Clinical Social Worker Jobs

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This position is responsible for complex and difficult clinical social work services and provides both program delivery and client intervention functions requiring intensive case management activities and extensive professional, diagnostic and treatment activities. Though not exclusively, this position operates as a Maternal and Child Health Social Worker. As such, this individual is expected to promote and prioritize the mission and objectives of the Maternal and Child Health Service to improve the physical and mental health, safety, and well-being of the Oklahoma maternal and child health (MCH) population.

Position Responsibilities /Essential Functions

• Work effectively in team environment, participating and assisting their peers.
• Evaluates the needs of individuals and families with their consideration to their physical health, psychological health, and family structure to develop a treatment plan for the relevant concerns and provide a “warm hand-off” to the appropriate community resources for these identified need(s).
• Participates in staff conferences for the purpose of overall program planning.
• Consults with individual and community organizations on the improvement of existing resources.
• Serves as a primary resource to social service providers in case of rape, teen pregnancy, and mental health needs.
• Provides education, consultation, and technical assistance to professional staff, community organizations, agencies and other groups. Facilitates community engagement programs focused on improving community health in the MCH arena.
• May provide short-term solution-focused individual therapy to individuals with psychological, medical, neurological, speech/language, and/or developmental problems.
• All other duties as assigned.
• Provides appropriate referrals within family planning, child health, maternity and other pertinent clinic areas to ensure the client’s needs are being met.
• Serves as a resource for each clinic site in the region, traveling to each on a regular and as-needed basis to address the community need in each site.
• Completes entry-level assessments, interventions, and evaluations within the county health department community setting.
• Acts as an advocate for the client; supports self-advocacy efforts, and supports client in exercising rights, choices and responsibilities.

Education and Experience
Requirements at this level consist of a master’s degree in social work (MSW) from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and multiple years of professional social work experience. Candidates who have obtained the license of Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) are preferred, while a candidate at the Licensed Master’s Social Worker (LMSW) level who are under clinical supervision would also receive preference to candidates who are currently unlicensed and not pursuing clinical licensure.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Competencies
Knowledge of principles and practices of social work; of current social and health problems; of the principles of family health and psychosocial aspects of human relations; of community, state and national health and welfare resources; of psychosocial terminology; of the principles of interviewing; of social assistance requirements; of psychosocial treatment techniques; of casework principles and methods; of systems development and community organizations; of therapeutic treatment; of psychiatric and medical terminology; of human development stages and related dysfunctions; of the principles of clinical interviewing; of effective therapeutic interventions; of social work professional ethics Ability is required to establish and maintain effective working relationships; to exercise good judgment in evaluating situations and choosing an appropriate course of action; to make decisions; to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; to consult with staff and agencies for client and community’s best interest within policy guidelines.

Special Requirements
This position is set in an office environment. While performing the duties of the job, employees are frequently required to s

Equal Opportunity Employment

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.

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