Family Counselor

Family Counselor

Who are we? For over fifty years, Aspire Health Partners has been one of the leading non-profit behavioral health companies in the Southeast. Serving nearly 40,000 clients per year, with locations in six Central Florida counties and currently expanding into Hinesville, Georgia Aspire has delivered state-of-the-art behavioral healthcare and is regularly sought out both statewide and nationally as an expert in the field. With its mission of providing the highest quality of compassionate, comprehensive, and cost effective integrated behavioral healthcare, Aspire, through its more than two dozen campus locations provides a comprehensive continuum of services for children, adolescents, adults, seniors, and families. Through innovative, resourceful treatment and recovery approaches Aspire offers individuals and families the opportunity to "aspire" to healthier, happier, and more independent lives. Aspire employs more than 1,200 professionals and paraprofessionals dedicated to Saving Lives, Transforming Communities and Changing the World
Who You Are: You're a leader looking for an opportunity to define your own career path, connect with a supportive community of health professionals like you, and increase your earning potential. You have a passion for working in different care settings and making a difference in lives.

Job Purpose: As a Family Counselor at Aspire Health Partners, your job purpose will be to provide a multitude of essential functions in order to assist psychiatric outpatient clients to achieve and maintain stability.

All functions must be completed while maintaining high standards of ethical and professional conduct while adhering to agency policies and procedures. In the NAVIGATE program the Family Education Therapist will teach families about psychosis and its treatment. They will reduce relapse by encouraging medication compliance and support clients work toward personal recovery goals while educating families on warning signs of relapse.

Job Functions

• Provide supportive individual and/or group/family counseling to caseload to assist clients in meeting treatment goals and objectives.
• Document all interactions in a timely manner according to company best practices guidelines.
• Demonstrate competency in the ability to do assessments, treatment planning, and other required data collection and entry both on paper and EHR.
• Make appropriate referrals and attempt to meet clients' identified needs.
• Ensure that all discharge paperwork is completed including discharge instructions, closing summary, residential referral, and accurate documentation of transition assessment.
• Demonstrate respect for diverse backgrounds of all customers, clients, staff, and community.
• Exhibit a commitment to treat visitors, clients, family members and co-workers with dignity, compassion, and respect at all times, and demonstrate courtesy in interactions with members of all departments and disciplines within the company.

Position qualifications: Ability to receive and maintain a(n)

• Level II Background clearance
• Acceptable Motor Vehicle Registration driver's license record in accordance with the underwriting guidelines set by Aspire insurance company as described in the AHP Corporate Transportation Policy 3.9.1
• Master's Degree in Counseling, Social Work, Psychology or other related field
• State of Florida License (LCSW, LMHC, LMFT)
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
• Two years working with children and families. Internships can be substituted for some work experience.
• Must have some familiarity with play therapy, solution-focused/cognitive-behaviors/other brief therapies.
• Knowledge of first episode psychosis/NAVIGATE intervention program.

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

We are committed to providing our employees with the support they need. At Aspire Health Partners, we offer eligible staff an attractive benefit package that includes medical, wellbeing, dental and vision benefits along with some unique benefits including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life & Supplemental Insurance, Flexible Spending & Health Savings Accounts
• Paid Time Off (PTO) (2.5 weeks your first year, up to 6 weeks at 14+ years)
• Paid Diversity & Floating Holidays (2)
• Paid Holidays (6)
• 403(b) 50% employer match up to 10% (3-year vesting cliff)
• Employee Discounts including Tickets, Retail, Hotel, Car Rental/Purchase
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• HRSA Loan Forgiveness
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
• Will preparation
• Funeral Planning
• Concierge Services & Travel Assistance