DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Serves as a professional Social Worker, providing clinical and therapeutic mental health services to adults,
youth and children, such as: direct patient care, mental health, patient and general health behavior and
compliance, substance and chemical abuse, family conflict (domestic violence, maternal and child health
and child welfare), socioeconomic-induced depression and stress.
- Cultivates positive relationships with and maintain an environment of collaboration/integration at all levels of the organization. Participate in facility wide activities related to Behavioral Health.
- Professionally represents the department internally and within the external community, at all times.
- Attends and completes mandatory trainings required by KBIC Health System and other trainings offered by Indian Health Services.
- Facilitates and advocates a service plan for individuals who present as at-risk/suicidal.
- Assists with creating a component for the promotion and maintenance of health and mental health provision of preventative, remedial and rehabilitative measures within KBIC Health System.
- Assists in the administration of the Behavioral Health Department; participates in the establishment of policy; assists in program planning, case management meetings with staff of KBIC Health System, and establishment of standards of practice.
- Independently formulates treatment plans.
- Establishes and maintains cooperative working relations with community agencies, schools and courts.
- Charts client files within KBIC Health System's electronic health record for billing, in a timely manner, in accordance with written DHHS procedure.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Knowledge of:
- Therapeutic processes and counseling techniques.
- The characteristics and social aspects of mental and emotional disturbances, developmental disorders, and historical trauma. Education and/or experience with sexual abuse, stress, anger management, marriage and family therapy.
- Principles, procedures, techniques, trends and literature of social work.
- Various areas of social work, including group work, community organization, consultation, education and research.
- Scope and activities of public and private health and welfare agencies and community organizations.
- Basic sciences underlying social work.
- Mental health education and in-service training techniques.
- Current trends in mental hygiene, public health and public welfare, and federal and state programs in these fields.
- Program planning and evaluation.
Abilities:
- To establish and maintain the confidence and cooperation of others.
- Formulate individual treatment plans.
- Coordinate and provide clinical consultation to patients in restrictive settings (i.e.: children in foster care; adults in adult foster care settings, employment).
- Plan a clinical program.
- Provide consultation for other discipline providers.
- Integrate the program with that of other disciplines.
- Write and speak effectively.
- LMSW - Must complete 45 hours of Board-approved continuing education with at least five (5) contact hours in ethics, and two (2) contact hours in pain and pain symptom management. Note: Continuing education contact hours in pain and pain symptom management may include, but are not limited to courses in behavior management, the psychology of pain, behavior modification, and stress management.
- Submission of the renewal application and fee is considered a statement that the CE requirement has been met.
- Failure to complete the CE requirement is considered a violation of the Public Health Code MSW limited licensure, must work towards completing 4000 hours, under the supervision of a fully licensed master's social worker. To obtain full licensure.
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor.
