Company Description
Families First is a Georgia non-profit family service agency. We assist over 37,000 children, women and families each year, and we have been serving metro Atlanta for 130 years. Our mission is to ensure the success of children in jeopardy by empowering families.
Everything our agency does is about strengthening families-all kinds of families with all kinds of needs. We foster strong communities by delivering empowering and sustainable solutions to children and families-solutions that improve child well-being and family self-sufficiency. Families First accomplishes this by focusing on three impact areas:
- Child & Youth Permanency - to ensure long-term stability and support, we provide adoption, foster care and residential group homes for children whose lives have been disrupted.
- Family Sustainability & Empowerment - we work collaboratively with other organizations to provide self-sufficiency through housing and supportive services for chronically homeless families.Healthy
- Families & Relationships - we offer training and affordable counseling solutions to equip parents and families with critical skills to build healthy and strong relationships.
Where permitted by applicable law, successful applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or willing to receive full dosage of the COVID-19 vaccine, prior to date of hire. COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment, subject to an approved accommodation, and proof of vaccination will be required on or prior to start date.
Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY:
The position of Associate Mental Health Counselor works with clients to help them overcome and manage different mental and emotional challenges by providing therapeutic sessions and psychoeducation on diagnostic impressions. The Associate Mental Health Counselor will work under direct supervision of a LCSW, LPC or LMFT to provide clinical services in the area of individual, couples, and family.
A summary of duties includes assessing clients for service, providing provisional diagnostic impressions, providing therapeutic sessions, building treatment plans and coping strategies for the patient to follow.
PRINCIPAL ACCOU NTABILITIES:
Clinician will be asked to complete any one or more of the following assignments under clinical supervision:
- Assessments: designed to determine the mental health needs of the individual, couple, and/or family and to recommend a course of action.
- Individual Therapy:
- Family Therapy
- Couples Therapy
- Group Therapy
- Provide a minimum of 20 sessions/assessments per week.
COMPETENCIES:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent electronically clinical or medical record (ECR/EMR) ability.
- Strong organizational and planning skills as evidenced by meeting deadlines, following through on assignments, delivering high quality products, and providing adequate time for consensus-building, especially review, feedback and approval.
- Strong teamwork and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to function independently and in concert with other staff and supervisors.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word and Excel
- Systems: Understanding of the Bio-Psychosocial Approach, Engagement and Advocacy.
- Professionalism: Understanding of Diversity, Boundaries, Ethics, Self-assessment and Self care
- Relationships: Demonstrates Inter-professionalism-can work in a team environment, build rapport with clients.
- Application: Assessment and Intervention skills, Treatment Planning, as well as Practice Management i.e., uses time well, consistent/quality documentation, etc.
- Education: Understanding of how to incorporate theories and clinical models
Qualifications
Associate clinicians at minimum are required to have a master's degree in one of the behavioral or social sciences that is primarily psychological in nature. These degrees include Social Work, Counseling, Marriage & Family and other behavioral/social science degree(s) that can be approved for clinical licensing as well as approved by the Company.
- Staff member shall be licensed as an associate counselor or social worker by the state of Georgia in one of the approved behavioral or social sciences master's degrees.
- Social worker or associate counselor may have an associate license to provide clinical services with an agreed upon plan that includes a time frame of when a full license shall be obtained.
Additional Information
EEO Statement:
It is the policy of Families First not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran. It is also the policy of Families First to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment, all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment..
Families First is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to Affirmative Action and Workforce Diversity.
Families First participates in E-Verify.
The salary range for this position is commensurate with experience. Compensation includes a benefits package with medical, dental, vision. Vacation and sick leave, a generous holiday schedule and a 401 (K) retirement plan with organization match after 1 year of employment.
Interested candidates can apply at www.familiesfirst.org
Where permitted by applicable law, successful applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or willing to receive full dosage of the COVID-19 vaccine, prior to date of hire. COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment, subject to an approved accommodation, and proof of vaccination will be required on or prior to start date.
Where permitted by applicable law, successful applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or willing to receive full dosage of the COVID-19 vaccine, prior to date of hire. COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment, subject to an approved accommodation, and proof of vaccination will be required on or prior to start date.