Social Worker-Community Support Program

Job Requirements

• Provides Service Facilitation Services Complete comprehensive assessments for each Community Support/Comprehensive Community Services consumer in order to identify strengths, needs, values, priorities and recovery goals.
• Develops recovery-oriented service, individualized service plans for CSP/CCS consumers that address consumer needs and recovery goals identified during the assessment process.
• Monitors service plans for progress toward goals and consumer satisfaction.
• Provides service facilitation and coordination to community agencies for consumers.
• Facilitates regularly scheduled team meetings for the consumer and his/her recovery team.
• Participates in arranging appropriate placements for clients as deemed clinically necessary.
• Records clinical treatment notes and progress notes according to program standards.
• Prepares and presents client cases for clinical supervision.
• Monitors inpatient treatment plans and develops discharge plans for assigned clients in psychiatric facilities.
• Facilitates client transportation when appropriate.
• Conduct home visits as needed.
• Assists with client crisis or emergency situations.
• Provides Crisis Intervention Services Relative to Chapter 51 and 55 Proceedings.
• Conducts interviews with client, family, law enforcement, medical personnel, and others as appropriate to assess the nature of the problem.
• Assesses situation and determines appropriateness of referral to Corporation Counsel office for legal action.
• Screens information and prepares dispositional recommendations to Corporation Counsel office.
• Initiates court proceedings, arranges witnesses, testifies at hearings, completes court reports and makes recommendations to the court for appropriate treatment and facilities as relates to Chapter 51 and 55.
• Provides consultative services to family members before and after hearings regarding process, options, and results.
• Monitors inpatient treatment plans and develops discharge plans for assigned consumers in psychiatric facilities.
• Provides case management and follow-along services to post-commitment clients.
• In conjunction with treatment staff, formulates recommendations for dismissal or recommitment to Corporation Counsel.

• One year experience within the last ten years working with persons with a diagnosis of a mental disorder required.
• Certification or eligible for certification as a Social Worker in Wisconsin preferred.