Social Worker Clinician II (On Call) Mental Health 326

"They made it easier for me to live, breathe, eat, and stay clean. Without them, I'd be waiting somewhere, waiting for someone to give me a chance to live..." - Client from Telecare

What You Will Do to Change Lives

Under supervision of a licensed clinician, the Social Work Clinician II provides clinical and casework services to members served and natural supports. This involves person centered recovery planning and collaborating with other services and agencies.

Shifts Available:

On-Call; Shift Hours and Days vary as needed

Expected starting wage range is $32 - $38.70. Telecare applies geographic differentials to its pay ranges. The pay range assigned to this role will be based on the geographic location from which the role is performed. Starting pay is commensurate with relevant experience above the minimum requirements.

What You Bring to the Table (Must Have)

• Registered as an Associate of Social Work with Board of Behavioral Science; must be valid and in good standing with the board.
• A Master's Degree in Social Work
• One (1) year of direct service experience with individuals with severe mental illness in an inpatient or outpatient setting is required

What's In It for You*

• Paid Time Off: For Full Time Employee it is 16.7 days in your first year
• Nine Paid Holidays & Shift differentials for hourly staff (6% for PM Shift, 10% for Overnight Shift). Weekend Shift differentials for hourly staff (5% for Weekend AM Shift, 11% for Weekend PM Shift, 15% for Weekend Overnight Shift)
• Free CEUs, free Supervision for BBS Associate License, coaching, and mentorship
• Online University Tuition Discount and Company Scholarships
• Medical, Vision, Dental Insurance, 401K, Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• For more information visit: https://www.telecarecorp.com/benefits

Join Our Compassionate Team

Telecare's mission is to deliver excellent and effective behavioral health services that engage individuals in recovering their health, hopes, and dreams. Telecare continues to advance cultural diversity, humility, equity, and inclusion at all levels of our organization by hiring mental health peers, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, veterans, and all belief systems.

As part of the Telecare family, the Telecare Riverside Mental Health Urgent Care will offer 24/7 voluntary treatment to adults ages 18 and above who are suffering a mental health crisis but wish to avoid a locked setting. The program will use a welcoming, home-like environment to help assess the nature of the crisis, soothe and comfort the individual, and connect them with resources to avoid future crisis. Services are recovery-oriented, and will utilize a multi-disciplinary team approach with a high level of peer-to-peer services.

EOE AA M/F/V/Disability

*May vary by location and position type

Full Job Description will be provided if selected for an interview.

Master's in social work, MSW, ASW, Associate Clinical Social Worker, ACSW

If job posting references any sign-on bonus internal applicants and applicants employed with Telecare in the previous 12 months would not be eligible.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
* Demonstrates the Telecare mission, purpose, values, and beliefs in everyday language and contact with internal and external stakeholders
* Provides safe, effective, and efficient implementation of direct care in accordance with established policies, procedures, and standards of care
* Works with members served and multidisciplinary treatment teams to design, implement, and evaluate the Recovery Plan
* Under clinical supervision, establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with members served
* Ensures provision of needed clinical services to assigned members served; coordinates ongoing treatment within the program and with outside agencies
* Provides individual and group therapy
* Documents all treatment provided in a thorough and consistent manner
* Collaborates with other staff in the discharge planning process and makes linkages to community services for members served
* Actively participates in multidisciplinary team meetings and recovery planning meetings
* Demonstrates knowledge of de-escalation techniques and crisis communication and management
* Serves as a clinical consultant to recovery team members
* If employed at Inpatient program, must assist with restraint of members served in the event of assaultive behavior and pass assault crisis/crisis prevention training
* If employed at Outpatient program, must evade members served in the event of assaultive behavior and pass assault crisis/crisis prevention training
Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted, and/or changed at the discretion of management.

SKILLS
* Ability to complete social histories, risk assessments, mental health status exams, and plans of care
* Ability to work collaboratively with physicians, nurses, and rehabilitation therapists
* Ability to form a therapeutic alliance with members served and families
* Sufficient medical knowledge to assess the needs of members served
* Skills in conducting group therapy
* Ability to advocate for the members served in other health delivery systems

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The employee is occasionally required to sit, stand, walk, bend, push, pull, squat, kneel, and lift and carry items weighing 25 pounds or less as well as to frequently reach, twist, and do simple and power grasping. The position requires manual deviation, repetition, and dexterity.

EOE AA M/F/V/Disability