Licensed Mental Health Professional - Full Time
Advanced Correctional Healthcare
Columbia, SCFull-time$42/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Licensed Mental Health Professional provides behavioral health screening, psychoeducation, skills-based interventions, and therapeutic support to detainees under supervision. The role coordinates with custody, medical, and county behavioral health services on treatment, stabilization, continuity of care, and discharge planning. It also includes documentation and referral tracking. A master’s degree in a behavioral or social science field is required; clinical licensure is preferred.
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Full job description
Salary Range $42.00 - $42.00 Hourly
Position Type Full Time
Job Shift Day
Education Level Graduate Degree
Travel Percentage None
Category Behavioral Health
Description
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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Under supervision, provide behavioral health screening of detainees referred by facility staff or identified by prescreening through booking process or nursing services.
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Under supervision, provide individual and/or group psychoeducation and skills-based interventions.
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Assist custody and medical staff in the monitoring of behavioral health for referred detainees.
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Coordinate with custody and medical staff in the management and treatment of detainees with behavioral health concerns.
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Monitor and assess therapeutic support of segregated and isolated detainees.
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Support and supplement the activities of county behavioral health services in the stabilization of at-risk detainees.
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Coordinate with county behavioral health services for continuity of care and discharge planning/case management via sharing of pertinent patient information.
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Complete documentation as well as maintain records for referral tracking and continuous quality improvement (CQI) under supervision.
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Demonstrate commitment and dedication to providing behavioral health support and provide training to solve problems and make lives easier.
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Perform all other duties as assigned.
BENEFITS: (Benefits eligibility is determined by employment status):
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Referral program
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401(k) w/employer match
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Health insurance
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Vision insurance
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Dental insurance
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Professional Development
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Paid Time Off
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Disability Insurance
Qualifications
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
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Master’s Degree in a Behavioral/Social Science field (e.g., Psychology, Social Work, etc.) required.
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Current licensure with clinical specialty from the appropriate state licensing board preferred.
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CPR certification must be obtained prior to hire and maintained while in this role.
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Hands-on or online certifications are accepted.
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Must be able to practice independently.
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Must possess a valid driver’s license and be able to operate a motor vehicle.
How this job compares
Set against the 654 open Mental Health Professional jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$42/hr
- US median$40–50/hr144 hourly ranges
This rate, $42/hr, is 4% below the US median midpoint ($44/hr) — in the middle half of Mental Health Professional hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 71 open Mental Health Professional jobs in South Carolina and 654 across the US. 32% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in South Carolina
- State of South Carolina66 open
- HCA Healthcare2 open
- Experience
- Mental Health Professional postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (155 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 398 of the 654 open Mental Health Professional jobs (61%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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