What are the responsibilities and job description for the Independently Licensed Social Worker/Therapist - Bullitt County position at Seven Counties Services?
Job Description
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Full time
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Performs clinical services, including intakes and therapeutic interventions such as group, individual, and family therapy, and crisis intervention.
- Maintains and completes service documentation such as psychosocial assessments, case notes, case reviews, court reports, letters, etc., according to prescribed standards.
- Conducts case reviews and determines current and future treatment and treatment planning, including after-care plans for clients completing treatment, based upon quantitative results and professional opinion of client progress.
- Collaborates with external agents including school officials, family members, and other health agencies regarding organizational programs and client needs and conditions.
- Attends and participates in staff meetings, treatment planning meetings, case conferences, and clinical seminars providing information relating to program administration and development.
- Writes correspondence on behalf of clients and their families such as court reports, letters of recommendation, etc., according to prescribed standards.
- Develops and coordinates clinical programs within division.
- Demonstrates leadership by mentoring or providing clinical supervision to clinical staff members and serving as clinical resource.
- Master's degree in social services field with certification or licensure in area of specialization (e.g., LPCC, LMFT, Marriage .LCSW)
- Four to six years of clinical experience.
- Advanced knowledge of mental and physical characteristics of applicable population (e.g., growth and development and range of treatment needed), psychotherapy, human behavior, related issues, community resources, and SCS’s services.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Potential for supervisory/leadership responsibilities.
- Ability to handle a case load with varying levels of client disability and need.
- Position has some unusual physical demands, including exposure to threat of bodily harm from clients or their families.
- Normal work tasks may involve exposure to blood, body fluids or tissue.
- Position at times may require incumbent to remain on twenty-four hour call.
- Reliable transportation for frequent travel between work sites.
Full time