Senior Clinical Caseworker (LCSW) - Unit 3D (CBM)

The Missouri Department of Mental Health seeks an entry-level direct care worker to support individuals with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and/or physical disabilities. This role involves advanced clinical social work functions, including:

• Conducting complete assessments of patients' or clients' social, environmental, and economic backgrounds
• Aiding medical and other professional staff with diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment planning
• Utilizing clinical skills and available community resources to positively impact the social functioning of the patient or client
• Inspecting extended care and skilled nursing facilities to assess residents' level of care needs and monitor compliance with state and federal guidelines
• Evaluating the suitability of conditions for patients or clients on convalescent leave, aftercare, or discharge and making recommendations
• Facilitating community organization to increase client services and ensuring proper service delivery
• Communicating with medical facilities, schools, community groups, public health, and social service agencies to discuss referrals, follow-up care, and decisions affecting the patient or client
• Assuming supervisory responsibility over Clinical Casework Practitioners and other social services staff
• Conducting special research projects and reporting results
• Maintaining required reports and records; preparing reports in response to requests for information and services

Requirements include:

• A current license to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of Missouri
• Comprehensive knowledge of ethical considerations in licensed clinical social work
• Intermediate knowledge of various federal, state, and facility guidelines and regulations concerning care for persons with mental illness, mental retardation/developmental disabilities, and/or physical disabilities
• Intermediate theoretical and practical knowledge of individual, group, and family behavior
• Intermediate knowledge of individual and group therapy techniques and theories
• Intermediate knowledge of medical and psychiatric diagnoses and their implications for treatment prognoses
• Intermediate knowledge of available community resources and their organization, purpose, and use
• Intermediate knowledge of the social, emotional, and financial effects of various mental and physical problems on patients or clients, their families, and the community
• Ability to apply a variety of techniques and methods in the areas of assessment, planning, individual and group therapy, administration, and community organization
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, clients, family members, the public, and representatives of other agencies and organizations
• Ability to assess the individual needs of a patient or client and evaluate the care and services provided in terms of meeting those needs
• Ability to supervise and provide guidance to social work staff and students in compliance with all laws and regulations relating to the practice of social work
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to work cooperatively in an interdisciplinary team setting

Qualifications include:

• No disciplinary action in the previous 12 months

Benefits include:

• A defined pension plan
• Generous amounts of leave and holiday time
• Eligibility for health insurance coverage
• An interactive Total Compensation Calculator

Contact Human Resources at (816) 512-7404 if you have questions about this position.