Behavioral Health Counselor - Habersham County Schools

 Behavioral Health Counselor - Habersham County Schools 

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 FREE supervision toward licensure & 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!

Eligible Employees can apply for loan repayment assistance through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment program. Avita is also an approved organization for the Federal Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

We pay you based on your level of licensure and experience.

Recent graduate? We will provide the supervision and training you need.

Minimum Qualifications:

Master's Degree in Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Social Work, Psychology or a similar degree that will qualify the applicant for licensure as a LAPC, LAMFT, or LMSW within the first six months of employment. (38,000)

OR Associate Licensed ($40,000) Associate Licensure as an LMSW, LAMFT, or LAPC

OR LCSW, LMFT or LPC - Licensure with less than one year of post-licensure experience - $49,483.20, Licensure with one year of post-licensure experience - $52,500, Licensure with three years of post-licensure experience - $55,000

Avita has been recognized by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities as The Provider of the Year and have achieved the highest level of CARF Accreditation since 1999.

Join the Avita Family TODAY!