Psychiatric Social Worker I

About the role

The Monterey County Health Department, Behavioral Health Bureau is seeking enthusiastic Associate Clinical Social Worker (ACSW), Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT) or Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC) candidates to work as part of a multidisciplinary care team serving children, youth, adults, and older adults as a Psychiatric Social Worker I.

Responsibilities

• Conducts psychiatric assessment, diagnosis and clinical interventions.
• Performs initial diagnostic evaluations noting behavioral symptoms, which may indicate organic and/or mental disorders in children and in interpersonal/family dysfunctions related to child and adult consumers.
• Determines and develops appropriate annual treatment plans for all consumers in the caseload.
• Counsels and provides therapy sessions for consumers toward the goal of achieving more adequate, satisfying and productive life adjustments in the community and provides case management services as appropriate.
• Develops individual and group treatment plans utilizing a variety of psychotherapeutic, psychosocial and psycho educational modalities that meet the standards set by the Behavioral Health/State Quality Assurance Standard.
• Affirms progress of consumers on a selected basis and proposes modifications to rehabilitation plans in order to meet goals agreed upon by the consumers, youth or family.
• Prepares and maintains psychosocial assessments for use in diagnostic evaluations and consumer progress and desired outcomes.
• Provides community services to consumers who have underserved or unmet behavioral health needs.
• Collects, coordinates and evaluates additional medical and psychosocial data such as annual treatment plans and collateral information for the purpose of providing clinical interventions.
• Analyzes factors which exert an adverse effect upon health problems, treatment, or recovery, or which may contribute to or are responsible for mental illness or affect the potential for rehabilitation.
• Conducts treatment groups in schools and other community settings with emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children toward the goal of achieving higher functioning in interpersonal relationships and learning.
• Works as a psychiatric team member with other treatment disciplines.
• Provides consultation and psychoeducation services.
• Maintains clinical documentation to standard of care and in keeping with agency documentation standards.

Qualifications

• Education: Possession of a Master’s Degree from an accredited school of social work and registration with the Board of Behavioral Science Examiners as an Associate Clinical Social Worker.
• Working Knowledge of: Current philosophy, principles, and evidence-based practices for services to consumers with serious mental or emotional disturbance; Individual, group and family psychodynamics as they relate to adults or children; Psychiatric diagnostic methods and terminology; Personality and human development from infancy through adulthood.
• Skill and Ability to: Provide treatment to adults, children or adolescents with various mental disabilities ranging from serious mental illness to dysfunctional behavior patterns including victims of sexual and physical abuse; In conjunction with the consumer, develop realistic, attainable and measurable service plans and facilitate their attainment; Evaluate the degree of community functioning or emotional distress of consumers; Communicate effectively orally and in writing and able to complete work using electronic format; Ensure time sensitive documentation submitted within established guidelines; Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team.

Benefits

The County of Monterey offers an excellent benefits package. Please visit our website to view the Bargaining Unit K Benefits Summary Sheet. This information is not legally binding, nor does it serve as a contract. The benefits listed in the Monterey County Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) prevail over this listing.