Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Contract) Temporary

Title : Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Contract) Temporary Location: Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center (SMMHC), Farmington MO Hourly Pay Rate: Open This is a Temporary Position The average work shift is 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m./ Central Standard Time (CST) Monday through Friday. Service will not be required on New Year''s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, or Christmas, unless requested by the facility utilizing the services and agreeable to the contractor. This is a licensed professional position accountable for providing clinical casework services to persons with mental illness and/or developmental or physical disabilities. Compiles comprehensive case histories concerning the clients'' social, environmental, and economic backgrounds for medical and other professional treatment staff. Also participates in admission, social diagnosis, prognosis, progress review, research, community placement, and aftercare planning with an interdisciplinary team and other service agencies. Key Skills 1. Knowledge of individual, family, and group behavior. 2. Knowledge of current social and economic challenges; and 3. Knowledge of availability of community resources. 4. Ability to understand medical and treatment records, progress notes, and other related information. 5. Knowledge of social work practices, techniques, and ethics. 6. Knowledge of medical and psychiatric diagnoses and implications for treatment prognosis. 7. Ability to evaluate the care and services provided to a client in terms of needs, functioning level, progress, and adherence to the facility, state, or federal guidelines and regulations. 8. Knowledge of the ethical considerations involved in the practice of licensed clinical social work. 9. Knowledge of methods, principles, practices, and techniques of casework, group work, client-centered advocacy, community, organization, research, psychotherapy 10. Clinical skills apply to intervention programs for persons with mental illness and/or developmental or physical disabilities. 11. Ability to use a variety of techniques and methods in the areas of assessment, planning, and individual and group therapy. Anyone position may not involve all the specified duties or knowledge, skills, and abilities, nor are the listed examples exhaustive. Qualifications Licensure as a Clinical Social Worker. Possession of a current license to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of Missouri.

Created: 2021-11-29