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Mental Health Social Worker
Temporary Part time 24 hours
Homeless Services Wellness Program
We are hiring a highly motivated and compassionate Mental Health Social Worker to join our team! The qualified candidate for the Wellness Program must have an MSW or Master’s degree in behavioral health sciences / psychology from an accredited university.
Responsibilities include providing assessment, psychotherapy, and group therapy to adults ages 18+ in individual and group settings.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
- Maintains accurate and up-to-date clinical charts with appropriate and timely completion of all required documentation, including but not limited to, assessments, progress notes, treatment, and discharge
- Provides full services to an assigned caseload, including individual, group, couples, and family psychotherapy, case recording, management, and re-hospitalization.
Meets all contracted monthly service requirements
- Implements and is responsible for the treatment planning needs of assigned client caseload
- Makes and implements client disciplinary recommendations, as needed
- Provides on-call coverage for emergency consultation and intervention outside of regular work hours
- Participates in the assigned program, treatment planning, and in-service training meetings as scheduled
- Productively participates in weekly individual and group supervision. Maintains and improves clinical skills, through supervision, training seminars, and classes.
Follows supervisor’s directives
- Maintains an objective and professional relationship with clients at all times
- Works collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary treatment team, including timely and effective communications
- Effectively presents clinical case material as needed
- Communicates effectively with clients as well as their family members and significant others
- Maintains active and effective liaison with relevant community agencies and initiates collateral contact with family, friends, board, and care operators referring agencies and professionals as needed for the client’s continuity of care
- Exercises good judgment by objectively and unemotionally analyzing facts, weighing evidence, utilizing clinical skills, and reaching sound conclusions
- Responds appropriately under difficult or stressful circumstances
EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of medications, working knowledge of current diagnostic manual.
- Clinical experience in the provision of individual or group treatment and training with multi-racial (ethnic) populations.
DESIRED EXPERIENCE
- Clinical treatment of both acute and chronic mentally ill populations.
- Crisis intervention experience.
- Experience with family therapy.
- Familiarity with correctional / forensic systems.
- Treatment and discharge planning.
- Working knowledge of community resources.
- Experience with the preparation of written client evaluations.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATES
Master's Degree in Behavioral Sciences or related area from an accredited university.
REQUIREMENTS
- Must pass Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), and Community Care Licensing (CCL) background clearance.
- Valid California Driver’s license.
- TB clearance.
- Driving record acceptable for coverage by Gateways insurance carrier.
- Fire and Safety Training*.
- First Aid Training Certification*.
- CPR Certification*.
- Crisis Prevention Institute Training (CPI)
- Note : If indicated certifications / licenses are lacking, they must be obtained within 180 days of hire.
Training needs to be completed within 30 days from the date of hire on a designated date provided by onboarding. Staff needs to be certified at the commensurate level for their role to perform their job duties (staff will be taken off the schedule if certification is not achieved).
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- To perform this job you must be able to carry out all essential functions successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the job.
- Employees will be required to lift and / or move unassisted up to 25 pounds.
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