MRT Licensed Counselor

Job Description

Job Description

Apalachee Center, Inc. is best known for helping individuals and families of North Florida succeed in recovering from emotional, psychiatric, and substance abuse crises. Apalachee Center, Inc. provides comprehensive behavioral health services across 8 counties (Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, and Wakulla Counties).

Apalachee Center, Inc. offers competitive benefits for our full-time positions to include health, dental, vision, basic life insurance, long term disability, paid time off, and more.

Overview :

Person in this position functions as a crisis counselor responding via phone and is also mobile, responding to where the crisis is taking place, such as at a school (all levels), community location or home.  Works cooperatively with law enforcement and schools. Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in psychology, social work, psychiatric rehabilitation, or related human services discipline; Master’s Degree required in Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Liberty, Madison, Taylor and Wakulla counties. Minimum of two years’ experience in behavioral healthcare, one of which must be in crisis behavioral health services, preferred.  Experience working with children and adults preferred. Professional counseling work in providing brief individual and group therapy and related indirect client services.  Provides crisis intervention to promote stabilization and avert hospitalization.  Maintains documentation regarding client progress in the client records.

ESSENTIAL / CORE JOB-SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1.                  Function as a practicing clinician on the Mobile Response Team. Provides crisis services for on-site and in the community.

2.                  Coordinates the crisis counseling response per Agency protocol.

3.                  Complies with all program policies and procedures.

4.                  Conducts clinical assessments and provide direct clinical intervention and referral services, including “warm hand-off” to other providers as directed in policy.

5.                  Will provide counseling services in assigned county and report to the Outpatient supervisor regarding work / caseload assignments and progress notes.

Shift : 8 : 00pm-8 : 00am, 12 hour Night

Company Description

For over half a century, Apalachee Center has been dedicated to helping the individuals and families of North Florida succeed in recovering from emotional, psychiatric, and substance abuse crises.

These crises are often painful and frightening, and leave families and individuals feeling as if they are all alone and have nowhere to turn. The Apalachee Center team is here to help.

Apalachee Center was organized in 1948 as the Human Relations Institute of Leon County, and has since expanded to include offices in seven additional counties across 5500 square miles.

Apalachee Center is a private, not-for-profit organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors

Company Description

For over half a century, Apalachee Center has been dedicated to helping the individuals and families of North Florida succeed in recovering from emotional, psychiatric, and substance abuse crises.\r\n\r\nThese crises are often painful and frightening, and leave families and individuals feeling as if they are all alone and have nowhere to turn. The Apalachee Center team is here to help.\r\n\r\nApalachee Center was organized in 1948 as the Human Relations Institute of Leon County, and has since expanded to include offices in seven additional counties across 5500 square miles.\r\n\r\nApalachee Center is a private, not-for-profit organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors