to feedback and constructive criticism
• Prompt communication, collaborative personality, and passion for mental health and human services

Additional Information

• Job Type: Full-time contractual position
• Pay rate: $50 per service hour
• Location Requirement: Must reside in or have reliable transportation to provide in-person services within DeKalb County, GA
• Schedule Requirements: Must be flexible to work afterschool hours and weekends in order to accommodate the needs of the clients served.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Medical Specialty:

• Psychiatry

Application Question(s):

• Please provide your personal email address where we can contact you directly during the hiring process.

Experience:

• Behavioral health: 2 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• LPC, LMSW, or LMFT (Required)
• Driver's License (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Decatur, GA 30030 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Decatur, GA 30030: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: In person