Master Social Worker

Job Title: Social Worker

Department: Behavioral Health, Preventive

Reports to: Director

Effective Date: 7/1/16

FLSA: Exempt

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Summary

The Social Worker is responsible for providing individual and group counseling and direct service to children, teens, adults and their families. These services range from assessment, treatment planning, and provision of counseling/psychotherapy and crisis intervention. The Social Worker is a member of the treatment team and collaborates with other team members.

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Essential Functions:

● Provide direct patient care to clients using a variety of social work modalities in order to help them maximize their level of functioning.

● Maintain appropriate professional patient care documentation in the agency selected Electronic Health Record (EHR), including client assessment and individual notes in compliance with all city, state and federal standards of practice.

● Facilitates the client’s utilization of available support systems and community resources to meet needs identified in clinical evaluation or treatment planning.

● May perform home visits as deemed appropriate or necessary by the treatment plan.

● Meet on a weekly basis with supervisor to discuss achievement of program targets, client goals, quality of client care and reporting requirements.

● May conduct consultations with ACS Child Protective Specialists or other internal or external staff on concerns they may have with clients.

● May attend case reviews and develop next steps for the families and clinicians

● Meets data metric requirements, quality of care expectations using traditional social work interventions, or evidence-based models.

● Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

● None

Minimum Qualifications:

● Master’s Degree in Social Work or MHC from an accredited School of Social Work or Mental Health Counseling Program.

● Bilingual in one or more of the following: Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Bengali and others, may be required depending on client needs.

● Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

● Ability to plan and carry out assignments independently.

● Ability to prioritize, adhere to timelines and multi-task.

Qualifications Preferred:

●LMSW or LCSW

● Proficiency in Welligent.

Job Behavioral Expectations:

● Creating and maintaining a safe space with children and their family members.

● Maintain regular consistent and professional attendance, punctuality, personal appearance, and adherence to relevant health & safety procedures.

● Safe and successful performance, including meeting productivity standards.

● Maintain an understanding of the principles, methods and processes needed to perform the job. Attends staff meetings, seminars and in-service training as assigned.

● Demonstrates the ability to complete work in an acceptable manner by the time and/or date established with accuracy, neatness and thoroughness and minimal amount of errors.

● Maintain established departmental policies and procedures including maintain strict confidentiality and adherence to all HIPAA guidelines at all times.

Physical demands and work environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to walk, sit for long period of time; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or control; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment:

● Work is performed in an office environment with normal heating and cooling.