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Job description
Job Responsibilities
Are you passionate about making a real difference in people's lives? Join our team at the Office of Mental Health where we are dedicated to providing compassionate and accessible care to our community. We are seeking a Mental Health Professional I / Mobile Crisis who is motivated to help individuals and families navigate life's challenges and achieve long-term wellness. If you want to use your skills to build a healthier, more resilient community, we encourage you to apply.
This position is located at the SC Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) - Office of Mental Health, Catawba Community Mental Health Center (CCMHC), 205 Piedmont Blvd, Suite 100, Rock Hill, SC 29732.
Under the limited supervision of the Catawba Clinic Directors and the Catawba Mobile Crisis Supervisor provides triage, crisis intervention, assessment, and therapy services to adult, child, and adolescent patients at Catawba clinics. Provides consultation, crisis intervention, and short term case management services to adult, child and adolescent patients through the Mobile Crisis team.
Responsibilities for the Mental Health Professional I / Mobile Crisis:
Provide triage, crisis intervention, assessment and therapy services as part of York Adult intake/triage team.
Provides emergency assessments of clients experiencing crisis. Conducts face to face consultations as needed, arriving on-site no later than 60 minutes after the receipt of call. Formulate level of care and disposition for Mobile Crisis calls. Educate patients on community resources and make arrangements for immediate disposition regarding transfers and referrals. Serve as provider of crisis intervention by administering brief individual and or/family therapy to address crisis; identify triggers for crisis behavior to include development of crisis safety plan up to initiating the process of involuntary commitment as needed. Maintain call log for quarterly crisis report.
Provide follow up calls to individuals served by Mobile Crisis. Engage in outreach contacts with community partners/agencies to increase awareness of Mobile Crisis services available in Chester, Lancaster, and York counties. Provide these services as needed during monthly visits to Chester and Lancaster clinics.
Attend and participate in weekly clinical treatment team meetings and staff patients with CCMHC MD as needed. Pursue continuing education and training. Maintain positive professional relationships with CMHC staff and community agencies as well as patients and their families. Work to overcome the stigma of mental illness and mental health services by providing education, training and support services to the community at large.
Provide coverage for a minimum of 5 afterhours Mobile Crisis shifts per month.
Worksite address
york, SC, 29745, US
Who can apply
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