Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

Adelphi Staffing•Canon City, CO

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Adelphi is seeking Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) to provide professional mental health services to inmates at correctional facilities in Canon City and Pueblo, Colorado. Services include formal and informal mental health evaluations, diagnostic assessments, and clinical interventions. The position serves inmates with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, suicide or self-injury risk, and moderate to high mental health treatment needs. The schedule is four 10-hour shifts, Monday through Friday, from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with a working lunch. The position is contract, with a listed rate of $60.

Requirements

Active Colorado license.

Responsibilities

Provide mental health care to inmates with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and those at high risk for suicide and self-injury.
Develop mental health treatment plans to serve as the basis for treatment.
Provide individual and group therapy.
Provide care to inmates with moderate to high mental health treatment needs.
Perform routine mental health assessments and interviews to determine progress.
Update diagnosis and psychiatric needs levels.
Refer inmates to psychology for more complex psychological assessment.
Provide information to psychiatry, including client history, previous diagnoses, and alternative treatment available.
Ensure emergency and non-emergency transfer for inmates experiencing acute mental health crisis.
Render clinical direction to non-clinical staff in mental health care and treatment of inmates.
Ensure continuity of care for inmates by making appropriate referrals and providing necessary information and documentation for transition to receiving units.
Perform care consistent with the scope of licensure and in accordance with established policies and procedures.
Work effectively with fellow medical staff and treatment team members.
Perform other duties as assigned.