Social Worker, Senior - Alternative Response Team

Posting number: 26HSPH287KC23

Department: Human Services and Public Health

Division: Embedded Social Workers

Job classification: Social Worker, Senior

Posting type: Open

Categories: Community Services, Health Services, Mental Health, Public Health, Public Safety, Social Services, Law Enforcement, Safety, Human Services, Emergency Management, Counseling, Criminology, Social Sciences, Community and Social Services, Medical

Summary

Hennepin County's Behavioral Health area is seeking to hire a Senior Social Worker (SSW) to be part of the Alternative Response Team (ART). The ART includes a Senior Social Worker that will respond in real time with a Cope Social Worker. The team will be embedded in the Edina and Richfield Police Departments and dispatched by the City of Edina 911 dispatch center. The ART team will respond to a variety of call types in which the 911 caller defines as urgent, and which the dispatcher and/or responding officer does not flag as potentially violent or involving weapons, in addition to mobile crisis team requested calls. The team may respond with or in lieu of patrol officers to a call. The SSW will be responsible for completing a crisis assessment and providing solution focused interventions in person, providing short term follow-up, and completing documentation in the Epic Electronic Records System. 

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Location and hours:

This position is located onsite at both the Edina Police Department, 4801 West 50th Street, Edina, MN 55424 and Richfield Police Department, 6700 Portland Avenue South, Richfield, MN 55423, and will also require travel throughout Hennepin County. The work schedule will be Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. New Employee Orientation (NEO) for all new benefit-earning employees is in-person in downtown Minneapolis. Details about NEO will be provided upon hire.

About this position type:
This is a full-time benefit earning position. 
This position is internally classified as a Social Worker, Senior.
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In this position, you will:

• Develop collaborative relationships with law enforcement, emergency departments, human services, and other community stakeholders/partners.
• Conduct crisis and risk assessments of adults, children, and adolescents in crisis in a client’s home or community setting.  
• Utilize solution focused interventions and together with the individual in crisis, create a personalized crisis/safety plan that is culturally informed and person centered.
• Facilitate immediate treatment planning, disposition, and coordination of recommendations and service coordination.
• Coordinate placement into facility that provides higher level of care when individual is assessed to be unsafe to remain in the community.
• Facilitate immediate service coordination with community providers and connect individuals to new and existing supports.
• Provide consultation, support, and resources to police officers when responding to behavioral health related calls.
• Document referrals received and case notes utilizing state and county systems.
• Transport individuals, as needed, to community providers to further stabilize. Based on assigned duties for the day a vehicle may be provided.
• Participate in community engagement events, and other duties, as assigned.
  
  

Need to have:

• One of the following:
  • Master's degree or higher in social work or closely related field with course work emphasis in areas such as social work methods, human growth and behavior, and principles of social welfare.
  • Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, sociology, or human services, and at least 18 semester (27 quarter) credits of gra