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. Are you ready to make a Difference?

JOB SUMMARY

: The assessor will perform behavioral health assessments in the Emergency Department and on the medical floors and will consult with physicians, staff, collateral contacts, and community partners in order to determine the appropriate treatment dispositions while ensuring the individual's safety.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

Conducts and interprets comprehensive, face to face or tele-medicine based assessments in an effort to make level of care recommendations to the hospital provider and patient. Facilitate access to the identified inpatient, residential or community based service for a diverse population. Review the intake criteria and scope of services for the level of care recommendation with the individual/guardian to ensure comprehension and improve clinical outcomes Act as a liaison between the individual and the determined level of care to include referral via BHL, faxing clinical information to receiving facilities and scheduling outpatient appointments as appropriate. Complete other duties such as phone based discharge follow up calls, phone based engagement activities, treatment/disposition planning dependent upon education, experience, and skills as needed. Record data for each assessment completed including but not limited to: presenting problem, order time, notified time, acknowledgement time, assessment date, assessment time, acceptance date, discharge date, payor source, disposition type, and disposition location. Complete other duties as assigned by the Director of Community Crisis and/or ER Program Manager.

Benefits:

Health Insurance through the State Health Benefit Plan of GA Flexible Benefits such as dental, vision, life, critical illness, etc. Retirement Plan with employer matching 4 weeks of Paid Time Off with increase of accruals based on years of service 10 paid holidays 1 personal day Qualifying employer for Public Student Loan Forgiveness NHSC loan forgiveness in qualifying counties. Clinical supervision for candidates on a licensure track. Master's degree in Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Human Services, Criminology, or a related field of study. Active license - LPC, LCSW, or LMFT. 1 year doing comprehensive behavioral health assessments is preferred. Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish is highly preferred. Highland Rivers Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of color, race, national origin, age sex, religion, or disability. Selected applicants must pass a pre-employment background investigation and a pre-employment drug screen. Employment is contingent upon passing the background and the drug screen.