Mental Health Professional I / School Based (Charleston)
About The Position
The Mental Health Professional I provides mental health counseling and case management services to child and adolescent patients served by the Charleston Dorchester Mental Health Center. Services are primarily delivered in schools, with additional services provided in clinics and community settings. Under limited supervision, the role provides person-centered care and clinical interventions, including family therapy, while meeting productivity, documentation, quality assurance, and patient-functionality standards. The position also requires timely responses to service requests, collaboration with the Center and community, and compliance with applicable policies, regulations, and laws.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in guidance, counseling, the social sciences, or a related field.
- Clinical experience for credentialing as a Mental Health Professional may be documented as a practicum or internship during graduate study, or as post-graduate clinical experience.
- Ability to bend, stoop, climb, drive between locations, lift, and file.
- Working knowledge of mental health legal principles and practices, and of clinical counseling and educational services.
- Considerable knowledge of psychopathology and patient management in psychiatric settings.
- Working knowledge of basic health and welfare services provided by other agencies.
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-OMH.
- Specific clinical activities documented on the application and/or resume are requested to support experience review.
Responsibilities
- Provide quality, person-centered care using evidence-based clinical interventions.
- Provide credentialed direct services efficiently and meet established productivity expectations.
- Provide family therapy.
- Maintain documentation that reflects the quality of care expected for the position.
- Collaborate and work as a team within the Center and the community.
- Measure patient functionality according to established standards.
- Maintain overall 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 OMH, CDMHC, and BHDD policies and protocols; applicable quality assurance, corporate compliance, cultural competence, and CARP requirements; and federal and state laws.
- Plan, coordinate, and manage complex treatment; conduct detailed investigations, draw conclusions, and recommend required actions.
Benefits
- Health insurance for employees, spouse, and children.
- Dental insurance for employees, spouse, and children.
- Vision insurance for employees, spouse, and children.
- Long-term disability insurance for employees, spouse, and children.
- 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 a listed plan is required for FTE employees.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
