Social Worker II
About The Position
The Social Worker II performs complex clinical services, including assessment and counseling, and serves as a liaison between clients and appropriate relatives, agencies, and community resources for admission, ongoing treatment, discharge planning, and follow-up care. The role interviews clients, relatives, and other interested individuals and agencies to obtain social, medical, and developmental histories, updates, and other documentation relevant to treatment, policy, and accrediting standards. The Social Worker serves as case coordinator for assigned patients and their legally authorized representatives. The position works under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist, with extensive latitude to use initiative and independent judgment. The position is with the Texas Center for Infectious Disease in San Antonio. It is a full-time, regular, nonexempt position with a day shift and is not eligible for telework. Travel may be required, up to 5%. Flexibility in work hours, overtime, extended hours, rotating schedules, or alternate shift/location assignments may be required, including in support of disaster response or continuity-of-operations activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or graduate degree from a Council on Social Work Education-accredited college or university.
- Current, unrestricted license to practice social work in Texas.
- Knowledge of counseling, chemical dependency, addiction, co-dependency, counseling techniques, recovery processes, psychological tests and measurements, related disorders, and laws and regulations concerning substance-abuse treatment.
- Knowledge of mental illness treatment; Joint Commission standards; CQI principles; DSHS standards; Texas Administrative Code Minimum Standards; Texas Health and Safety Code regulations; DSHS and TCID mission, policies, and procedures; ethical principles and codes of conduct; the Texas Mental Health Code for civil and criminal commitments; DSM-5-TR psychiatric disorders; and medical issues.
- Skills in interviewing, listening, counseling, computer use and applicable software, problem-solving, crisis intervention, CPR, and CPI.
- Ability to work effectively on a multidisciplinary treatment team, manage changing priorities and a diverse caseload, and use conflict-management skills.
- Ability to analyze workloads and assign staff to accomplish tasks effectively and on time.
- Ability to serve as a liaison among TCID, community resources, the court system, persons served, and families; identify needs and activate appropriate systems.
- Ability to screen and evaluate clients; counsel and instruct clients; plan, develop, and implement rehabilitative and chemical-dependency treatment programs; and prepare reports.
- Effective written and verbal communication in individual and group settings.
- Perform duties in accordance with the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners Code of Conduct, the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics, and applicable state and state-center policies and procedures.
- Pass applicable fingerprint criminal background, pre-employment drug, and registry checks; applicants must be at least 18 years old. Males ages 18–25 must be registered with Selective Service.
- Perform required physical motions, including repeated bending, grasping, manual dexterity, vision, hearing, reaching above the shoulder, twisting the upper body, and moving approximately 150 pounds with or without assistance.
- Wear required respiratory protective equipment, which will be fitted for employees.
- Comply with the Tobacco Free Campus requirement and applicable employment checks and testing.
- Flexibility in work hours may be required, including overtime or extended hours.
Responsibilities
- Complete social assessments upon patient admission that meet regulatory requirements and account for population-specific factors affecting treatment needs.
- Provide discharge planning in accordance with regulatory guidelines and standards, taking continuity-of-care needs and community resources into account.
- Participate in treatment planning by providing discipline-specific recommendations and identifying the presence of, or a client's desire for, advance directives.
- Provide individual, group, and/or family clinical treatment for patients with medical, mental health, and substance abuse recovery needs.
- Coordinate with other licensed Social Work staff to ensure coverage of social work services for all patients.
- Collaborate with the substance abuse counselor in providing individual and group recovery services and may co-lead groups.
- Maintain professional knowledge, skills, and competence for the provision of licensed social work services.
- Counsel clients and families and coordinate client placements with community facilities.
- Travel with and escort clients, when needed, to access community or government resources or to initiate placement at discharge.
- Assist with administrative reports, studies, and specialized projects.
- Serve as case coordinator for assigned patients and their legally authorized representatives.
- Interview clients, relatives, and other interested individuals and agencies to gather relevant histories, updates, and documentation.
- Participate in assigned disaster response, local or strategic initiatives, recovery, or Continuity of Operations activities; assignments may involve alternate shifts or locations.
- Attend work regularly and perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Insurance coverage and other benefits available through the State of Texas Group Benefits Plan administered by ERS
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
