Psychiatric Social Worker II

2 days ago


Los Angeles, California, United States Heluna Health Full time
Job Title: Psychiatric Social Worker II

Heluna Health is seeking a highly skilled Psychiatric Social Worker II to join our team. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for providing clinical support and consultation to clients and facility administrators at licensed care facilities throughout Los Angeles County.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Evaluate clients' psychosocial and service needs through interviews and evaluations, review of medical and mental health records, and consult with housing team members, intensive case management service (ICMS) and other collateral.
  • Provide oversight of outreach and engagement of community-based providers' including monitoring service plans and progress with assigned clients, identifying, and troubleshooting service issues, and providing consultation to case managers.
  • Coordinate with other County departments including Correctional Health Services, Public Defender, Alternate Public Defender, District Attorney, Probation, and Superior Court staff to determine program eligibility, custody and housing placement recommendations, medication release coordination, and screening, diagnoses, and treatment of ODR clients.
  • Develop release plan for ODR clients and coordinate care including placement to contracted community interim housing and licensed care facilities.
  • Partner with program managers, clinicians, and case managers from contracted community based organizations to provide case consultation, clinical support, coaching, and capacity building support in order to aid the effective delivery of field based intensive case management services.
  • Collaborate and offer mental health and best practices training to community-based providers who will work with the population of clients with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
  • Maintain documentation of social work activities including assessments, service plans and progress notes required for court documentation or other reporting purposes.
Requirements:
  • Clinical social work experience in community mental health, homeless services, or healthcare strongly preferred.
  • Experience/expertise in assessing and delivering care to clients with substance use disorders.
  • Experience/expertise in assessing and delivering care to clients with severe persistent mental illness.
  • Experience/expertise in assessing and delivering care to clients with histories of homelessness.
  • Experience/expertise in trauma-informed care, harm reduction, and housing first principles.
  • Familiarity with DMH, DPH and community mental health, substance use, housing/homelessness programs and resources.
  • Familiarity with the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act.
Education/Experience:

A Master's Degree in Social Work from a graduate school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education followed by a minimum of two years of clinical social work experience working with people with Serious Mental Illness, Homelessness, and/or Substance Use Disorders.

Certificates/Licenses/Clearances:
  • A valid and active license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker issued by the California Department of Consumer Affairs, Board of Behavioral Sciences.
  • A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.
  • Successful clearing through the Live Scan process with the County of Los Angeles.
Other Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:
  • Proficient skill set in using an array of Microsoft Office Suite software programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Adobe Reader, One Note, Outlook, Publisher, Teams, Outlook, etc.
  • Able to multi-task and set workload priorities for time sensitive projects/tasks.
  • Ability to problem solve and make recommendations to processes, policies, etc.
  • Able to communicate with all levels of personnel, e.g., written, verbal, in a professional and concise/clear manner; ability to work within a project team and/or independently.
  • Able to work in a very diverse environment and with diverse individuals.
  • Ability to be flexible in meeting changing work tasks and timelines; must be dependable and reliable.
Online Application Requirements:
  • At a minimum, candidates need to submit/upload electronic copies of a resume describing education to include training certifications, and relevant paid and volunteer experience - relevant to the job description essential job functions.
  • A cover introductory letter may be submitted while not required.
  • Legible copies of certificates to substantiate proficiency in skills, knowledge and abilities may be submitted.
  • Applications without supporting documentation at the time of application or no more than 5 business days after the initial application will not be included in the candidate pool.


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