Licensed Clinical Social Worker
AvaMed Workforce has secured a contract to provide Licensed Clinical Social Workers to a correctional facility and is in urgent need of LCSWs to work an assignment at the Lancaster, CA facility.
$46 / hr Weekly Pay via Direct Deposit Mon - Fri (8am - 4pm) Under the direction of the Senior Psychologist, Supervisor or Supervising Psychiatric Social Worker and / or the Chief of Mental Health (CMH), the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), provides mental health services to mentally ill inmates / wards.
Clinical social workers maintain order and supervise the conduct of patient inmates / youths, protect and maintain the safety of persons and property, and do other related work.
- The LCSW must be able to work in conditions that require all of the following essential functions : a. Periodically serves as clinician-of-the-day by being available for on-call during scheduled work days for patient emergencies;
- b. Conducts initial mental health evaluations including criminal, psychological, and substance abuse case history to assess inmate’s current needs and make treatment recommendations in the initial evaluation;
- c. Conducts clinically sound suicide risk evaluations including clinical review, applying suicide risk assessment protocols, pertinent data / chart reviews, proper documentation and consultations as needed;
d. Meets with mentally ill patient-inmates / youths for crisis intervention, group psychotherapy, face-to-face interviews, etc.
- May be required to provide clinical, face-to-face interviews at cell fronts in inmate housing units. In some institutions, multi-tiered housing units may require the ability to climb stairs and walk long distances;
- e. Identifies the relevant signs and symptoms of psychiatric disorders in orders to comprehensively assess diagnose, and manage the presenting symptoms;
f. Writes clinical reports regarding diagnoses and prognoses and develops treatment plans that reflect the standard of practice; Powered by JazzHR