Licensed Child/Adolescent Psychotherapist

Essential Function

This position is responsible for providing mental health outpatient counseling to children, adolescents, and college students and completing all required documentation to keep clients’ records updated according to legal/ethical guidelines of the profession as well as insurance company requirements. The clinician will strive to build a therapeutic rapport with their clients and provide appropriate evidenced-based treatment. The clinician will also provide psychological testing as appropriate and within their scope of practice.

Daily Responsibilities and Duties

Core duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Provide mental health therapy and psychological testing to children, adolescents, and college students within the scope of training/experience/licensure
• Provide case management services as necessary and/or communicate with other healthcare providers involved to advocate for other services as needed
• Respond to client crises as necessary and make recommendations to keep the client safe and ensure all company safety measures are followed
• Complete progress notes, with signature, and other documentation to keep client’s record up to date and submit billing within 48 hours of the session time
• Adhere to legal and ethical guidelines of the profession as well as adhere to documentation and billing requirements of insurance companies
• Maintain a professional appearance and attitude in interactions with others
• Develop a rapport with clients in order to facilitate a healthy therapeutic relationship
• Collect correct payments from clients and schedule ongoing appointments. All payments must be collected and entered into the EHR at the time of service
• Maintain Continuing Education credits and all necessary requirements to keep licensure active
• Demonstrate self-motivated attitude and ability to perform responsibilities of position with limited supervision
• Maintain open communication with other members of the team on a daily basis
• Demonstrate the ability to effectively multitask
• Follow and implement company policies and procedures as outlined in the company employee handbook
• Keep work area clean and organized
• Demonstrate a willingness to learn new skills and techniques and display a teachable attitude when learning a new skill
• Perform related work as assigned

Essential Skills Needed

The following describe the preferred skills, knowledge, and abilities needed to successfully perform the duties of the position:

• Possess excellent interpersonal skills; able to get along well with a diverse group of people; clients and co-workers
• An adherence to following HIPAA laws and confidentiality standards pertaining to patient information
• Make decisions independently based on what is best for clients and the company
• Must be able to operate basic office equipment such as copier, telephones, scanning, etc.
• Speak, write, read and understand the English language well enough to perform the essential duties of the job
• Possess the dexterity to use the required tools to accomplish the tasks of the position

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an

employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to lift 10 lbs. Must able to hear, see, use arms and navigate around work areas.

Qualifications

• Masters in Psychology, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, or Doctorate of Psychology required
• Proficiency within the client population aged 2 - 22 years old
• Licensure for State of GA (LPC, LCSW, LSW, LMFT, Licensed Psychologist) required
• Possess and demonstrate sound clinical and professional judgement
• Must be able to use computer software, such as electronic health record and Google Suite