Clinical Social Worker - Central Prison HealthCare Complex

State of North Carolina

22h

About The Position

Work involves applying theory in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders, providing individual and group counseling to offenders and serving as a liaison between correctional staff and offenders. The Clinical Social Worker will provide direct psychological services to offenders with a range of emotional and behavioral issues, including those with severe and persistent mental illness and personality disorders. Such services include mental health triage/screening, crisis intervention, mental health assessment and treatment planning, suicide/self-injury assessment and management and Restrictive Housing reviews and evaluations. The Clinical Social Worker may also conduct risk assessments on offenders with a history of violent or sexual crimes and may be required to travel to other facilities to complete HUB-related duties, as clinically relevant and necessary for behavioral health system function, as directed by the Human Services Program Manager II/III or Psychological Program Manager. Additional responsibilities include participating in the on-call rotation to provide after-hour/weekend coverage for the institution(s) and participating in discharge planning for identified offenders with aftercare planning duties and for those with appropriate training, administering, interpreting and summarizing psychological testing.

Requirements

• Master’s degree from an appropriately accredited school of social work.
• Licensure is required from NC SW Certification and Licensure Board.
• One must fulfill all requirements for Licensure in North Carolina as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker as required by the North Carolina Social Work Certification and Licensure Board.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience with case and group work
• Documented knowledge and/or experience dealing with behavior and psychosocial problems and their diagnosis and treatment
• Demonstrated experience and/or knowledge of community resources in clinical social work

Responsibilities

• Providing individual and group counseling to offenders
• Serving as a liaison between correctional staff and offenders
• Providing direct psychological services to offenders with a range of emotional and behavioral issues, including those with severe and persistent mental illness and personality disorders
• Mental health triage/screening
• Crisis intervention
• Mental health assessment and treatment planning
• Suicide/self-injury assessment and management
• Restrictive Housing reviews and evaluations
• Conducting risk assessments on offenders with a history of violent or sexual crimes
• Travel to other facilities to complete HUB-related duties
• Participating in the on-call rotation to provide after-hour/weekend coverage for the institution(s)
• Participating in discharge planning for identified offenders with aftercare planning duties
• Administering, interpreting and summarizing psychological testing

Benefits

• Employees can participate in health insurance options, standard and supplemental retirement plans, and the NCFlex program (numerous high-quality, low-cost benefits on a pre-tax basis).
• Employees also receive paid vacation, sick, and community service leave.
• In addition, paid parental leave is available to eligible employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level