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NEOGOV · 4 days ago

Mental Health Professional I / Mobile Crisis Unit (Greenville) (Internal Applicants Only)

Greenville County, SC

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$45K/yr - $77K/yr

NEOGOV is seeking a passionate Mental Health Professional I to join their Office of Mental Health within the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities in South Carolina. The role involves providing emergency assessments and crisis intervention services to clients in need, ensuring timely and effective mental health support in the community.

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Responsibilities

Provide emergency assessments of clients experiencing crisis. Conduct face-to-face consultations as needed, arriving on-site no later than 60 minutes after the receipt of call. Participate in after-hours on-call rotation to include nights and weekends

Formulate level of care and disposition. Educate clients on community resources and make arrangements for immediate disposition regarding transfers and referrals. Serve as a provider of the crisis intervention, by administering brief individual and/ or family therapy to address crisis and identify triggers for crisis behavior to include development of crisis safety plan up to initiating the process of involuntary commitment

Participate in weekly Assessment/ Community Response staff meetings individual supervision PRN, and daily treatment staffing. Serve as liaison to local CMHC to provide updates on OMH clients

Comply with all applicable Quality Assurance. Corporate compliance and Cultural Competence policies, procedures and regulations, and all Federal and State laws as well as attend all trainings classified mandatory by Federal & State regulations. Engage in additional trainings to maintain professional development

Qualification

Mental Health AssessmentCrisis InterventionClinical ExperienceBilingual (English/Spanish)Cultural CompetenceEffective CommunicationTeam Collaboration

Required

A master's degree in guidance, counseling, the social sciences or a related field

Evidence of clinical experience providing direct patient care, which may be documented as a practicum or internship during graduate program, or post-graduate clinical experience

Must be currently employed with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities - Office of Mental Health