View Point Health Behavioral Health Services Lawrenceville Mental Health

Annual Salary Minimum: $45,000.00
Annual Salary Maximum: N/A
Salary Details: Salary dependent on qualifications.

Duties & Responsibilities: The Licensed Behavioral Health Clinician provides professional therapeutic services to persons with mental illness and/or addictive disease. Arranges appointment schedule at optimal intervals to maximize use of work time. Conducts face-to-face comprehensive assessment to identify problems and service needs. Writes individual service plans that meet Medicaid, insurer, CARF, and other required standards for diagnoses, content, justifications for treatment, evidence of consumer input, and treatment time frames. Writes service plans that are clear, concise, complete, grammatically correct, timely, and properly coded. Secures or provides necessary signatures required to secure authorization for services. Follows all Medicaid, state, insurer, and other regulations related to the credentials required to provide authorized services.

Provides individual, family or group therapeutic counseling and/or educational and skill development sessions as indicated in the service plan. Monitors consumer progress and compliance with the service plan. Writes timely progress notes that relate directly to the treatment outcomes described in the service plan. Assembles, analyzes, and interprets new/updated information about the consumer in order to reassess treatment needs. Identifies unmet needs, reviews available resources, and modifies the treatment plan as indicated. Requests treatment authorizations and re-authorizations within required time frames. Provides and bills only those consumer services that are authorized in the service plan.

May serve as case manager to facilitate and ensure communication, linkage, and continuity of care between consumers, physicians, other organizational components, community resources and service providers. Establishes linkages and coordination of services with community agencies. Develops and maintains cooperative working relationships with community service providers. Informs consumers and families of the availability of community advocacy and support groups.

Provides crisis intervention services to existing and walk-in consumers as needed. May provide on-call, after-hours services on a rotational schedule.

Assesses consumer’s need for emergency admission certification. Executes the legal forms required to refer the consumer to an emergency receiving facility for evaluation of the need for involuntary commitment to a hospital or crisis intervention facility. Arranges transfer of the consumer to the receiving facility.

**Lisenced Clinical Social Worker in the state of GA is REQUIRED in order to bill under Medicare. Applicants without FULL licensure cannot be considered and should not apply for this position.**

Minimum Training & Experience: Master's degree from an accredited program, eligibility to be licensed AND Two years of supervised experience in the area of assignment.

Agency Specific Qualifications and/or Preferred Qualifications: Agency Specific Qualifications:
Masters degree from an accredited college AND professional licensure as a LCSW or Psychologist AND Two years of supervised experience in the area of assignment.

Preferred Qualifications:
One year of work experience with substance abuse treatment
Significant experience in provision of mental health services to adults with a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses
Experience with community behavioral health services
Experience with State reporting system – MICP
Experience with CareLogic or another electronic health record system
Specialized training in any therapeutic interventions
Experience with collaborative documentation
Clinical experience with Adult Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Dual Diagnosis clients
Experience completing behavioral health assessments and treatment planning

Additional Information: To be considered, you must apply for this position through www.careers.ga.gov below before the announcement closes. Your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet the Agency Specific Qualifications and any Preferred Qualifications. Candidates for selection must pass a criminal background check (including finger-printing), pass a pre-employment drug screen, have a valid Georgia driver’s license, and a Motor Vehicle Record in accordance with policy.

View Point Health provides health benefits and 401K, in addition to CEU credits to meet licensing requirements. We are an equal opportunity employer.

This announcement is subject to close at any time once a satisfactory applicant pool has been identified. Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or e-mail. All qualified applicants will be considered, but may not necessarily receive an interview. Selected applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for next steps in the selection process. Applicants who are not selected will not receive notification.

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