Mental Health Professional I - Adult Services - Charleston County

State of South Carolina • Charleston County, SC

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Mental Health Professional I provides mental health counseling and case management services to adult patients of the Charleston Dorchester Community Mental Health Center. The position is based at the Charleston Clinic, with services delivered in both clinic and community settings. Under limited supervision, the professional provides person-centered, evidence-based care and is responsible for meeting established service, documentation, patient-functionality measurement, and quality-assurance standards.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in guidance, counseling, social sciences, or a related field.
• Valid South Carolina driver’s license.
• Ability to bend, stoop, drive from location to location, lift, and file.
• Ability to travel for trainings may be required.
• Follow established BHDD policies and procedures.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of mental-health legal principles and practices, and clinical counseling and educational-service methods and practices.
• Considerable knowledge of psychopathology and patient management in a psychiatric setting.
• Working knowledge of basic health and welfare services provided by other agencies.
• Ability to effectively plan, coordinate, and manage complex treatment.
• Ability to conduct detailed assessments, draw conclusions, and recommend required actions.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality, person-centered care using evidence-based clinical interventions.
• Provide direct services for which the employee is credentialed, efficiently and in accordance with established productivity expectations.
• Maintain documentation that reflects the quality of care expected for the position.
• Ensure patient functionality is measured according to established standards.
• Retain responsibility for meeting quality-assurance standards.
• Attend trainings designated as mandatory by federal and state regulations and Center policy.
• Follow applicable OMH, CDMHC, and BHDD policies and protocols, quality-assurance and corporate-compliance requirements, CARF policies and regulations, and federal and state laws.
• Provide services in clinic and community settings.

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 available.
• State Retirement Plan (SCRS) or State Optional Retirement Program (State ORP); enrollment in one of the listed plans is required for FTE employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time