Psychiatric Social Worker II

County of Los Angeles•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

The team member we are searching for will perform a wide variety of professional social work services in connection with the treatment of clients in need of mental health services. This role involves interviewing individuals and their families to gather history, assessing client functioning, and developing Client Care Coordination Plans (CCCP). The position provides psychotherapy, case management, and crisis intervention. It also involves serving on mental health emergency intervention teams, participating in multi-disciplinary team conferences, and potentially training social work students and other health professionals. Additionally, the role may include reviewing treatment authorization requests.

Requirements

Must have a valid and active license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker issued by the California Department of Consumer Affairs, Board of Behavioral Sciences.
All required licenses must be active and unrestricted.
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.

Nice To Haves

Post-licensed experience in individual, group, or family psychotherapy.

Responsibilities

Interviews individuals, their families and/or significant others to obtain a family, social, employment, medical, substance abuse, and mental health treatment history.
Assesses client's functioning in their environmental setting.
Develops a Client Care Coordination Plan (CCCP) designed to resolve or cope with the mental or emotional problem, which may include individual, group, family or marital counseling, case management, and/or referral to another treatment source.
Determines the duration of therapy, priorities of problems to be dealt with, therapy methods to be used, and necessity of modifying treatment goals at successive intervals during the treatment process.
Provides psychotherapy to individuals, groups, families, and significant others.
Provides case management services to secure resources for clients, families, and significant others in order to achieve treatment goals.
Assists clients, families, and significant others by discussing their reactions and attitudes concerning mental health problems and co-occurring substance abuse disorders; explains need for treatment; and encourages all concerned parties to work together cooperatively to resolve the problem and minimize the stresses that impact social functioning.
Works with families and significant others toward gaining their acceptance of and participation in treatment recommendations.
Interviews persons seeking psychiatric assistance on an emergency basis and utilizes crisis intervention techniques to prevent hospitalization and to aid the person in dealing with the emotional crisis.
Serves as a member of a mental health emergency intervention team and/or joint law enforcement/mental health emergency intervention team by evaluating the behavior of persons to resolve if they are, as a result of a mental disorder, dangerous to themselves, others, or gravely disabled.
Initiates procedure on application for immediate 72-hour detention at a hospital facility and, depending upon the apparent seriousness of the situation, schedules an appointment for evaluation and treatment at a Mental Health Clinic or makes referral to another community treatment agency.
Participates in multi-disciplinary team conferences to discuss and evaluate the nature of the client's problem and to evaluate the client's progress.
Participates in social work student affiliate programs for training professional social work students through case assignments and technical instruction; assesses and evaluates student's progress and professional development.
Provides in-service training to social work staff and participates in mental health training programs for medical students and students in the allied health fields.
Instructs community agencies regarding the utilization of mental health principles to identify and to treat mental health problems encountered by the agency.
Participate in or conducts research to increase knowledge of mental health problems and to improve therapeutic treatment methods.
Reviews treatment authorization requests from hospitals, contracted network and/or legal entity community-based providers/programs and recommend approval or denial of requests per specified state and Department of Mental Health contract compliance requirements, as needed.