Licensed Social Worker (LSW)

Adelphi Staffing•Canon City, CO

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Adelphi is seeking Licensed Social Workers (LSW) 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 role 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. This is a contract position with a stated rate of $50.

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 diagnoses and psychiatric needs levels.
Refer inmates to psychology for more complex psychological assessment.
Provide psychiatry with client history, previous diagnoses, and available alternative treatments.
Ensure emergency and non-emergency transfers for inmates experiencing acute mental health crises.
Provide clinical direction to non-clinical staff in the mental health care and treatment of inmates.
Ensure continuity of care by making appropriate referrals and providing necessary information and documentation for transitions to receiving units.
Perform care within 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.