CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER (PRN, 10%) - MULTIPLE

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

Work in this class involves providing intensive social work services in serious and complicated cases which require the flexible use of a wide range of highly skilled casework, groupwork, and community organization techniques in the psychosocial rehabilitation and adjustment of persons with severe physical illnesses, developmental disabilities or complex mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The essential functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this position. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the position as necessary.

• Employees provide individual, group, or family therapy and counseling for patients and relatives, engage in play therapy and intensive counseling with emotionally disturbed clients, serve as therapist or co-therapist in treatment of clients.
• Work includes complex assessment, diagnosis, and independent selection and use of varied in-depth therapies in the treatment of patients with various acute/severe mental or emotional disorders and related community liaison and education.
• Employees may also be involved in explaining diagnosis and treatment alternatives to patients and families, participating in education endeavors for physicians, psychologists, nurses, other health disciplines, students and social work interns, and participating in research activities.
• Social work assessment techniques and treatment approaches including crisis, supportive, insight oriented and behavioral interventions.
• Considerable knowledge of legal and administrative aspects of programs. May require knowledge of medical diagnoses, treatment alternatives, and disease pathophysiology, biopsychosocial, adaptive, and coping responses to illness.
• Employees use considerable judgment in conducting individual assessments/diagnosis, selecting and providing treatment techniques and/or dealing with psychosocial aspects.
• Employees provide in-depth assessment of family dynamics, intensive counseling with emotionally disturbed, physically ill or developmentally disabled clients and their families, and provide in-depth therapy with complex cases.
• Employees may refer the most severe cases such as severe phobias or unusual violence patterns and borderline diagnoses to a higher level social worker or therapist.
• Performs related work as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Thorough knowledge of social work principles, techniques, and practices, and their application to complex casework, groupwork, and community problems.
• Considerable knowledge of a wide range of behavior and psychosocial problems and their diagnosis and treatment.
• Considerable knowledge of family and group dynamics, a range of intervention techniques, governmental and private organizations, resources in the community, laws, regulations, and policies which govern the program, methods and principles of casework supervision and training.
• Considerable knowledge of medical terminology, disease processes and their treatment as they relate to decisions regarding clinical interventions and appropriate therapies based on medical or psychological diagnosis.
• Skill in establishing rapport with a client and in applying techniques or assessing psychosocial, behavioral, and psychological aspects of client problems.
•  Ability to supervise, train, or instruct lower-level social workers, students, or interns in the program.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with members of case load and their families as well as civic, legal, medical, social, and religious organizations.
• Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely and to plan and execute work effectively.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Master’s degree in social work from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of supervised social work experience as required by the North Carolina Social Work Certification and Licensure Board.

SPECIAL CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES REQUIREMENTS:

• 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.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE:

Durham County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires Durham County to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.