Mental Health Professional I / Transitions / Charleston Area

Job Responsibilities

THIS POSITION IS REPOSTED

• Previous applicants are still under consideration and do not need to reapply*

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.

This position is located with the Department of Mental Health, Charleston area, 171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425.

As the Mental Health Professional, working under general supervision of the Mental Health Professional II for the Transition Specialist Program, within the Office of Transitions Programs, you will identify and execute activities that result in patient discharge from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), SCDMH, and other inpatient settings to integrated community residences and community-based behavioral health services, to include discharge plan development, accessing residential settings, patient assessments and linking to community-based providers.

Responsibilities for this Mental Health Professional I include but are not limited to:

• Quality Management: Conducts CMHC Initial Clinical Assessments and DLA20s with patients, choosing CMHC for outpatient provider to support continuity of services from inpatient to outpatient settings; coordinates and locates community-based residential settings options, based on patients' discharge plan; collects data for performance improvement; utilizes the Avatar and EMR to document services provided; completes accurate and timely reports (such as Designed Examiner reports) to management as required.

• Leadership: Coordinates staffing with CMHC regarding program placement for patient when discharged; provides face-to-face and/or video introduction of patient to community providers to include care coordinator and peer support specialist; attends treatment team meetings, discharge committee meetings, patient staffing and discharge planning staffing to provide community-based resources and/or options for discharge planning.

• Initiative: Identifies, collects and routinely updates an inventory of integrated community-based residences for Transition Team distribution/resource directory; brokers needed community resources/services and develops resources where gaps exist.

• Skill Enhancement: Completes core competency trainings (such as SCEIS, MAPS, etc.) and other job-related trainings as required or assigned; will maintain professional licensure (as applicable) and maintain knowledge of and enforce policies and procedures.

• Flexibility: Performs other job duties as required or assigned.

Minimum and Additional Requirements

State Minimum Requirement: A master's degree in guidance, counseling, the social sciences or a related field.

Agency Minimum Requirement: A master's degree in guidance, counseling or the social sciences and preferably six (6) months to one (1) year experience in a clinical program.

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

Preferred Qualifications

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

Additional Comments

Selected candidates will work in assigned mental health locations. The position requires the ability to bend, stoop, climb, drive from location to location, lift and file; must perform duties in multiple settings.

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

• Paid Parental Leave

• State Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Programs