Mental Health Professional I / Adult Clinician (Charleston)

State of South Carolina • Charleston County, SC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Adult Clinician works under limited supervision at the SC Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Office of Mental Health, Charleston Dorchester Mental Health Center in Charleston, South Carolina. The clinician provides mental health counseling and case management to adult patients served by the Center, in both clinic and community settings.

The position provides person-centered care using evidence-based clinical interventions and delivers direct services consistent with the clinician’s credentials and established productivity expectations. The clinician is also responsible for quality documentation, measuring patient functionality according to established standards, meeting quality-assurance standards, responding to service requests in a timely manner, and collaborating with Center staff and community partners. The role requires compliance with applicable Center policies, regulations, quality-assurance and corporate-compliance requirements, cultural-competence standards, and CARF procedures.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in guidance, counseling, social sciences, or a related field.
• Evidence of clinical experience providing direct patient care to qualify for credentialing for core services; experience may be documented as a graduate practicum or internship or as post-graduate clinical experience.
• Ability to bend, stoop, climb, drive between locations, and lift up to 5 pounds.
• Serviceable personal vehicle and valid South Carolina driver’s license.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s or doctorate degree from an accredited program, university, or college in psychology, social work, counseling, marriage and family counseling, or another behavioral discipline deemed equivalent by BHDD.
• Bilingual ability in English and Spanish or another language.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality, person-centered care using evidence-based clinical interventions.
• Provide credentialed direct services efficiently and meet established productivity expectations.
• Maintain documentation that reflects the quality of care expected for the position.
• Collaborate and work as a team within the Center and with the community.
• Measure patient functionality according to established standards.
• Retain responsibility for meeting quality-assurance standards.
• Respond to requests for services in a timely manner.
• Attend trainings required by federal and state regulations and Center policy.
• Comply with applicable BHDD, OMH, and CDMHC policies and protocols; quality-assurance, corporate-compliance, and cultural-competence requirements; CARF policies and procedures; and federal and state laws.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
• 15 days of annual (vacation) leave per year.
• 15 days of sick leave per year.
• 13 paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• S.C. Deferred Compensation Program.
• State Retirement Plan (SCRS) or State Optional Retirement Program (State ORP); enrollment in one listed plan is required for FTE employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time