Job Details

Job Title

Supervises the work of a small group of professional social work and support staff in providing clinical social work services for ambulatory patients and their families in a community ambulatory health care setting.

Essential Job Functions

Plans, advises, assigns, and evaluates the work of professional social workers and support staff.

Participates in the formulation of clinic policies and procedures and in the implementation of new programs and services pertaining to clinical social work services in the ambulatory facility through coordination with administration and other teams.

Conducts orientation, in-service training and continuing staff development of professional social work staff.

Provides consultation to professional social work staff, staff in other teams, and public and private agency personnel regarding clinical social work policies, procedures, case management and techniques.

Speaks before and acts as a liaison with community groups, agencies and organizations regarding availability of services and programs, community resources and social work objectives.

Provides direct social work services to facility patients including referrals, individual, family and group counseling and therapy to address issues such as marital and family conflict, mental retardation, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, psychosomatic illness, suspected child abuse and venereal disease.

Prepares correspondence, budget requests, and annual reports on behalf of the unit. Maintains statistics pertaining to research and program evaluation.

Requirements

Requirements to qualify:

• A Master's Degree in Social Work from a graduate school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education followed by three years' professional social work experience, one year of which must have been in a medical setting*

License:

• A valid and active license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker issued by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
• A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to use an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

Withholding information:

No with hold will be allowed. Required experience/education will need to be fully met at the time of filing, and clearly indicated on the application.

Additional Information

Desirable qualifications:

Additional credit will be awarded for experience beyond the requirements.

Examination content:

This examination will consist of an evaluation of experience based upon application information and desirable qualifications weighted 100%. The passing score for this examination is 70%.

Eligibility and vacancy information:

Applicants who passed the assessment(s) are placed on a list in the order of their score group for a period of twelve (12) months. Applications will be processed as they are received and added to the list accordingly. We will use this list to fill vacancies in the Department of Health Services as they occur.

Available shifts:

Appointees may be required to work any shift and at any facility, including evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.

No person may compete in this examination more than once every twelve (12) months.