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About The Position

Requirements

• Master’s degree in guidance, counseling, social sciences, or a related field.
• Licensed in South Carolina as an LISW, LLISW-CP, LMFT, or LPC.
• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a program primarily psychological in nature.
• One year of professional experience working with adults with serious mental illness, including experience within a South Carolina state agency.
• Evidence of clinical experience providing direct patient care, documented through a graduate practicum or internship or post-graduate clinical experience; applicants should specify clinical activities on their application and/or resume.
• Ability to lift up to 5 pounds.
• Valid driver’s license to operate a state vehicle.
• Ability to work in an essential-personnel capacity, including call-backs during crises, natural disasters, or emergencies.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule across community settings and patients’ homes.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual ability in English and Spanish or another language.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct, recovery-oriented care to ACT beneficiaries by teaching evidence-based coping strategies and facilitating independent-living skills training.
• Use assertive engagement strategies to build rapport and connect with hard-to-reach beneficiaries.
• Facilitate person-centered planning for assigned beneficiaries.
• Help beneficiaries access community services, resources, and agencies and establish support networks.
• Complete screenings and comprehensive assessments for new referrals.
• Assist with developing and revising instructional continuity plans.
• Provide family psychoeducation and work with beneficiaries’ natural supports.
• Participate in clinical supervision and treatment-team meetings, pursue professional development, and demonstrate effective social and interpersonal skills and an understanding of individual and group differences and similarities.
• Attend daily team meetings and provide consultation on complex cases as appropriate.
• Maintain active certifications in evidence-based practices.
• Complete documentation according to QA/OMH standards, comply with corporate compliance and risk-management policies, and complete prior authorizations on time.
• Participate as a core member of the ACT Team and deliver care across community settings and patients’ homes.
• Respond to call-backs during crises, natural disasters, or emergencies as an essential-personnel employee.

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.
• 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.
• South Carolina Deferred Compensation Program.
• Retirement benefit choices: State Retirement Plan (SCRS) or State Optional Retirement Program (State ORP); enrollment in one listed plan is required for FTE employees.