CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER (HEALTH/CORRECTIONAL FACILITY) - SAFETY

Job Code #: JC-529443 | 3 positions available | Hybrid telework | 12-month limited term – full time

About the role

The Clinical Social Worker (H/CF, Safety) is under the administration and clinical supervision of the Chief of Social Work Services through the Supervising Psychiatric Social Worker I at the Department of State Hospitals – Atascadero (ASH).

Responsibilities

• Conduct or co-lead weekly treatment groups.
• Meet with and provide social work services for patients who have identified need, as defined by the Social Work Service.
• Develop and maintain contact with family of patients, as appropriate, and provide them with information when proper release forms have been signed by the patient allowing contact.
• Apply and demonstrate knowledge of correct methods in Therapeutic Strategies and Interventions (TSI).
• Assist in the maintenance of a safe and secure environment through response to physical assaults, escape attempts or other major patient disturbance, and assist in the management of the conduct of the patients.
• Participate in all Interdisciplinary Treatment Team reviews of each patient on assigned caseload; provide input on progress in treatment; report on family, social and community resources; identify current and ongoing treatment needs, and make recommendations.
• Write clinical progress notes describing and evaluating the patients’ responses to treatment, as defined by the Social Work Service.
• Collaborate with the Interdisciplinary Treatment Team, State’s Conditional Release Program, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) stakeholders: Behavioral Health Reintegration (BHR) clinician, DSH-A parole, and the Division of Adult Parole Operations (DAPO) field agents, County Behavioral Health programs statewide, and/or representative from the dispositional setting to formulate an outpatient treatment contract/discharge plan and facilitate the patient discharge to the dispositional setting.

Requirements

To be considered for this career opportunity, applicants must have eligibility by way of one of the following: reachable on a certification list, have transfer eligibility, or have reinstatement eligibility.

Pay

• Range U (Unlicensed / ASW): $8,265 – $9,387 per month
• Range V (Licensed / LCSW): $8,876 – $10,066 per month

Minimum salary includes authorized Hiring-Above-Minimum (HAM) rate. New to State candidates will be hired into the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.

Work Location

Department of State Hospitals – Atascadero, San Luis Obispo County, California. Located on the central coast of California, near destination locations such as San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, and Morro Bay, with easy access to beaches, natural settings, and historical landmarks.