Come grow with us! South County Mental Health Center, Inc. is a private, non-profit Joint Commission Accredited Behavioral Healthcare provider located in South East Palm Beach County, Florida. Situated in the nationally designated city of Delray Beach, the Center provides a broad spectrum of inpatient and outpatient care to clients and their families in surrounding communities.  You can make a positive impact in the community on day 1! 

Purpose:

Perform emergency evaluations and provide disposition of individuals requesting Center Services and/or crisis in the community.

Responsibilities:

• Provide crisis intervention to individuals located in the community
• Assess all individuals requesting emergency services
• Respond to crisis situations, conduct risk assessments, and complete safety planning with individuals in crisis.
• Provide in-home services, therapeutic services with an interview approach
• Have the knowledge and ability to interpret Baker and Marchman Acts
• Work closely with other team members in the treatment process, ensuring coordination of services is taken to meet the client needs, and coordinate appropriate discharge planning
• Maintain record and/or log of all mobile crisis assessments and community contracts by phone and face to face interactions

Qualifications:

• Knowledge and ability to interpret the Baker and Marchman Act, Abuse and confidentiality laws
• Must have leadership and organizational skills
• Advanced crisis counseling and intervention skills
• Advanced counseling and assessments skills
• Ability to write assessments in a clear and concise format
• Ability to write/compose correspondence, policies, etc.
• Ability to effectively and professionally communicate with staff, clients and families
• Ability to work as a team
• Basic data PC skills (Microsoft Office Applications)

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Social Sciences, Social Work, or related field. (Required)

PLUS

• Two (2) years experience in the delivery of crisis behavioral health services

OR

• Master's Degree from an accredited college or university in Social Sciences, Social Work, or related field

• Often required to climb stairs and/or steps
• Requires extensive walking, at times
• Frequently necessary to get in and out of a vehicle 

Additional:

• Must have a knowledge of evaluation, assessment and crisis intervention techniques
• Proven demonstration of emotional/psychological resilience in trauma/mental health situations
• Microsoft Office: 1 year (Preferred)
• Valid FL driver’s license

Job Types: Part-time, Full-time

Medical specialties:

• Addiction Medicine
• Psychiatry

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

BENEFITS
At SCMHC we offer full-time employees a full benefit package.  Just to name a few great benefits, we have health, dental, and vision.  Also, because we know how important our own mental health is, we offer paid time off, and we will help do our part to set you up for future with a great 401k+match.  Couple that with a competitive salary our amazing caring team, you cannot go wrong.  

Apply now.

Because of the work we do in the community, a full background check is required for all staff.

We are a drug free employer.

South County Mental Health Center, Inc is an EOE.