Mental Health Associate II

State of Maryland•Dorchester, MD

20h•Onsite

About The Position

The main purpose of this position is to provide high quality social work services to ESHC patients with oversight from a licensed social worker. Completing social work admissions, assessments, treatment plans (social work related portions), documentation, referrals, applications, collateral contracts, aftercare plans, preliminary after care letters, discharge summaries, patient personal needs, case management and all other social work services.

Requirements

Completion of 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university including 15 credit hours in a human service program.
The program must have included either a supervised practicum in providing counseling or other therapeutic services to the mentally ill or at least nine credit hours in psychology, including abnormal psychology.
Two years of experience providing counseling or other therapeutic services to the mentally ill.
Candidates may substitute one year of experience providing counseling or other therapeutic services in a mental health setting under the supervision of a licensed professional staff member or a Master’s degree prepared mental health professional for the required practicum.
Candidates may substitute additional education at an accredited college or university in a human service program at the rate of 30 credit hours for one year for up to two years of the required experience.
Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a non-commissioned officer in Mental or Behavioral Health Counseling classifications or Mental or Behavioral Health Nursing and Specialist specialty codes in the Counseling field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education.