Mental Health Professional II - JDC

Mental Health Professional II - JDC

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Afternoon/Evening Clinician: 2PM-11PM or 3PM-12AM.

It is the mission of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to impact and transform young lives, strengthen families, and support safer communities through targeted prevention and rehabilitation.

The QMHPs/MHPs aim to provide effective assessment, treatment, and case management services to address the criminogenic needs of youths, ensuring their well‑being and aiding in their rehabilitation and reintegration into the community.

• Meets with youth within 72 hours of their detainment and completes the required admission documentation, which is to be uploaded in Electronic Health Record (i.e., Medicat) within the policy‑established timeframe.
• Ensures the youth’s understanding of the detainment process.
• Reviews court orders and ensures court mandates are implemented.
• Disseminates information regarding the youth to JDC staff, as needed and appropriate.
• Upon youth’s arrival, uploads information in the Securus Nextgen phone system for the youth to utilize the unit phone to maintain contact with family and supportive individuals as identified in JJMS.
• Coordinates tenets of Legacy behavioral management system, including but possibly not limited to phone minutes, special privileges, visitation, etc.
• Provides clinical services, to include brief, solution‑focused, psycho educational individual and/or group services and case management to youth throughout the detainment process and documents all services in Medicat and/or JJMS.
• Serves as the chief advocate for the youth and assists professionally with family/individual/legal needs, to include but not limited to communication with DJJ Community offices and community entities associated with youth.
• Provides crisis assessment and intervention services, when needed, and follows established policies and procedures related to informing facility staff and documenting (verbally and in writing) if mental health precautions are warranted or not.
• Completes check‑ins with youth on isolation status, as well as participates in the Isolation Multidisciplinary Team (IMDT) meetings (as needed).
• Submits required documentation (notes and isolation forms) per established policies and procedures.
• Contacts parent/guardian when a youth is placed in isolation and also informs parent/guardian of the youth’s release from isolation.
• Attends and participates in scheduled interagency staffings (IAS), as well as internal staff meetings.
• Consults with other agencies/disciplines as directed or needed.
• Attends weekly community meetings in assigned unit(s).
• Submits psychiatric referrals when warranted.
• Provides on‑call services at facility on a rotating basis with other QMHPs/MHPs and completes and disseminates the required documentation (i.e., Suicide Risk Assessment, Daily Suicide Risk Assessment, Suicide Precautions Observation Documentation, and Youth Safety Plan), as required per established agency policies and procedures.
• If needed, on the weekends and/or the holidays, will provide on‑call assistance to the MEDC on‑call clinician.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

• A master’s degree in guidance, counseling, the social sciences or a related field and professional experience in a mental health, human service or social service program.
• Knowledge of counseling skills, techniques, and interventions.
• Knowledge of child and adolescent development, mental and behavioral health, and family systems, including best practices and treatment modalities (e.g., motivational interviewing, DBT skills, cognitive behavioral interventions, etc.) to address issues in these areas.
• Knowledge of psychopathology and diagnostic assessment.
• Knowledge of applicable ethical and legal standards.
• Knowledge of effective case management and treatment planning principles.
• Ability to integrate information from various sources.
• Ability to engage youth and families from varied backgrounds, lived experiences, and cultural perspectives.
• Ability to…