Facility: GEORGE W. HILL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Compensation Base:
Compensation Bonus (if applicable):
Equal Opportunity Employer.
Summary
This position provides clinical social work for individuals with mental, physical or developmental disabilities and performs other related work.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities - Conducts assessments and summarizes case information for use in diagnosis, treatment (level of care), and dispositional release.
- Diagnose and collaborates in the formulation of a diagnosis of individuals.
- Develops, monitors, and modifies treatment plans in collaboration with the interdisciplinary treatment team.
- Identifies and recommends appropriate services based on assessment and, where applicable, civil or penal code commitment.
- Provides individual and group therapy as delineated in the treatment plan.
- Provides suicide and crisis risk assessments and interventions.
- Participate in risk assessment, evaluation, and recommendation for alternate level of care placement, for release to the community, or other case disposition (with consideration for the risk the individual presents to the community).
- Coordinates discharge planning activities and acts as resource on accessing appropriate community support and services to be utilized upon release.
- Responds to requests from individuals, family members, courts, and community agencies.
- Consults with colleagues and other staff on behavior management treatment issues.
- Prepares verbal and written social work reports and provides court testimony, if required by law and policy.
- Participates in professional meetings, committees, training, and conferences as required.
- Participates in research and Quality Assurance and Improvement (QA&I).
- Performs other duties as assigned.
