FUNCTION OF WORK:
To provide the management component in program development and service delivery of a social work services program at a 24hour facility.
LEVEL OF WORK:
Manager.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Broad review from a higherlevel administrator.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
Direct over licensed masters degreelevel social services staff and other employees in accordance with the allocation criteria memo.
LOCATION OF WORK:
Department of Health and Hospitals; LSUHealth Sciences Centers Acute Care Hospitals Medical Schools; Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from the Social Worker 6A and 6B by the presence of managerial responsibility for a multifaceted social work component incorporating three or more supervisory units at a 24hour facility.
EXAMPLES LISTED BELOW INCLUDE BRIEF SAMPLES OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE.PLEASE NOTE THAT NOT ALL TASKS ARE INCLUDED.
Determines social work services program goals objectives and priorities; identifies policy and procedure issues in collaboration with management staff.
Provides line supervision on an ongoing basis to one or more manageriallevel social services employees responsible for major departments or comprehensive social services components within the social service delivery system.
Assigns programrelated projects to management staff and supervises work in progress including administrative assignments made by agency director.
Maintains dialogue with multidisciplinary counterparts and program/administrative counterparts in local regional and statewide agencies for ongoing review and evaluation identification and resolution of problems encountered in collaborative efforts.
Reviews cases with subordinate supervisors; assists and guides them in the teaching of advanced techniques and in developing skills in specialized intervention methodologies.
Reviews performance plans and evaluations of all social work services staff.
Assures that social work activities are conducted in accordance with acceptable standards of practice and in accordance with all applicable regulations and statutes.
Carries administrative responsibility as delegated by a facility administrator for ongoing specialized assignments such as the monitoring of policies and procedures to assure the protection of clients rights and the supervision of the investigation of alleged or suspected abuse neglect or other violations of such rights.
Directs and coordinates a complex inservice training program for the continuing development of skills in social service staff.
Develops interprets and implements policy and procedures for the agency.