LSW
About The Position
The Licensed Social Worker / Professional Counselor provides mental health care and support to the inmate/patient population in a correctional facility. The role involves assessing, planning, and delivering individualized treatment services while collaborating with a multidisciplinary treatment team to provide safe, effective, and rehabilitative mental health care. The position is per diem at Cumberland County D.O.C. in Bridgeton, New Jersey, with varying shifts. The role also supports the behavioral health program by maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment, following facility policies and applicable regulations, and completing required documentation and quality-improvement activities. The employee must maintain facility security clearance and be punctual and dependable for assigned or confirmed shifts.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in social work, psychology, counseling, or a related behavioral health field.
- Current and valid licensure as an LAC, LSW, LPC, or LCSW in the state where services are provided.
- Strong clinical assessment, counseling, and crisis intervention skills.
- Knowledge of correctional mental health practices and trauma-informed care.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and commitment to accurate documentation.
- Commitment to ethical practice, patient confidentiality, and professional boundaries.
- Ability to stand, sit, walk, reach, bend, kneel, crouch, or stretch for prolonged periods, as needed.
- Ability to communicate and understand written and verbal communication.
- Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to maintain security clearance for the assigned facility.
Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive mental health intakes, assessments, and crisis interventions.
- Provide individual and group counseling tailored to inmate/patient needs.
- Analyze psychosocial and behavioral factors to guide treatment planning and interventions.
- Develop, implement, and monitor individualized treatment plans in collaboration with the treatment team.
- Maintain accurate and timely progress notes, treatment documentation, and discharge summaries.
- Participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary treatment team to coordinate and optimize patient care.
- Provide observational feedback and professional insights within the team setting.
- Refer inmates/patients to appropriate external services upon release to support continuity of care.
- Facilitate therapeutic group sessions addressing identified treatment needs.
- Maintain a safe, supportive, and therapeutic environment for inmates/patients.
- Ensure compliance with facility policies, ethical standards, and applicable state and federal regulations.
- Perform other duties as assigned to support the behavioral health program.
- Represent CFG Health Systems, LLC positively and professionally.
- Promote a culture of safety through proper identification, reporting, documentation, and prevention.
- Maintain competency and knowledge of current practice standards, trends, and developments relevant to the role.
- Follow infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled-substance regulations.
- Participate in ongoing quality-improvement activities and complete required facility orientation.
- Follow facility and OSHA safety rules and procedures while on assignment, as well as the facility and CFG Health Systems Occurrence Protocol.
- Uphold HIPAA and PREA regulations.
- Maintain security clearance for the assigned facility and be punctual and dependable for assigned or confirmed shifts.
