Professional Social Service Worker - Dekalb RYDC- Decatur, GA; CCR

Professional Social Service Worker - Dekalb RYDC
- Decatur, GA (CCR)

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Job Summary:

Under broad supervision, provides rehabilitation counseling services, referral services, and resident evaluation to assigned clients. This position is part-time hourly and requires less than 30 hours per week and is not eligible for benefits.

Primary

Duties & Responsibilities:

Responsibility 1:
Performs and/or directs intake services to youth

• Performs or directs mental health screening of youth in accordance with policy
• Ensures all intake screenings are completed within time guidelines outlined in policy

Responsibility 2:
Directs or completes mental health assessments of youth

• Interviews youth and/or families using acceptable techniques that are appropriate for the individual's level of functioning to obtain necessary information regarding medical, social and/or emotional background.
• Contacts other health care professionals within or outside the organization as necessary to obtain background information on the youth.
• Reviews youth's record for background information.
• Considers all available information to identify psycho-social stressors, strengths, challenges, risks, level of functioning and needs.
• Completes a written mental health assessments in accordance with accepted professional standards, DJJ policy, OBHS guidance and direction from clinical supervisor.
• Based on assessment findings determines appropriate services and alternate plans of care
• Makes necessary referral to other providers as indicated by findings in the youth's mental health assessment.
• Documents referrals, recommendations and plans in a timely manner.
• Correctly files assessments and/or updates in youth's record.

Responsibility 3:
Provides therapeutic counseling to individuals, groups or families, to effect positive change in the youth's behavior and/or social situations.

• Complies with regulations on confidentiality of information as specified by agency policy.
• Develops and implements treatment plans and/or crisis management plans in a timely manner.
• Conducts individual treatment sessions to provide appropriate support, guidance, and direction to enhance the youth's personal and social development.
• Facilitates group therapy sessions using accepted therapeutic methods to promote planned change.
• Provides crisis intervention services in a timely manner to youth who present with serious and imminent risk of harm to self or others due to mental health concerns
• Provides on-call, evening, and weekend coverage to provide for the mental health needs of youth.
• Provide consultation and guidance to other staff who interact with youth to ensure that supervision and care is provided in a consistent manner to promote positive adjustment, safety, and development of the youth.

Responsibility 4:
Leads or participates as a member of a treatment team to identify youths strengths, resources, symptoms, and psychological challenges to develop and monitor an effective plan of treatment.

• Presents a complete and accurate summary of assessment to treatment team members at treatment team meetings.
• Participates in the identification of youth's strengths and weaknesses and the selection of appropriate treatment goals and interventions.
• Provides appropriate clinical input into the development of the the youth's treatment plans.
• Initiates appropriate changes in the youth's treatment plan at treatment team meetings based on reassessment of therapeutic needs.
• Communicates accurately and clearly to the youth and his/her family members/significant others the identified treatment goals and services.
• Monitors the youth's progress through interview, observation, input of team members, chart reviews, or other methods. Accurately conveys progress information to family members/significant others as appropriate.
• Writes concise, accurate, clear progress notes in the youth's mental health record as required by policy.

Responsibility 5:
Prepares and submits required reports and other documentation.

• Prepares accurate reports as required by departmental policies and local operating procedures.
• Submits all reports, forms and other documentation in a timely manner. Presents a complete and accurate verbal summary of reports to treatment team members during team meetings.
• Prepares and submits required reports and other documentation.

Responsibility 6:
Engages in clinical supervision to facilitate development of clinical knowledge,…