POSITION SUMMARY:

The Licensed Mental Health professional participates as an integral professional member of a multi-disciplinary team, implementing and assisting in the supervision of social service interventions to patients. The Social Services provider demonstrates understanding and interpretation of facility policies to ensure that policies are adhered to. Social Service Provider will conduct therapy groups according to daily program schedule. Group content will be selected according to the current population to promote most effective therapeutic services are being delivered. Provider will complete assessments, communicate with family members, complete treatment plans, and participate in staffing with treatment team as needed. Furthermore, the Social Service Provider will demonstrate a strong knowledgeable of a wide range of disorders; cognitive, emotional, and developmental, social and behavioral. Additional duties include, performs crisis intervention, special case conferences, and communication to outside agencies to ensure that the patient rights, care, and needs are met.

WORKING CONDITONS:

Work environment characteristics 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 essential job functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally be exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment may be moderate to high. The work environment may include chemicals used for cleaning, and have dust, mist, and stream generated in housekeeping tasks. This is a smoke-free workplace. Work requires spending approximately 75% or more of the time inside a building that offers protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.

The employee must provide documentation of a tuberculosis test during new-hire orientation and annually thereafter.

• PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Must be able to stand on feet for moderate periods, standing could be as high as 60-80% per working shift per day. Must be able to sit for extended periods, at least 4 hours. A certain amount of walking and standing are often necessary to carry out job Lifting/carrying may exceed 10 pounds.
• Additional work environment characteristics may include performing repetitive tasks/motion, and hearing alarms, telephone, and normal speaking voice. Stress is identified as a job hazard resulting from a hectic environment with frequent interruptions. The environment alone presents a certain amount of risk servicing psychiatric patients in acute and crisis needs
• The position also requires:

Reaching Extending the hands and arms in any direction.

Handling Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with the hand or hands. Fingering Picking, pinching, and otherwise working with the fingers primarily.

Feeling Perceiving such attributes of objects and materials as size, shape, temperature or texture by means of receptors in the skin, particularly those of the fingertips.

Talking Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Hearing Perceiving the nature of sounds by the ear.

Seeing Obtaining impressions through the eyes of the shape, size, distance, motion, or other characteristics of objects. The major visual functions are: (a) acuity – far and near; (b) depth perception; (c) field of vision; (d) accommodation; (e) color vision.

Exposure Category: Category II (tasks involve potential for exposure to blood, bodily fluids, or tissues.)

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education: Master’s in Social Work or Psychology field from an accredited school preferred

License: LPC/PLPC/LMSW/LCSW– with the State of Louisiana

Experience: One-year experience performing duties as a Social Worker/Counselor in a Behavioral Health setting preferred

Additional Requirement

• Effective verbal communication skills
• Effective organizational skills
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Analytical problem solving skills
• Ability to read and comprehend written instructions; ability to follow verbal instructions
• Proficient knowledge of PC computers
• Basic understanding of DSM V diagnostic criteria
• Basic understanding of medical and psychiatric diagnoses and conditions

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND/OR REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:

• Photo ID
• Social Security Card/Driver’s License
• Primary Source Verification of education
• Copy of clinical license
• CPR- (completed by end of unit orientation AEB: skills checklist)
• Behavioral Management Training - - (completed by end of unit orientation AEB: skills checklist)