Clinical Social Worker

Direct Treatment
A. Conduct or co-lead weekly skills building groups whose focus is dictated by
patient need as defined in the treatment plan and provided according to therapist
skills and approved program treatment design.
B. Meet with patients for regular individual therapy in which the focus is dictated by
patient need as defined in the treatment plan and provided according to therapist
skills.
C. Meet with and provide social work services for patients who have identified
need, as defined by the Social Work Service.
D. Develop and maintain contact with family of patients, as appropriate, and
provide them with information when proper release forms have been signed
by the patient allowing contact.
E. Provide crisis intervention services to patients.
F. Participate in meetings of the unit therapeutic community.
G. Provide collaborative services to relatives and agencies through personal, letter,
and phone contacts.
Assessment, Planning, and Evaluation
A. Participate in initial interviews with patients and with other members of the
Interdisciplinary Treatment Team, assessing treatment needs and developing
treatment objectives and plans.
B. Review the psychosocial assessment of each new patient as determined by policy.
Make subsequent additions and corrections to the psychosocial assessment, as
needed, and at least yearly.
C. Review chart prior to Interdisciplinary Treatment Team meetings for patients on
assigned caseload.
DUTY STATEMENT – Clinical Social Worker
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Clinical Social Worker
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D. Participate in all Interdisciplinary Treatment Team reviews of each patient
on assigned caseload; provide input on progress in treatment; report on
family, social and community resources; identify current and ongoing
treatment needs, and make recommendations.
E. Participate in mini-team meetings as required by treatment needs.
G. Participate in shift change meetings, exchanging information on patients and
participating in relevant in-service training provided during these meetings.
H. Write clinical progress notes describing and evaluating the patients’
responses treatment, as defined by the Social Work Service.
Discharge Planning
A. Collaborate with the Interdisciplinary Treatment Team, State’s Conditional
Release Program, Department of Corrections, Parole Agents, and/or
representative from the dispositional setting to formulate an outpatient
treatment contract/discharge plan and facilitate the patient discharge to the
dispositional setting.
B. Facilitate application for Supplemental Security Insurance, Social Security
benefits, California ID card, or driver’s license prior to discharge.
C. Facilitate application for conservatorship, 72-hour and 14-day holds, and 180-day
certifications.
D. Complete affiliated paperwork for discharge planning (i.e., Social Work RCCP
discharge summary).
E. Provide emergent social work services, as needed, to other units.

If unlicensed, applicants MUST have a valid Associate Clinical Social Worker (ASW) registration issued by the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners by the final filing date to be considered for a hiring interview at this location. Eligible applicants MUST possess a valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license issued by the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners;