Mental Health Professional - Adult Services

About This Role

This Mental Health Professional I role focuses on adult services within the Office of Mental Health, providing compassionate and accessible care to the community. The professional will offer mental health counseling and case management to adult patients, helping individuals and families navigate challenges and achieve long-term wellness.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality person-centered care using evidence-based clinical intervention
• Deliver all forms of direct services as credentialed by the Center in an efficient manner, meeting established productivity expectations
• Produce documentation that reflects the quality care expected of this position
• Demonstrate recognition of the importance of collaboration and teamwork within the Center and the community
• Ensure patient functionality is measured according to established standards
• Retain overall responsibility for meeting Quality Assurance standards
• Ensure timely response to requests for services
• Comply with all OMH/CDMHC policies and protocols, applicable QI, Corporate Compliance, Cultural Competency and CARF policies and procedures and Federal and State rules and regulations
• Attend all trainings classified as mandatory by Federal and State regulations and Center policy

Requirements

• Master's degree in guidance, counseling, the social sciences or a related field
• Master's or doctorate degree from an accredited program, university, or college in psychology, social work, counseling, marriage and family counseling or other behavioral discipline deemed equivalent by BHDD - Office of Mental Health
• Documented experience (practicum, internship during graduate program, or post-graduate clinical experience) to be credentialed for core services as a Mental Health Professional at the SC Office of Mental Health
• Ability to provide specific clinical activities on your application and/or resume
• Ability to bend, stoop, climb, drive from location to location, lift and file

Post hire, employees must:

• Have working knowledge of Mental Health legal principles and practices, of methods, principles and practices of clinical counseling and educational services
• Have considerable knowledge of psychopathology and patient management in psychiatric settings
• Have working knowledge of basic health and welfare services provided by other agencies
• Be able to effectively plan, coordinate and manage complex treatment
• Be able to conduct detailed investigations, draw conclusions and recommend required actions

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance for employees, spouse, and children