Social Worker/Therapist - Adults Downtown

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.
• 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.

Education

• Master's degree in social services field with certification or licensure in area of specialization (e.g., LPCC, LPCA, LMFT, Marriage and Family Therapy Associate)
• Master’s degree in Social Work and licensed as a certified social worker (CSW)

Experience

• Three to six months of related internship or practicum experience.

Basic Knowledge

• Understanding of Kentucky’s board of social work laws and regulations regarding clinical practices.
• Basic knowledge of mental and physical characteristics of applicable population group (e.g., growth and development and range of treatment needed), psychotherapy, human behavior, treatment modes, and related issues.
• Basic knowledge of community resources and SCS services.

Skills

• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to handle a case load with varying levels of client disability and need.

Physical Demands/Requirements

• Position has some unusual physical demands, including occasional 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.