CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER / EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT HOMELESSNESS

Posting number: PH9013A-EA

Department: PUBLIC HEALTH

Job classification: CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER

Posting type: Open

Categories: Public Health, Social Services

Summary

The LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness, and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing, mental health, and substance use. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County, this may be the opportunity for you.

The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Clinical Social Worker vacancies related to the homelessness crisis.

Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment.

During your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%.

Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to Clinical Social Worker.

DEFINITION:
Provides professional clinical social work services to patients and families presenting difficult medical and related psychosocial problems in hospitals, clinics, and community ambulatory health care settings to assist them in resolving their social problems and in making effective use of the healthcare system.

For information about the specific classification standards for this position, please visit the following link: Clinical Social Worker.

Examples of duties

• Conducts interviews, assessments, and evaluations of patients and family members to identify social, emotional, and economic factors which may interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from medical care.

• Develops and implements a social work treatment plan to be offered to patients and family members based upon an analysis of the patient's psychosocial factors and medical illness.

• Selects, makes referrals to, coordinates, and utilizes community resources/agencies, other professional disciplines, and County departments to provide services in accordance with the patient treatment plan.

• Provides psychosocial therapy using a variety of treatment methods, such as individual, family or group therapy sessions.

• Participates in multi-disciplinary health team conferences to formulate the overall patient care plans by interpreting to the team the psychosocial aspects of the patient's illness.

• Participates in multi-disciplinary orientation sessions and in-service training for other disciplines through lectures and group discussions to heighten awareness and increase understanding of the psychosocial problems associated with a particular illness.

• Serves as a social work team coordinator with responsibility for case management and consultation with other team members, as needed.

• Attends in-service training programs, continuing professional education, seminars and workshops to maintain active licensure status as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in accordance with California state licensure requirements and to continue professional development in social work practice, mental health theory, and in the effective delivery of healthcare services.

• Participates on multi-disciplinary and clinical social work committees, including quality control groups, and may participate in research projects.

• Writes medical/social case summaries and reports documenting the social/emotional assessments and diagnosis made and the treatment rendered in accordance with utilization review standards issued by healthcare regulatory agencies.

• Collects w