Social Worker Iv

Social Worker IV

The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is seeking to hire a Social Worker IV for the Alton Mental Health Center located in Alton, Illinois. This position will perform professional social work services involving the advanced application of social work principles, techniques and evaluations, as well as clinically sophisticated diagnostic recognition and implementation of appropriate treatment interventions of adults on a forensic unit manifesting complex emotional and psycho-social disorders;

identifies and acquires additional clinical information to construct a robust understanding of patient problems and treatment needs; develops and maintains professional working relations with a wide variety of community resources in support of assuring adequate patient treatment and housing needs are met upon discharge. Interviews patients, family members and/or significant others. Serves as a program manager for and coordinates and recommends the course treatment to an interdisciplinary team;

serves as an advocate for the patient and as a resource for other members of the treatment team. Serves as a qualified examiner. Essential functions include performing professional social work services, serving as an advocate for patients, serving as a program manager, and serving as a mental health resource for non-professional direct care staff.

Minimum qualifications include a master's degree in social work from a recognized school of social work supplemented by three (3) years of supervised post master's clinical social work practice, and possession of a clinical social worker's license from the Department of Professional Regulation. Conditions of employment include the ability to physically restrain patients as necessary to prevent injury to patient and others, the ability to obtain and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certificate, the ability to stoop, bend, lift or exert up to 20 pounds of force in performance of duties, the ability to physically access various worksites throughout the hospital for administrative and clinical duties, the ability to travel in the performance of job duties, the ability to pass the IDHS background check, and the ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

Work hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm; 1-hour unpaid lunch. The headquarter location is 4500 College Ave, Alton, Illinois, 62002. The division of behavioral health and recovery is located in the Alton Mental Health Center medical services – social work department – afc-b. The work county is Madison. Agency contact is DHS.Hiring Unit.

The Illinois Department of Human Services uplifts individuals and communities across Illinois. Our mission is to respond to the needs of all people in Illinois so they can lead healthy, safe, and enriched lives. Our vision is the future we are shaping with dignity and the well-being for everyone in Illinois. Our values are the principles that guide us as we work to remove systemic barriers and create lasting opportunities with compassion, accessibility, responsibility, and equity.