Psychiatric Caseworker 2

***THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE***

The Division of Public and Behavioral Health Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services (SNAMHS) is recruiting for a Psychiatric Caseworker 2 in Las Vegas. This position supports SNAMHS with our community partner The Harbor for youth and family services. Psychiatric Caseworkers monitor the clients level of functioning by interviewing clients family members and other community contacts; evaluate clients needs and resources to determine the level of assistance needed; refer clients to appropriate services according to the service/care coordination plan; and work as a team to provide service coordination make referrals to other service providers and community resources and discuss mental and emotional conditions among others. This position is responsible for crisis intervention documenting client progress and assessing client needs and resources addition knowledge of case management practices and procedures laws governing abuse and neglect of clients and treatment planning and implementation are essential. This is a full-time position and will work an innovative variable schedule with overtime after 40 hours in a week.

Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in social work psychology or closely related human services field and two years of experience in a mental health or intellectual disabilities setting one year of which must have included professional casework experience providing psychosocial rehabilitation services for a caseload consisting predominantly of individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities; OR one year of experience as a Psychiatric Caseworker I in Nevada State Service; OR an equivalent combination of education at or above the Bachelors degree and experience as described above.

Interview clients for psychosocial rehabilitation program placement; determine needs in terms of training and assign to appropriate groups/classes; prepare written evaluation of client and a service/care coordination plan for each service; enter progress notes; and advise clients of their service related rights and responsibilities.

Develop treatment plans and participate in the development of service/care coordination plans by attending multidisciplinary team meetings in which client goals are determined and appropriate strategies and plans are developed and modified as necessary; integrate and analyze information from all available sources and systems; coordinate and integrate services among members of multidisciplinary teams and client support systems; monitor treatment plans and evaluate effectiveness; document quality of care and ensure information is available to other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Provide on-going individual and family management and education regarding issues of daily living coping skills and employment; provide information to clients family members or other caretakers regarding clients rights and actions necessary to obtain optimal benefits of active treatment; assist clients family members and care providers in understanding the nature and treatment of clients illness or condition.

Develop and implement discharge plans; prepare required documentation; schedule appointments such as in the medication clinic; obtain information from clinical professionals concerning clients; make referrals to appropriate clinician; refer to community resources and make housing referrals.

Write client housing contracts according to established procedures; monitor supported housing arrangements; monitor delivery of services and quality of care to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of the contract.

Monitor follow-up services specified in the treatment plan including attendance at medication clinics day treatment programs outpatient appointments vocational/rehabilitation services and housing arrangements to reduce the incidence of readmission; arrange and provide transportation for clients to various appointments and community assistance services issuing bus tokens or using State vehicles as necessary; assist clients with court appearances.

Locate coordinate and develop resources to meet clients needs; develop implement and monitor programs to assist clients in developing daily living skills such as preparing a budget obtaining public transportation attending self-help groups shopping for food and clothing and developing reminders to take medication at prescribed times.

Conduct classes and provide individual skill training for clients; compile or develop relevant materials and curriculum; evaluate clients baseline status and progress using objective assessment measurements.

Adhere to all regulatory standards for documentation charts and progress notes; document client contacts and progress in case records; write required reports at established intervals; complete billing forms and other documentation according to established policy and procedure.

Attend staff committee task force and other scheduled meetings to discuss and provide input concerning critical client issues and problems; attend and participate in in-service training workshops seminars and continuing education programs to enhance knowledge skills and abilities related to job performance; may provide in-service training to other staff related to de-escalation management of aggressive behaviors wraparound case management delivery model and other topics.

Provide crisis intervention to include appropriate behavioral and environmental controls for clients who may be hostile combative aggressive or assaultive; follow established protocols and policy to protect clients staff family and others potentially at risk due to client behavior or family dynamics; engage in client restraint if needed.

Supervise and evaluate the performance of lower level professional technical and paraprofessional staff university students and interns as assigned.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Under general supervision incumbents perform the full range of service coordination duties described in the series concept. This is the journey level in the series.

This job specification lists the major knowledge skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge skills and abilities from a previous level.

Working knowledge of:crisis intervention techniques; documenting client progress; assessing client needs and resources available; case management practices and procedures; laws governing abuse and neglect of clients; treatment planning and implementation; educating clients and their families on issues of daily living coping skills and employment.

General knowledge of: psychotropic medications and common side effects; behavior modification techniques to include contingency management and cognitive behavior interventions.

Ability to: make appropriate referrals to community resources and health care providers; develop contracts for services and monitor services provided; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with clients staff community resource providers community agency staff and the public; monitor follow up services according to the service/care coordination plan.

Recruiter Contact Information: Jennifer Kauble -

The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse inclusive and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to race color national origin religion or belief age disability sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy domestic partnership genetic information (GINA) or compensation and/or wages.

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