Mental Health Professional / ACT Team / Substance Use

Job Responsibilities

With our Agency's mission to support the recovery of people with mental illnesses, we provide a complete array of medical and support services for children, adults, and families throughout South Carolina.

• Services are provided in the community and in patients' homes in both Aiken and Barnwell counties.

Job Purpose

• Serves on the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team providing evidenced based services in an intensive non-residential treatment and rehabilitative services in accordance with the fidelity model. This is a single fixed point of responsibility for treatment, rehabilitation, and support needs for patients with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) who require higher levels of community care and have not been well supported in lower level of care options.

Job Function

• Conducts comprehensive substance use assessments and assesses and tracks beneficiary's stages of change readiness and stages of treatment.

• Ensures patients are seen in accordance with their needs and the team's treatment approaches are consistent with beneficiary's stages of change readiness.

• Facilitates access to 12 step groups and other community groups.

• Provides direct services to patients using cognitive behavioral approaches and relapse prevention and uses outreach and motivational interviewing techniques in

earlier stages of change readiness.

• Facilitates the person-centered planning process for beneficiaries assigned to them.

• Participates in clinical supervision, treatment team meetings, and pursues professional development.

• Serves as a consultant and educator to ACT team members on the topic of integrated dual disorder treatment.

• Completes documentation according to QA/SCDMH standards, Complies with Corporate Compliance Policy and Risk Management Plan, and Ensures timely completion of prior authorizations.

• Completes all annual required trainings to include Safety, MAPS, Cultural Affairs, and clinical trainings.

• Demonstrates adherence to CARF standards, and SCDMH and Center policies and Procedures.

• Performs other duties as needed.

Minimum and Additional Requirements

State Requirements:

• A Masters' degree in guidance, counseling or the social sciences or a related field.

Internal requirements:

• Must be licensed as a Licensed Addiction Counselor in SC or Master Addiction Counselor.

Preferred Qualifications

Note: If any Agency/Internal Requirements are listed above, applicants must also meet those requirements to be considered for the position.

Agency Preferences:

• Practical therapeutic knowledge of principles, methods and counseling practices and procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of behavioral and mental disorders.

• Ability to listen and understand and communicate information and ideas so that others will understand and communicate information and ideas so that others will understand.

• Knowledge of psychopathology, family dynamics, family and group psychotherapy.

• Ability to identify and effectively utilize resources available in the community to accomplish objectives.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with individuals, families and representatives of other professional disciplines.

• Supervision provided by ACT team leader and Psychiatric Team Lead.

• Employee's activities are governed by Center and SCDMH policy and procedure.

• Ability to lift 5lbs and operate a state vehicle.

• Position is considered essential and may be called back during crises/disasters/emergencies.

• Position will be part of the Assertive Community Treatment Team.

• Requires flexible schedule and participation in after hours on-call rotation.

• Services are delivered in the community and patients' homes.

• Bilingual abilities in English and Spanish (or another language) are a plus.

Additional Comments

The South Carolina Department of Mental Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Agency. We provide affirmative action and equal opportunity in employment for all qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex - including the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, national origin, age, religion, or disability.

South Carolina is making our Veterans a priority for employment in state agencies and institutions.

Supplemental questions are considered part of your official application. Any misrepresentation will result in your disqualification from employment. Please complete the state application to include all current and previous work history and education. Please account for any and all gaps of employment in your application. A resume will not be accepted in lieu of application completion nor reviewed to determine if an applicant has met the qualifications for the position.

The South Carolina Department of Mental Health offers an exceptional benefits package for FTE positions that includes:

• Health, Dental, Vision, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and Children

• 15 days annual (vacation) leave accrual per year

• 15 days sick leave per year

• 13 paid holidays

• State Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Programs

ABMHC invites you to share our vision and passion for serving others!!!

• Take this opportunity to be part of a multi-disciplinary team that makes a difference in the lives of others.

• Gain valuable on the job training, expertise and skills in evidence-based treatment, problem solving, communication and networking.

• Be part of an innovative and diverse workforce of dedicated public mental health leaders.

• Receive personalized coaching from a licensed and experienced clinician, with the opportunity for clinical supervision for licensure.

• Opportunity for enhanced clinical training through conferences, consultation groups, and trainings on EBPs (Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, Substance Use Disorders, EMDR).