CLIN SOCIAL WORKER 1 EX CEH

UCSF•San Francisco, CA

16d

About The Position

The incumbent will be assigned to the Mental Health Diversion (MHD) Team of the Citywide Case Management Forensic Program. The MHD Team specializes in care for adults with chronic and severe mental illness who are referred by Jail Behavioral Health Services and who are participants in San Francisco’s Mental Health Diversion Collaborative court. In this position, the incumbent will work with individuals with co-occurring mental disorders and substance use disorders. The incumbent will carry a caseload of individuals who are actively involved in the criminal justice system and will work closely with San Francisco’s Mental Health Diversion Court. The incumbent will provide comprehensive assessment, crisis intervention, case management, individual and group therapy, and substance abuse services. Clients will receive their mental health and substance abuse services at the clinic, in custody, or wherever the client is in the community. The clinician will be assisting clients in meeting their needs and will make referrals as appropriate. Clinicians will provide progress reports and clinical recommendations to the MHD court and collaborate with all partners in the court. Clinicians are expected to assertively outreach individuals in the community in order to engage clients in treatment utilizing the recovery model and a “Whatever It Takes” approach. This is part of the SFGH Department of Psychiatry’s comprehensive effort to treat high risk clients in the community and to reduce unnecessary use of institutional care.

Requirements

Experience working with individuals with co-occurring mental disorders and substance use disorders.
Experience working with individuals actively involved in the criminal justice system.
Experience working with San Francisco’s Mental Health Diversion Court.
Ability to provide comprehensive assessment, crisis intervention, case management, individual and group therapy, and substance abuse services.
Ability to provide progress reports and clinical recommendations.
Ability to collaborate with court partners.
Ability to outreach individuals in the community.
Proficiency in the recovery model and a “Whatever It Takes” approach.

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive assessment, crisis intervention, case management, individual and group therapy, and substance abuse services.
Assist clients in meeting their needs and make referrals as appropriate.
Provide progress reports and clinical recommendations to the MHD court.
Collaborate with all partners in the court.
Assertively outreach individuals in the community to engage clients in treatment utilizing the recovery model and a “Whatever It Takes” approach.