Job Description Summary

Department - Detainee and Crisis Systems

Job Description

OPEN TO CURRENT PIMA COUNTY EMPLOYEES ONLY

Job Type: Classified

Job Classification: 6009 - Licensed Master Social Worker

Salary Grade: 11
 

Pay Range

Hiring Range: $54,142 - $64,958 Annually 

Pay Range: $54,142 - $75,774 Annually 

Range Explanation:

• Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.

• Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.

The Licensed Master Social Worker provides a wide range of biopsychosocial assessments and preliminary diagnostic impressions, advocacy, supportive counseling, crisis intervention, and/or case management services to individuals participating in programming developed by Detainee and Crisis Systems (DACS).

Essential Functions:

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Completes bio-psychosocial assessments, suicide risk assessments, and other clinical forms and assessment tools;

• Provides individual and group psycho-education and crisis intervention services;

• Coordinates with the multi-disciplinary team regarding client care;

• Develops and coordinates client discharge/re-entry plans;

• Obtains relevant treatment records and coordinates care with family members, community providers, and others relevant to the client’s care and community re-entry plan;

• Maintains and updates a list of community resources to support the patient's transition and re-entry back to the community, including civil commitment procedures and criminal justice processes;

• May supervise MSW Interns.

• Identifies, collects, and reviews a vast array of records relating to clients’ life history, including family background, prior personal relationships, education, medical history, mental health history, employment, and criminal history, to assist in mitigation development;

• Conducts relevant research related to the application of mitigating and aggravating legal factors for the development of written reports and oral advocacy;

• Conducts culturally competent social history investigations by establishing ongoing relationships with the client, their family, and other close associates, and interviewing witnesses who are knowledgeable about the client at every phase of life;

• Formulates extensive research mitigation and social history reports to aid in a client’s defense, plea negotiations, homicide panel presentations, and sentencing;

• Identifies experts in a variety of disciplines, including psychology, trauma, and neurodevelopment, to assist in the legal defense of clients;

• Provides consultation to attorneys and other team members on mental health, substance use disorders, and developmental needs of clients and utilizes this expertise to assist in a client’s defense;

• Advocates for and assist clients in specialty and diversion courts to assist in their successful completion of the requirements;

• Initiates and maintains accurate case files and notes related to care provided, including referrals and related forms.

Minimum Qualifications:

Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work AND current licensure by the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners as a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), INCLUDING two years of full-time behavioral health work experience.

(Candidates without LMSW certification may be hired as a Trainee with a salary 5% below the minimum pay for the classification. They must obtain licensure within six months of hire. Upon certification, their salary will be adjusted at least 5% to meet the minimum pay for the classification and for equity per their education, licensure, and professional experience.)

(Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)

Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application.