Job description
Social Workers (LCSW) establish and maintain a therapeutic relationship with individuals and their families by effectively utilizing professional social work skills. They may review the individual psychiatric, medical and other case records and discuss issues with families and other members of the treatment team; complete admission screening; conduct psychosocial assessments; make treatment recommendations; participate in treatment planning; provide social casework services; provide individual, group, and family therapy; assess the availability of services; serve as consumer advocate; develop and implement discharge plans, and coordinate services with community providers. Incumbents advocate ensuring individuals receive appropriate treatment/services, that their legal and human rights are protected, and promote effective and consistent utilization of services and resources.
ESSENTIAL TASKS:
Please note that specific assigned tasks will depend on the specific program that the position is assigned to.
The list below is illustrative and not exhaustive.
ESSENTIAL TASKS:
Please note that specific assigned tasks will depend on the specific program that the position is assigned to.
The list below is illustrative and not exhaustive.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty listed satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions unless this causes undue hardship to the agency.
- Interviews the individual after a thorough review of the record to construct the psychosocial assessment.
- Obtains psychosocial history by interviewing the individual, the family, significant others, and former service providers to formulate clinical recommendations for therapeutic interventions.
- Assesses individual's treatment needs.
- Prioritizes the individual's treatment needs; assesses the impact of treatment on the individual and the family; assesses the ability of significant others to assist in the treatment planning process, and involves the individual and significant others in a comprehensive treatment plan; and in some settings, determines which individuals are appropriate for other levels of care.
- Participates in the development of a written comprehensive individualized treatment plan that is based on the assessment of the individual clinical needs; determines the need for services and ensures that referrals for ancillary, support, and consultative services are noted and made; reviews and updates individual treatment plan according to all applicable guidelines and in response to clinical change; and ensures that arrangements are made and documented for a continuation of care well in advance of individuals planned departure.
- Provides individual therapy to enhance social, emotional, and behavioral functioning.
- Advises the individual and family about the nature of the illness, needed and available services and how to access them.
- May identify, coordinate and plan for the individual's financial needs.
- May identify and provide intervention to individuals in crisis in a range of settings; or provides consultation to others to enable them to appropriately intervene.
- Assesses the individual's readiness for discharge; identifies needed resources; works with consumers/patients, families, and providers to link him/her with appropriate resources; may conduct follow-up visits.
- Prepares required progress notes, treatment team recommendations, written and verbal reports, discharge plans, and other documents within required timeframes.
- As an integral member of the treatment team, ensures that all relevant clinicians are kept informed of the individual's clinical needs, family social adjustment, services needed, and their availability through clear documentation of the record.
- Conducts group life-skills training, treatment, or group counseling sessions.
- Prepares an outline of objectives and conducts sessions according to the treatment program schedule.
- Meets with the assigned group according to the treatment schedule.
- Conducts specialized groups to meet the needs of target populations.
- Maintains topic-focused discussion.
- Provides opportunities for participation.
- Ensures that the content of group sessions is consistent with the objective of a treatment plan and meets the needs of the individual members.
- Ensures that individual attendance and participation in sessions are documented.
- Documents, within required timeframes, the content and results of group counseling or therapy.
- Periodically evaluates the effectiveness of assigned group sessions, and based on the evaluation results, makes any changes indicated.
- Provides treatment to family or significant others or advocates for such services.
- Reviews and evaluates the involvement of family/significant others in treatment and carries out corrective action as appropriate and/or makes recommendations and/or referrals for needed services such as mental health issues, safe homes for domestic violence, parenting skills, and how to apply for financial assistance.
- Takes a lead role in ongoing efforts to increase the involvement of family/significant others in a treatment program.
- Prepares an outline of family program sessions and objectives.
- Facilitates family education sessions according to the treatment plan.
- LCSW preferred
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