Specific Responsibilities:

1. Through knowledge of social work principles and practices, including case management, individual and group counseling techniques, provides services for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.
2. Develops and implements individual plans of treatment which assist patients and families to cope and/or restore social, emotional, financial and environmental factors which affect and/or are affected by illness.
3. Works on case management needs of perinatal patients. Provide intake and psychosocial assessments of perinatal and medical patients.  Conducts perinatal  psychosocial assessments every trimester, follow-up assessments after delivery to insure client’s psychosocial needs are met, and provide perinatal education. 
4. Coordinate CPSP services to Perinatal CPSP Team.  Insures that patient receives maximum CPSP services and resources available.
5. Conduct individual case management and childbirth education classes which include domestic violence and postpartum depression. Participate in planning and conducts social support/education group sessions.
6. Participate in weekly interdisciplinary case conference meetings, medical staff meetings and trainings as directed.  Attends weekly supervision meetings with Medical Director.
7. Refers participants and their families to appropriate community agencies or facilities; acts as liaison with such organizations and advocates for patients and/or their families.
8. Documents daily charting and completes encounter form on patient visits for Third party billing reimbursement (Medi-Cal, CPSP, ACE).
9. Provides emergency services as needed, as well as ongoing case management, which may include interacting with police, psychiatric services, and other community agencies and staff. Works with case management and ancillary staff.
10. Home visits as needed for high-risk patients who are unable to attend appointments.
11. Skills in preparing complete and concise written materials, in assessing and effectively meeting the needs of the participants and their families, and in working effectively with other team members, representatives, community organizations and the public.
12. The employee shall work well under pressure to meet multiple and sometimes competing deadlines.
13. The employee shall at all times demonstrate cooperative behavior with supervisors, colleagues and clients.
14. Other duties as assigned by Medical Director and/or Office of the Medical Director.

Qualifications:

1.      Possesses a Masters or Doctorate degree in Social Work.

2.      Must be licensed or certified as a Clinical Social Worker in California.

3.      Has performed at least 2 years of supervised clinical social work.

4.      Possession of valid, California Driver License

5.      Current knowledge of Federal/State regulations relative to social work.

6.      Demonstrated ability to work independently and in crises situations, as well as ability to work effectively on a team.

7.      Knowledge of funding, community resources/services and clinical standards required.

8.      Knowledge of Case Management, Managed Care, Medicare, Medi-Cal, Senior, Commercial and HMO insurance regulations required.

9.      Must meet standards of character under PL 101-630, section 408, Character Investigation, subsection (a) and PL 101-647, section 231, Requirement for Background Check, subsection (c), and agree that employer can contact the last two employers, the sex abuse detective division of local law enforcement and Child Protective Services of the last two counties in which the person has lived or worked to inquire as to the suitability of the person to work with children.

10.  The employee shall work well under pressure, meet multiple and sometimes competing deadlines.  The employee shall at all times demonstrate cooperative behavior with supervisors, subordinates, colleagues, and clients.

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