Part Time Professional Social Service Worker – Savannah RYDC- Savannah, GA; CCR

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.

• 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 assessment 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 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 the youth.
  • Provides 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.
  • Prints 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 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.
• Responsibility 6
  • Engages in clinical…