ASSISTANT CHIEF, CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK

Los Angeles County (CA)•Los Angeles, CA

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About The Position

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its unified system of 23 health centers and four hospitals - and expanded network of community partner clinics - DHS annually provides direct care for over 500,000 outstanding patients, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of over $8.4 billion. For additional information regarding DHS please visit www.dhs.lacounty.gov. Through academic affiliations with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In addition to its direct clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry, each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings, to supportive housing. For additional information regarding DHS please visit www.dhs.lacounty.gov MISSION: To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care. DEFINITION: Assists in planning, organizing, and directing a program of professional clinical social work services for inpatients, outpatients, and their families at a very large County hospital.

Requirements

A Master's Degree in Social Work from a graduate school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education followed by six years of professional medical or psychiatric social work experience, two years of which must have been in a supervisory, consultative, or administrative capacity in a medical setting.
A valid and active license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker issued by the State of California Department of Consumer Affairs, Board of Behavioral Sciences.
All required licenses and certifications must be active and unrestricted or your application will not be accepted.
A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.
PHYSICAL CLASS II - Light: This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10 pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.

Nice To Haves

Additional points will be awarded for additional experience in a supervisory, consultative, or administrative capacity in a medical setting beyond the Selection Requirements.

Responsibilities

Assists in the planning, organizing, and directing of the clinical social work services.
Participates in the evaluation of existing and future clinical social work service needs in order to develop and to establish goals, objectives and standards for the provision of clinical social work services.
Participates in the development and implementation of policies and procedures pertaining to the delivery of clinical social work services to patients and their families.
Participates with hospital administration, medical administration, clinical care teams, and professional staff of other disciplines in the formulation of programs, policies, and procedures to integrate and coordinate services.
Supervises and evaluates the performance of subordinate supervisory staff and serves as first level reviewer of all performance evaluations.
Resolves or consults with subordinate supervisors to resolve problems of employee utilization, employee discipline, and grievances.
Develops in-service training activities to increase professional knowledge and skills of staff.
Assists in directing and implementing training activities and in conducting group conferences to promote staff development and to interpret policies and procedures.
Plans, in cooperation with Clinical Social Work Chief and designated social work staff, strategies for contributing to the social work field by partnering with schools of social work or professional affiliations to develop a student affiliate program for supervised fieldwork experience.
Supervises the clinical social work student field instructor to ensure that student experience complies with hospital policy and expectations of the hospital and school.
Coordinates the recruitment of new clinical social work personnel.
Participates in the interviewing, evaluating, selecting and assigning of new clinical social workers and support staff.
Assists in the preparation of the annual budget by drafting written recommendations and justifications for new and additional positions, supplies, and equipment.
Complies patient workload data and prepares reports to monitor level of service provided, inform decisions, and to establish budget and revenue projections ensuring continuous performance improvement related to program/service delivery in accordance with regulatory health care agency standards.
Represents the clinical social work services program and the hospital in community organizations and interagency meeting concerned with health care services.
Serves as a resource person to supervisory staff, community organizations, agencies, and allied health personnel concerning professional social work services.
Acts for the Clinical Social Work Chief III in his/her absence.