<p>Job Responsibilities</p> <p>This position is located at the SC Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) - Office of Mental Health, Tri-County Community Mental Health Center (TCCMHC), 1035 Cheraw Street., Bennettsville, SC 29512.</p> <p>The Office of Mental Health's mission is 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.</p> <p>As the Mental Health Professional for Mobile Crisis, working under direct supervision of the Clinical Services Chief you will provide assessments for patients being discharged from local hospitals, consultation, crisis intervention, and short-term case management services. The overall purpose of this position is to assure timely access to outpatient mental health services for consumers and to divert future hospitalizations during mental health crises and provide on-call backup in all three TCCMHC Counties.Responsibilities for the Mental Health Professional / Mobile Crisis position include:</p> <ul> <li>Provide emergency assessments of patients experiencing crisis. Conduct face to face consultations as needed, arriving on-site no later than 60 minutes after the receipt of call. Participate in on-call rotation. </li><li>Formulate level of care and disposition. Educate patients 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. </li><li>Participate in individual supervision, PRN, and daily treatment staffing. Serve as liaison to local CMHC to provide updates on SCOMH patients. </li><li>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. Shall comply with the Office of Mental Health Compliance Plan and all legal responsibilities and requirements in performing their job duties. </li></ul>