SOCIAL WORK/COUNSELOR III



Job Details

SOCIAL WORK/COUNSELOR III
Employer

State of Colorado

Salary

$4,378.00 - $6,409.00 Monthly

Location

Pueblo, CO

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

IIB 02806 12/22/2017

Department

Colorado Department of Human Services

Division

OBH - CMHIP

Opening Date

01/15/2018

Closing Date

Continuous

Department Information

Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo (CMHIP)

 
As a cornerstone of the Pueblo community for over a century, Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo is a leading employer, provider of quality mental health services, and a community partner.

In addition to a great location and rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:
 
  • Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the state system
  • Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan plus 401K and 457 plans
  • Medical and Dental Health Plans
  • Paid life insurance
  • Short and Long-Term Disability coverage
  • Vacation and Sick Leave
  • 10 Paid Holidays per year

Description of Job


The Social Work/Counselor III provides therapeutic interventions, including casework, individual, family and group treatment to severely emotionally disturbed and cognitively impaired patients and their families.  This position also performs assessments and disposition planning, interagency communication with residential care facilities, social services, community mental centers, etc. to ensure continue appropriate level of services following discharge.  Provide training and consultation to other professional staff.  

Examples of Essential and Important Duties: 

  • Complete psychosocial assessments by interviewing, collaborating, analyzing, and assimilating social histories to generate a clinical summary and treatment recommendations.  
  • Coordinate discharge planning and provide case management by being a liaison between community agencies, social services, court system, jails, probation, attorneys, group homes, individuals and families, etc.  and CMHIP
  • Research and facilitate access to benefits, implement placements and establish community resources that prevent or minimize risk factors for patient and family
  • Participate in the direction and formulation of treatment plans and reviews
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary treatment team by recommending and designing treatment interventions
  • Assess patient and family education needs and identify readiness to learn, motivation, strengths and barriers to the learning process
  • Provide ongoing psycho/social education that is relevant to the individual, social, environmental factors, medical regimen, to enhance mental health growth and stability 
  • Educate patient and family regarding symptoms of their disorders, symptom management, risk factors, relapse prevention and level o care needs
  • Provide individual, family and group therapy, and system interventions utilizing social work theoretical framework and methods with consideration of ethnic, cultural, religious, and sexual diversity
  • Produce written documentation of all patient assessment, treatment, therapy, education, interaction and activities
  • Performs other job related duties as assigned or required
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:  
  • Knowledge of casework methods, techniques, and their applications to work problems
  • Knowledge of the principles of human growth and behavior, basic sociological and psychological treatment and therapy practices
  • Knowledge of interviewing skills and techniques
  • Ability to express ideas effectively, orally and in writing
  • Ability to use interviewing skills and techniques effectively
  • Ability to exercise good judgment in evaluating situations and making decisions 
Work Environment:  
 
  • This position requires working with and managing emotionally disturbed youth and adult psychiatric patients, and patients with alcohol and substance abuse addictions.
  • This position requires working in unlocked and locked units with potentially dangerous patients.  
  • This position requires you work with assaultive behaviors and the ability to manage patients who display these types of behaviors.   All candidates must successfully complete the physical, written, and oral components of mandatory orientation.
  • This position(s) require that work in various divisions to include Institute of Forensic Psychiatry (IFP), Geriatric Adult and Adolescent Psychiatric Services (GAAPS). 

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

* YOUR APPLICATION MUST CLEARLY STATE YOUR RELATED QUALIFICATIONS *

Minimum Qualifications

In order to be qualified for this position, all applicants must possess the following:

Current and valid licensure as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

~AND~

At lease one (1) year of professional experience as a LCSW. Part-time experience will be prorated

Substitutions

None - all requirements outlined above must be met in order to qualify for this position

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Clinical experience in an inpatient setting and/or working with patients with mental illness and physical and/or sexually aggressive behavior 
  • Knowledge of, and experience with, Dialectical and Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Recovery related treatment
  • Experience working with the Care and Treatment for Persons with Mental Illness rules and regulations CRS 27-65 et seq.

 Conditions of Employment:

  • A pre-employment criminal background check will be conducted as part of the selection process as this position is deemed to have direct contact with vulnerable persons. Felony convictions, conviction of crimes of moral turpitude, or convictions of misdemeanors related to job duties may disqualify you from being considered for this position. Should your background check reveal any charges or convictions, it is your responsibility to provide the CDHS Background Unit with an official disposition of any charges.  Additionally, you will be required take a drug screen. 
  • A Tuberculosis Test (TB) will be required upon hire.
  • This position requires some travel
  • Former employees of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) who were disciplinary terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on your application and may not be eligible for employment at CDHS.
APPEAL RIGHTS:
 
If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for the position, you may protest the action by filing an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the date you receive notice of the elimination. 

Also, if you wish to challenge the selection and comparative analysis process, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the receipt of notice or knowledge of the action you are challenging. 

Refer to Chapters 4 and 8 of the State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, 4 CCR 801, for more information about the appeals process. The State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures are available at www.colorado.gov/spb. 

A standard appeal form is available at: www.colorado.gov/spb. If you appeal, your appeal must be submitted in writing on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative, and received at the following address within 10 days of your receipt of notice or knowledge of the action: Colorado State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director, Attn: Appeals Processing, 1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver, CO 80203. Fax: 303-866-5038. Phone: 303-866-3300. The ten-day deadline and these appeal procedures also apply to all charges of discrimination.
 

Supplemental Information


Selection Process

The selection process will consist primarily of a review of applications against the minimum and preferred qualifications of this position. Applications will be reviewed in comparison to all others in the applicant pool in order to identify a top group of candidates who may be invited for a final interview. Depending on the size of the applicant pool, additional selection processes may be utilized to identify a top group of candidates. Applicants will be notified of their status via email.

Please be aware the application review is a passive exam and based solely upon the information provided in your application packet, especially the Work Experience and Supplemental Questions sections of your application. To be most successful in this process, it is imperative that you provide sufficient detail in these sections. 

Note: Transfers, voluntary demotions and reinstatements are required to apply and participate in the selection process. Current staff who have previously applied for the position under different announcements must reapply.  

Former employees of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) who were disciplinary terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on your application and may not be eligible for employment at CDHS.

THE CAMPUS OF THE COLORADO MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE AT PUEBLO IS TOBACCO FREE 

 

The State of Colorado offers permanent employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, as well as a comprehensive leave program.  Please click the following link for detailed information:  www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/benefits 

Please note that each agency's contact information is different; therefore, we encourage all applicants to view the full, official job announcement which includes contact information and class title. Select the job you wish to view, then click on the "Print" icon.
 

01
This position requires you possess a valid license in good standing issued by the State of Colorado as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Do you meet this requirement?
  • Yes
  • No
02
Describe your clinical social work experience in an inpatient mental health setting and identify the name of the employer documented on your application where you obtained this experience.
03
Describe your knowledge of/and experience with Dialectical and Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Recovery related treatment and identify the name of the employer(s) where you obtained this experience documented on your application.
04
Describe your experience working with the Care and Treatment for Persons with Mental Illness rules and regulations CRS 27-65 et seq.
05
This position requires working in unlocked and locked units with potentially dangerous patients. Are you willing and able to work in these types of settings?
  • Yes
  • No
06
This position requires you work with assaultive behaviors and the ability to manage patients who display these types of behaviors. Are you willing and able to work with these types of behaviors?
  • Yes
  • No
07
This position(s) require that work in various divisions to include Institute of Forensic Psychiatry (IFP), Geriatric Adult and Adolescent Psychiatric Services (GAAPS). Are you willing and able to work in any division within the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo?
  • Yes
  • No
08
This position requires some travel. Do you have a current and valid State of Colorado driver's license?
  • Yes
  • No
09
By clicking below, you acknowledge that your name will be removed from the eligibility list should you decline to interview or decline an offer.
  • I acknowledge that my name will be removed from the eligibility list should I decline to interview or decline an offer.

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