• Location: Winder, Georgia (Barrow County); on-site at district middle and high schools
• Employment Type: Independent Contractor (1099), part-time, per-assignment
• Schedule: School-year calendar (August through May), weekday daytime hours aligned to school bell schedules, Eastern Time; assignment volume flexes with student referrals
• Agency Environment: Georgia public school district, grades 6-12; school-based mental health program supporting a SAMHSA-funded student wellness initiative

Position Overview

CLFC Healthcare & Communications is building its Georgia clinician team for a school-based mental health program serving middle and high school students in Barrow County, Georgia, about 50 miles northeast of Atlanta. The role is direct clinical work where it matters most: on campus, during the school day, with students whose counselors have asked for licensed clinical support.

You deliver short-term, solution-focused individual counseling in arcs of six to eight sessions, facilitate evidence-based group counseling, and, if credentialed for it, respond to crisis activations and conduct structured risk assessments. Sessions happen in private space inside the school, scheduled around the student's academic day. You document each encounter the same day in a FERPA and HIPAA compliant case management system and contribute outcome measures that the district uses to track program impact.

This position fits an established Georgia clinician who wants meaningful adolescent clinical work with schedule predictability and zero practice-administration burden: no billing chases, no marketing, no empty-calendar risk. You take the assignments that fit your availability, deliver the clinical work, and CLFC handles everything around it.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver short-term, solution-focused individual counseling (45-minute sessions) to students in grades 6-12 using evidence-based modalities such as solution-focused brief therapy, CBT, trauma-focused CBT, and motivational interviewing
• Facilitate curriculum-based group counseling sessions (60 minutes) on topics such as anxiety management, grief, social skills, and emotional regulation
• Conduct same-day risk assessments using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale protocol and develop safety plans when assigned to crisis response (credential-dependent)
• Administer brief outcome instruments (PHQ-A, GAD-7) at intake and close of each counseling arc
• Document every encounter same-day in CLFC's secure case management system to FERPA and HIPAA standards
• Communicate with referring school counselors through brief, confidentiality-appropriate progress notes and coordinate with families per district protocol, including consent and mid-arc check-ins
• Fulfill Georgia mandated-reporter obligations and escalate per district and CLFC protocols
• Claim and confirm assignments through CLFC's BRIDGE App scheduling platform

Required Qualifications

• Active Georgia license in good standing: LPC, LCSW, or LMFT (associate-level APC or LMSW considered only with a qualifying Georgia Composite Board supervision arrangement)
• Minimum 3 years of clinical experience serving children and adolescents in school or community settings
• Training and demonstrated practice in trauma-informed care and culturally responsive service delivery
• Ability to pass a Georgia fingerprint (GCIC) background check required for school district contractors
• Current Georgia mandated-reporter training, or completion before first assignment
• Reliable transportation to school sites in Barrow County, Georgia

Strongly Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual English and Spanish, with comfort conducting sessions and family communication in Spanish
• ASIST or QPR certification and experience in crisis intervention or suicide risk assessment
• Prior school-based mental health delivery experience, including coordination with school counselors
• Group facilitation experience with adolescents using evidence-based curricula
• Experience administering and interpreting standardized outcome measures (PHQ-A, GAD-7, SDQ)

Compensation and Engagement Details

• Individual counseling: $57 to $69 per hour, paid per delivered encounter
• Group facilitation: $76 to $92 per hour, reflecting preparation and curriculum delivery
• Crisis response and risk assessment: $90 to $109 per hour for credentialed clinicians accepting on-call assignments
• 1099 independent contractor engagement: you are paid for every delivered, documented encounter, with no unpaid administrative overhead
• School-year schedule with summers free; assignment volume scales with your stated availability
• Assignment claims through CLFC's BRIDGE App, the proprietary scheduling platform used by CLFC's nationwide contractor network
• CLFC's Program Management Office handles credential tracking, scheduling infrastructure, invoicing support, and district reporting so your time goes to clinical work
• Multi-year program potential: the underlying district contract runs on a two-year term with renewal pathways

About CLF Consultants LLC

CLF Consultants LLC (DBA: CLFC Healthcare & Communications) is a federal, state, and local healthcare staffing and language access services organization. Our network of more than 500 healthcare professionals and more than 200 interpreters supports nationwide coverage. CLFC is a Self-Certified Small Disadvantaged Business committed to placing qualified professionals with mission-aligned organizations. Equal Opportunity Employer.