Behavioral Health Therapist at Highland Rivers Health in Canton, Georgia

Job Description:

There is a place for you at Highland Rivers Behavioral Health!Highland Rivers provides treatment and recovery services to individuals impacted by mental illness; substance use disorders and intellectual developmental disabilities.JOB SUMMARY:Provides individualized case management and accepts clinical responsibilities including: referrals; screenings/assessments, individual, group and family counseling, and crisis intervention.Are you ready to make a Difference?Highland Rivers is seeking a Therapist for the Cherokee County Outpatient clinic.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Timely, compliant clinical documentation and billing practices following all HRBH policies and standards set forth by HRBH policy, including but not limited collaborative documentation, documentation signed with 24 hours, ensuring discharges are completed, etc.


• Part Time position specifically for weekly evening hours of Monday-Thursday from 3:00pm-7:00pm and one (1) Saturday a month from 8:00am-12:00pm.


• This position is a Pay for Performance position, which requires that staff who work 40 hours per week complete 50 hours of billable services per pay period. (Pro-rated for those who work less than 40 hrs. per week)


• Case management and clinical responsibilities including: accepting appropriate referrals; providing assessments, individual counseling, family counseling, group counseling, and crisis intervention according to the treatment plan; maintains a caseload.


• Takes ownership for individual and referral source satisfaction by returning phone calls in a timely manner, communicating with referral sources with appropriate authorization, link and/or serve as advocate for individuals as needed.


• Encourages individual responsibility and recovery by utilizing evidenced-based interventions, providing comprehensive and ongoing assessment, referring individuals to appropriate internal and external services, involving and educating family, seeking and utilizing supervision, developing individualized and comprehensive plan of care based on the individual's strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences.


• Completes appropriate additional tasks as assigned and appropriate for position.