Social Worker, Senior Expanded Response Team (Internal HSPH applicants only)

Hennepin Countys Behavioral Health areais seeking to hire a Senior Social Worker (SSW) to be part of the Expanded Response Team (ERT). The ERT team includes two Social Workers that will respond in real time to urgent 911 calls. The team will be embedded in the Brooklyn Center Police Department and dispatched by the Hennepin County Sheriffs Office dispatch center. The ERT team will respond to a variety of call types in which the 911 caller defines as urgent and which the dispatcher and/or responding officer does not flag as potentially violent or involving weapons in addition to mobile crisis team requested calls. The team may respond with or in lieu of patrol officers to a call. The SSW will be responsible for completing a crisis assessment and providing solution focused interventions in person refer for follow-up and complete documentation in the Epic Electronic Records System.


Location and hours:

This position is onsite and located at the Brooklyn Center Police Department 6645 North Humboldt Avenue Brooklyn Center MN 55430 and will also require travel throughout Hennepin County. The work schedule will be Monday through Friday 10 a.m. 6:30 p.m. with occasional work outside of scheduled days and hours based on program needs.

• One of the following:
  • Masters degree or higher in social work or closely related field with course work emphasis in areas such as social work methods human growth and behavior and principles of social welfare.
  • Bachelors degree in social work psychology sociology or human services andat least 18 semester (27 quarter) credits of graduate work in the above areas and three years or more of full-time supervised experience as a social worker.
  • Licensed as a Graduate Social Worker by the Minnesota Board of Social Work.
• A valid drivers license daily access to reliable transportation and the ability to obtain a Hennepin County Drivers Permit.

• Ability to obtain and maintain Minnesota Criminal Justice Data Network Certification and pass the CJIS Competency Exam within 6 months of employment. Annual certifications are required to continue employment.
• Licensed or working towards licensure in the following:
  • Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW) or Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)
• Experience:
  • Serving individuals living with a mental health condition and/or substance use disorder.
  • Serving individuals who are involved in the criminal justice system.
  • Providing case management.
  • Effectively interacting with people from diverse backgrounds including efforts towards disparity elimination.
    
    
• Knowledge of:
  • County and community resources for mental health substance use disorder social services and basic needs.
  • Harm reduction principles.
  • Trauma-informed care principles.
  • Person-centered thinking.
  • Social determinants of health.
  • Race-based disparities and the impact of these disparities on the development of a community social justice corrective justice socio-economic statuses and the effects to overall health and wellness of populations.
    
    
• Ability to:
  • Function well in unpredictable and challenging situations calling for sensitivity flexibility resourcefulness and independent judgment.
  • Work well independently and as a team.
  • Demonstrate effective interpersonal organizational and computer skills.