Mental Health Professional I/School-Based (Charleston)

State of South Carolina • Charleston County, SC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Mental Health Professional I provides mental health counseling and case management services to child and adolescent patients and their families who receive services from the Charleston-Dorchester Mental Health Center. The position is part of the Charleston school mental health team. Services are primarily provided in schools, with additional services delivered in clinics and community settings. The role works under limited supervision and is based at the Charleston-Dorchester Mental Health Center in Charleston, South Carolina.

The professional provides person-centered care using evidence-based clinical interventions, including family therapy and other direct services authorized by the Center’s credentials. The position is accountable for documentation and quality assurance standards, timely responses to service requests, and measuring patient functionality according to established standards. The employee collaborates with colleagues and community partners and complies with applicable Center, state, federal, quality assurance, corporate compliance, cultural competence, and CARF policies and requirements.

After hire, employees must have knowledge of mental health legal principles, clinical counseling methods and practices, psychopathology, patient management in a psychiatric setting, and basic health and welfare services provided by other agencies. They must be able to plan, coordinate, and manage complex treatment; exercise discretion in interpreting and applying established objectives; and conduct detailed assessments, draw conclusions, and recommend appropriate actions.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in guidance, counseling, the social sciences, or a related field.
• Ability to bend, stoop, drive from location to location, lift, and file.
• Valid South Carolina driver’s license.
• May require travel for training.
• Knowledge of mental health legal principles and clinical counseling methods and practices, psychopathology, and patient management in a psychiatric setting.
• Knowledge of basic health and welfare services provided by other agencies.
• Ability to exercise discretion in interpreting and applying established objectives.

Nice To Haves

• 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 the DBHDD Office of Mental Health.
• Bilingual ability in English and Spanish or another language.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centered care using evidence-based clinical interventions.
• Provide family therapy.
• Provide direct services for which the employee is credentialed by the Center, efficiently and in accordance with established productivity expectations.
• Maintain documentation reflecting the quality of care expected for the position.
• Meet Quality Assurance standards.
• Respond to service requests in a timely manner.
• Attend trainings required by federal and state regulations and Center policy.
• Comply with OMH, CDMHC, and BHDD policies and protocols, applicable quality assurance, corporate compliance, cultural competence, and CARF requirements, and federal and state laws.
• Collaborate and work as a team within the Center and the community.
• Measure patient functionality according to established standards.
• Plan, coordinate, and manage complex treatment.
• Conduct detailed assessments, draw conclusions, and recommend required actions.

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.
• South Carolina 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