Mental Health Professional I - Adult Outpatient (Oconee- AOP)

State of South Carolina • Oconee County, SC

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Mental Health Professional I provides outpatient therapy to adult patients of the Anderson-Oconee-Pickens Mental Health Center at the Oconee County Mental Health Clinic in Seneca, South Carolina. The role supports adults experiencing family, social, or other life crises and mental disorders, helping patients access counseling, assessment, crisis management, and treatment planning services.

The position requires a master’s degree in guidance, counseling, social sciences, or a related field, and a South Carolina license or eligibility for licensure. Employees who are not yet licensed must be willing to work toward South Carolina licensure within six months of employment. Candidates must document clinical experience providing direct patient care, qualify for mental health professional credentialing and privileging, and maintain a valid South Carolina driver’s license. The position is considered essential and may require reporting to work or being called back during emergencies, crises, or disasters.

Full-time employees are offered health, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance; annual and sick leave; paid holidays; paid parental leave; and retirement plan choices through the state. The department is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in guidance, counseling, social sciences, or a related field.
• Must be licensed or eligible for licensure in South Carolina; if unlicensed, must be willing to work toward South Carolina licensure within six months of employment.
• Provide evidence of clinical experience providing direct patient care, documented through a graduate practicum or internship or post-graduate clinical experience.
• Qualify for credentialing and privileging as a mental health professional in accordance with quality assurance standards and with concurrence by Office of Mental Health Quality Management.
• Maintain a valid South Carolina driver’s license.
• Ability to bend, stoop, climb, drive from location to location, lift, and file.
• Pass CPR and Managing Agitation in the Psychiatric Setting (MAPS) certification.
• Complete the state application with current and previous work history and education; supplemental questions are part of the official application.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual abilities in English and Spanish or another language.

Responsibilities

• Provide counseling services in an office setting to adults experiencing family, social, or other life crises and mental disorders.
• Provide intake assessments and crisis management services to patients at the Oconee Mental Health Clinic.
• Maintain patient chart work in accordance with quality assurance standards.
• Participate in treatment team meetings and assist with formulating and developing patient treatment plans and needed programs.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance for employees, spouse, 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.
• Retirement benefit choices: 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
• Career Level: Mid Level