Clinical Social Worker 2

Job Summary

The Division of Child and Family Services is seeking a full-time Clinical Social Worker for the Intensive In-Home Clinical Services Team. The program provides high-intensity, short-term, home and community-based interventions for youth from birth through age eighteen who are experiencing complex behavioral health needs. A small caseload model is utilized to deliver flexible, frequent, and highly focused support; providing and wrapping comprehensive services around families to promote stability and success.

This position serves youth transitioning back home following out-of-home treatment, those at imminent risk for out-of-home placement who can be safely stabilized with frequent localized support, and youth requiring intensive interventions to thrive in their communities. The Clinical Social Worker will play a vital role in a collaborative team model, working either in tandem with a Psychiatric Caseworker or independently based on family needs.

In this hands‑on role, the Clinical Social Worker serves as the lead provider for individual and family therapy providing direct interventions that help youth and families build lasting resilience and strength; direct service delivery of and/or provide clinical direction to the Psychiatric Caseworker’s delivery of psychosocial rehabilitation services, basic skills training services, and care coordination. Key responsibilities include acting as the lead provider for therapeutic interventions focusing on communication, relationship building, parenting strategies, and self‑regulation skills.

The position also contributes directly to the development and implementation of individualized safety and soothing plans, delivers real‑time crisis stabilization interventions, and manages comprehensive care coordination to ensure families are seamlessly connected to necessary resources and supports. Additionally, the Clinical Social Worker serves as an active member of the Child and Family Team, provides input into the overarching treatment plan, and acts as a crucial liaison between all team members to support unified goals.

Candidates must possess a strong understanding of child development, trauma‑informed care, and family systems, along with a demonstrated ability to manage high stress situations calmly and effectively in community settings. Excellent communication skills and the ability to act as an objective liaison across multidisciplinary teams are essential, as is the ability to work flexibly and independently within a home and community-based service delivery model as either a member of a team or independently.

The position offers manageable caseloads that ensure the time and bandwidth necessary to make a meaningful, lasting impact on every family served, all within an integrated team structure with strong clinical backing and peer support. This position typically works four 10‑hour shifts per week. The current shift opening for the Clinical Social Worker is Monday‑Thursday, 11am‑10pm. This position is eligible for shift differential pay and is covered under State Collective Bargaining Agreement, Unit

E. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

• Licensure as a Clinical Social Worker by the Board of Examiners for Social Workers.

• Perform client/inmate evaluations and assessments through interviews with client/inmate, families and friends and review of medical records including social, developmental, and medical history; determine strengths, presenting problems, resources, and eligibility for applicable programs and services; and identify appropriate interventions.
• Perform crisis interventions including client/inmate restraint or appropriate behavioral and environmental controls for clients/inmates who may be hostile, combative, aggressive or assaultive; follow established protocols and policy in order to protect clients/inmates, staff, family, and others potentially at risk due to client/inmate behavior; recommend and complete documentation for voluntary and involuntary hospitalization.
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