Apex Therapist

Responsibilities

• Provide direct mental health services to include intake assessments, individual/family, group therapy and crisis intervention to assigned clients.
• Maintain regular contact with parent/guardian of each client (if appropriate).
• Complete individualized treatment plans, treatment plan updates, behaviors assessment updates, and safety plans.
• Complete the following assessments: Child & Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) &/or Adults Needs and Strengths (ANSA), Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSR), and other required assessments.
• Attend regularly scheduled staff meetings and clinical supervision.
• Provide consultation for school staff regarding mental health issues of clients (as appropriate).
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Participate in the collection of mental health information and student outcomes to be used for monitoring the overall performance and effectiveness services provided.
• Maintains approximately 70% direct services (billable services) and 30% non-billable services (i.e., prevention, education and early intervention services, faculty consultation, student services, team staffing support groups for students, parent education, staff meetings, and in-service trainings).

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college in the field of psychology, social work, counseling education, or human services field and must be actively enrolled in a master's program from an accredited university or college in the field of psychology, social work, counseling education, or human services field.
• Valid Georgia Driver’s License.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with diverse communities.
• Ability to work independently and in collaboration with others.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 Office Products.
• Organize, prioritize and meet deadlines accordingly.

Qualifications

• A master’s degree in a related field (Social Work, Psychology, Human Services, Etc.) preferred.
• Previous experience with providing therapy to children.
• Licensed in the State of Georgia to provide mental health services (LPC, LAPC, LCSW, LMFT etc.) preferred.