Psychiatric Social Worker II



Job Details

Psychiatric Social Worker II
Employer

County of Santa Clara

Salary

$80,629.12 - $97,547.84 Annually

Location

Throughout the County of Santa Clara, CA

Job Type

Full-Time/Part-Time

Job Number

18-Y41-B

Department singular

County-Wide Recruitment

Opening Date

05/11/2018

Closing Date

Continuous

Description 123$

Under general supervision, to provide psychiatric casework, counseling, psychotherapy, and treatment services in a counseling center, clinic, or institutional setting.
 
Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply.  These positions are located in both our Mental Health Division and our Alcohol & Drug Services Division.
 
 

Typical Tasks 420 iop

  • Performs intensive casework, counseling, psychotherapy, and treatment services with patients or clients and their families;
     
  • Participates in the evaluation of problems presented and in the development of treatment plans;
     
  • May participate in group therapy programs;
     
  • Prepares social case histories with particular emphasis upon psycho-social factors affecting the patient or client;
     
  • Cooperates with staff and other community agencies in carrying out treatment plans;
     
  • Participates in psychotherapy programs with psychiatric and/or milieu staff treatment teams;
     
  • Interprets and explains social and emotional factors pertaining to illness to clients, relatives and community groups, and may conduct educational sessions and training events, as appropriate;
     
  • Evaluates new techniques for dealing with emotional and environmental problems;
     
  • Refers patients or clients to appropriate community agencies;
     
  • Performs related work as required.

Employment Standards

Possession of a Master's degree in Social Work from an accredited college or university which qualifies for licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and two years of post graduate social work experience in the field of mental health.

Possession of a valid California license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker as issued by the State Board of Behavioral Science Examiners.

Knowledge of:

  • The principles of psychiatric social work and psychotherapy;
     
  • Counseling, casework, and other techniques of psychiatric social work;
     
  • Social aspects of mental health and emotional disturbances;
     
  • Theory and practice of community mental health, or alcohol, or drug abuse interventions;
     
  • Community agencies and community resources serving the mentally ill, alcohol and drug abusers, and alcoholism;
     
  • Physical and mental illnesses and their impact on personality.
Ability to:
 
  • Effectively apply psychiatric social work theory and casework skills and psychotherapeutic interventions;
     
  • Do differential diagnosis;
     
  • Develop and implement a treatment program;
     
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others;
     
  • Secure and record accurate and pertinent social and personal data;
     
  • Effectively use psychiatric consultation.
 

Benefit and Retirement information may vary from bargaining unit to bargaining unit.  Due to changes in State Law, current pension provisions described in the union contracts are not automatically applied.  Specific pension benefits for new hires who start on or after January 1, 2013 may be different than indicated in the union contracts.

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01
Please answer the following questions. Completion of the following supplemental questions is REQUIRED for your application and is an integral part of the evaluation process. Initially, it will be used to determine minimum qualifications. For those applicants meeting the employment standards, this information will be critical in the subsequent competitive assessment to identify those candidates to be invited to continue in the examination process. Your responses to the questions may also be reviewed and scored in a Competitive Rating evaluation process based on pre-determined rating criteria. Your answers should be as complete as possible, as no additional information will be accepted from applicants once the Competitive Rating evaluation has begun. Please include the name of employer, job title, dates of employment and number of hours worked per week for questions asking about your experience. A response of "see resume" or "see application" will deem your application incomplete. Vague, incomplete or non responsive answers could result in no or low scores in a competitive rating process. Do you understand this requirement?
  • Yes
  • No
02
Do you possess a valid California license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker as issued by the State Board of Behavioral Science Examiners?
  • Yes
  • No
03
Please state your certification number and the date it expires.
04
Do you have CAADAC license?
  • Yes
  • No
05
Please indicate below the department(s) in which you would like to work.
  • Mental Health
  • Drug and Alcohol
  • Community Health
  • Adult Custody
06
Please select the years of experience you have working with clients who have been involved with the criminal justice system, which could include county jail experience, outpatient experience, inpatient experience, juvenile hall experience, court experience, parole and or pretrial experience?
  • Greater than 2 years
  • Less than 2 years, but greater than 1 year
  • Less than 1 year
  • None
07
Please select the years of experience you have working with clients with drug/alcohol/substance use disorders/DUI class experience/sponsoring experience/outpatient experience/inpatient experience/12 step program experience/residential tx experience?
  • Greater than 3 years
  • Less than 3 years, but greater than 2 years
  • Less than 2 years
  • None
08
Please select the years of experience you have working with clients that have behavioral health disorders, which could include outpatient experience, inpatient experience, DOA withdrawal experience, under the influence symptoms experience?
  • Greater than 4 years
  • Less than 4 years, but greater than 3 years
  • Greater than 1 year
  • None
09
Do you have experience working in a Mental Health Urgent Care setting?
  • Yes
  • No
10
Do you have experience working in an integrated Primary Care Behavioral Health clinic?
  • Yes
  • No
11
Please select the number of years of experience you have working with clients with trauma which could include adults, children, or adolescents in an outpatient or an inpatient setting.
  • Greater than 3 years
  • Less than 3 years, greater than 1 year
  • Less than 1 year
  • None
12
Please select the number of years you have assessing and writing written reports with 5150 clients which could include LPS criteria 5250 explanation experience or working in an outpatient or inpatient behavioral health urgent care clinic assessing for 5150 criteria and or providing crisis intervention and/or working with law enforcement.
  • Greater than 5 post licensure years
  • Greater than 4 post licensure years
  • Greater than 2 post licensure years
13
Please select the years you experience you have working with addiction medicine, methadone treatment, suboxone, vivitrol or Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in an outpatient setting, inpatient setting or in a school setting?
  • Greater than 4 years
  • Less than 3 years, greater than 2
  • Less than 2 years
14
Please select the years of experience you have working with Chronically homeless clients with mental illness and/or substance abuse issues?
  • Greater than 3 years
  • Less than 3 years greater than 1 year
  • Less than 1 year
  • None
15
Please select the number of years of clinical supervision, lead or management experience you have as it relates to Psychiatric Social Work.
  • Greater than 3 years
  • Less than 3 years, greater than 1 year
  • Less than 1 year
16
Please select the number of years of experience you have working with Medi-Cal or Drug Medi-Cal billing.
  • Greater than 3 years
  • Less than 3 years, but greater than 1 year
  • Less than 1 year
17
Please select the number of years of experience you have working with clients in a Behavioral Health setting and/or a medical home setting with primary care Physicians.
  • Greater than 7 post licensure years
  • Greater than 4 post licensure years
  • Greater than 2 licensure years
18
What Department(s) are you interested in working? Check all that apply.
  • AB 109
  • Adult Custody Services
  • Adult Treatment & Recovery
  • Central Treatment & Recovery
  • Central Valley Clinic
  • Comprehensive Drug Court Implementation
  • Children, Family Community Services
  • Dependency Drug Treatment Court
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Dependency Wellness Court
  • Mental Health 24 Hour Care
  • Mental Health Administration
  • Mental Health Adult Services
  • Mental Health Call Center
  • Mental Health CalWorks
  • Mental Health Criminal Justice & Health
  • Mental Health Drug Treatment Court
  • Mental Health Evans Lane
  • Mental Health Family & Children's Services
  • Mental Health Juvenile Probation
  • Mental Health Las Plumas
  • Mental Health Learning & Partnership
  • Mental Health Narvaez
  • Mental Health Older Adult Services
  • Mental Health QI
  • Mental Health Central Wellness & Benefits Clinic
  • Mental Health Urgent Care
  • Offender Treatment Program
  • South County Methadone
  • Veteran Drug Court Grant
  • Women's Services Perinatal Substance Abusse Program
  • Treatment Plus Care
19
Please identify the hospital you are currently working at. If none, please select n/a.
  • El Camino
  • Fremont
  • Good Samaritan
  • Kaiser
  • O'Connor
  • San Francisco General
  • San Jose Regional
  • St Louise
  • Stanford
  • VA Health Care System
  • Washington
  • Other
  • N/A
20
Please indicate which languages you speak fluently.
  • Cambodian
  • Cantonese (Chinese)
  • Mandarin
  • Spanish
  • Vietnamese
  • Tagalog
  • English
  • Other
21
Please select the shifts you are interested in working.
  • Full Time
  • Part Time
  • Extra Help

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Employer
County of Santa Clara
Address
70 W. Hedding Street
8th Floor, East Wing
San Jose, California, 95110
Phone
(408) 299-5830

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