Licensed Professional Counselor

STGi is currently seeking a Licensed Professional Counselor to provide services at the Georgia War Veterans Home.

Job Summary

The Licensed Professional Counselor will provide mental health services under the direction of the Psychiatrist, Psychiatric Certified Nurse Practitioner and Executive Director

Essential Functions

• Conduct comprehensive behavioral assessments of veterans exhibiting behavioral or emotional concerns.
• Analyze patterns of behavior and identify underlying causes using established behavioral principles.
• Develop, implement, and monitor individualized behavior intervention plans (BIPs) to address challenging behaviors and promote positive outcomes.
• Provide individual and group counseling to veterans with mental health conditions including, but not limited to, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), substance use disorders, depression, anxiety and dementia.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members—including nursing, social work, psychology, and medical staff—to coordinate and integrate behavioral health services into each veteran’s care plan.
• Provide staff education and training on behavioral management techniques and effective communication strategies for residents with complex behavioral needs.
• Maintain detailed and confidential clinical documentation in accordance with state and federal regulations, ethical standards, and facility policies.
• Participate in care plan meetings, quality improvement initiatives, and case reviews.
• Serve as a resource for crisis intervention and provide guidance during behavioral emergencies.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable state, federal, and Veterans Administration regulations governing mental health and behavioral care services (including call 24-7).
• Provides comprehensive, evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions, including individual, family, and group psychotherapy and counseling using a recovery-based model
• Develops, implements, and documents the treatment plan for veterans, including prompt completion of clinical reminders and other documentation requirements.
• Continues to reassess and reevaluate the impact that therapeutic interventions have on veterans’ problems and determines the need for additional or different treatments and revises the treatment plan
• Conducts short, medium, long-term in-depth counseling and facilitates both open-ended, process groups; and time-limited, closed, structured groups for veterans with substance abuse problems, mental health problems, or co-morbid conditions.
• Provides crisis intervention when needed and stabilization to veterans and significant others. Crisis intervention requires the incumbent to function with a high degree of independent judgment in responding appropriately and quickly to unique needs/dangers in crisis situations.
• Adheres to operational policies and procedures for the treatment team as established by the affiliated contract under which the Hub operates in service to assigned VA facilities.
• Servers a member of the Behavioral Team and screens candidates for admission to GWVH which could involve assessing the veterans in their homes or other care facilities.
• Facilitates liaisons with other assigned health care providers in order to effectively coordinate services.
• Assists with the execution of ongoing program evaluation and data-driven quality improvement projects to monitor the effectiveness of the clinical services provided in terms of veteran access and program effectiveness.
• Maintain universal precautions and infection control practices.
• Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and assist during respiratory and cardiac arrest procedures as applicable.
• Provide health educational, materials and resources to veterans and their families for informational purposes.
• Maintain confidentiality of all information and support veterans' privacy, rights, and safety.
• Perform other work-related duties as assigned.
• Maintain Safety Care certification of instructor