Social Worker

Position Purpose

Provides the services to adults including: conducting face-to-face assessments; establishing diagnoses; making treatment suggestions; ordering behavioral health intervention services (when indicated); and, assisting with referrals to behavioral health intervention services providers (if requested).

Provides substance use disorder, co-occurring, trauma, and personal growth related therapy services to assigned clients and their families.

Essential Functions

• Establishes rapport and develops a therapeutic relationship with assigned clients.
• Provides therapy and counseling services in individual and group sessions.
• Maintains appropriate professional boundaries.
• Demonstrates ability to differentiate between emergency and non-emergency tasks and responds accordingly.
• Provides immediate supportive counseling and necessary assistance to clients dealing with a crisis or emergency situation.
• Affords crisis intervention and conflict resolution assistance.
• Assists with referrals to community resources when appropriate.
• Conducts educational groups providing recovery related information and instruction.
• Affords psychosocial counseling/treatment services to restore clients to optimum social and physical well-being (within their capacity).
• Provides therapy in individual and group sessions for co-occurring, trauma, and personal growth related concerns.
• Provides family and/or couples therapy services in designated situations.
• Completes an initial assessment that includes evaluation of the American Society of Addiction Medicine Patient Placement Criteria (the ASAM criteria).
• Obtains bio-psychosocial history.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required

• BSW or Master’s degree in a human services related discipline, required.
• Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter abuse training specific to population served within thirty (30) days of hire.
• Prefers licensure to provide mental health therapy in the State of Iowa (LMHC, LISW, LMFT, etc.) and meets the requirements necessary for an LPHA designation OR CADC certification within one (1) year of hire.
• Ability to understand medical terminology and communicate effectively with healthcare professionals.