Behavioral Health Counselor - Crisis Center - Overnight Shift Job at Avita Commu

Join our team and grow with us!  Are you looking for a career with meaning?  Do you want to be part of a team who strives to improve the quality of a person’s life?

Avita Community Partners gives you the opportunity to live out your passion, in an organization known for high quality care.  We value, reward & recognize hard working committed staff and want you to be surrounded by a healthy team and strong leadership.

Avita offers monthly Evidence Based Trainings with CEUs to enhance your skills/maintain your license.  Regular Clinical Care Team Meetings assist in wrapping the appropriate level of services around each individual you serve. 

We recognize our staff when they go above and beyond and provide support when needed.  Avita offers a great benefit package including options for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short/long-term disability, and many more!  We understand that it’s difficult to save for retirement, so we contribute the equivalent of 3.5% of your salary into a 401k plan that will grow for you.

• 20 days Paid Time Off (PTO) per year with a full “cash out” for unused PTO


• 9 Paid Holidays, 1 Floating Holiday, plus Your Birthday as a Holiday just for you!

Avita Community Partners is looking for clinicians to work in our Behavioral Health Crisis Center (BHCC), located in Gainesville, Ga. We are seeking fully licensed staff to serve in our BHCC assisting adults experiencing mental health crises and/or in need of detoxification from substances and includes the following: Crisis Walk-In Center: Temporary Observation Unit: A 15 bed facility-based program that provides a physically secure and medically safe environment to further assess, stabilize, and refer clients to the next appropriate level of care. Crisis Stabilization Unit: A 30-bed, short-term crisis residential unit providing treatment to adults experiencing mental health crisis or who are in need of withdrawal management from substances. All departments listed are 24/7. 

 Job Summary: 

Crisis Walk-In Center/Temporary Observation Unit: Clinical staff complete assessments on individuals walking into the center in crisis and based on those assessments arrange for follow-up care or admission to Temporary Observation, Crisis Stabilization and hospitals. Clinicians may also assist with assessment, treatment planning, and safety planning of adults on the Temporary Observation Unit. 

Hours - Full Time - 40 hours a week - 12a to 8a

Compensation:  $ 20.00 Per hour - Unlicensed with Master's Degree in Counseling, Psychology, Social Work or Marriage and Family Therapy with the ability to be licensed at the associate level (LAPC, LMSW, LAMFT) within six months of hire. 

25.00 Per hour - Associate level licensure in state of Georgia - LAPC, LMSW, LAMFT

30.00 Per hour - Full license in the state of Georgia - LPC, LCSW, LMFT

 EOE