(Archived) Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Mental Health Consultant

We have an excellent opportunity for an LCSW at Denison Job Corps Center in Denison, IA.

Responsibilities:

• Staff development activities are essential to establishing an effective mental health and wellness program. Planning for the provision of these services should be based on student and staff needs. The Center Director should meet regularly with the center consultant to discuss the status of the program, the staff contribution, and current student problems.
• The center consultant may serve as principal technical advisor to the Center Director and senior staff on managing organizational development. Organizational analyses may be conducted by examining patterns for delegation of authority and responsibility, observing the planning cycle and implementation of operational plans, analyzing interacting management styles, and assisting in developing needs assessments. These observations, their possible meanings, and various alternative models can be shared with the center management team with a view toward improving organizational effectiveness.
• Staff development is enhanced when the center consultant works with staff members individually or in groups on “applied” topics. For example, through case conferences, the center consultant and a teacher may work on how to motivate beginning reading students; or the center consultant and residential living staff may discuss potential mental health problems encountered in the dorms. These technical assistance sessions can count toward fulfilling requirement for general skills training; they provide on-the-job staff development using real cases as vehicles.
• The center consultant may be asked to participate in orientation sessions for admission counselors by making presentations on the center mental health and wellness program, the role of the center consultant in Job Corps, and mental health-related review concerns. These presentations should be aimed toward helping admission counselors understand their role and the importance of getting complete information.
• Evaluation of applicant folders and disability accommodations
• Advising the Center Director and staff on preventive mental health measures
• Providing early recognition of behaviors requiring clinical advice or referral
• Consulting on and monitoring the mental health referral and feedback system
• Conducting clinical interviews for purposes of evaluation, diagnosis, and disposition
• Performing or arranging psychological testing services as needed and authorized
• Preparing case management plans that identify specific expectations of staff and the student whose adjustment is at issue
• Maintaining clinical case histories and required communications, records, and forms, including provisions for confidentiality
• Providing clinical support to the TEAP specialist, as needed
• Advice to the center director and health and wellness staff on all mental health matters and overall center program and organizational consultation to the Center Director and administrative staff on a regular basis. This will include staffing requirements.
• Consultation on the development of a system to promote the coordination and integration of the mental health and wellness program with other center programs and activities such as counseling, residential life, and recreation. This will be done in cooperation with the health and wellness manager, center physician, center dentist, and other health professionals, as well as any staff member involved with students.
• Advice and assistance to wellness course instructors regarding mental health and wellness services during student introduction to center life.
• Consultation with center health and wellness staff, counselors, residential advisors, instructors, and other appropriate staff concerning the ongoing mental problems of students.
• Assistance with program development for the purpose of meeting the life crisis of students in constructive ways; for example involvement with the center preparation, development, and transition periods, the disciplinary program, the maximum benefits program, the inter-group relations program, and the trainee employee assistance program (TEAP).
• Staff development on using mental health principles and techniques. This will include coping with problems of alcohol and drug use, sexuality, aggressive behavior and poor communications.

Clinical Services:

• Advice to the Center Director on the advisability of students’ separation for mental health reasons, and the cost of mental health services, including inpatient facility use.
• Ensure the maintenance, confidentiality, and safeguarding of all necessary mental health records.
• Issuance and maintenance of signed and standing orders regarding mental health matters.
• Diagnostic and evaluation services to students who are inpatients or outpatients.
• Limited forms of psychiatric treatment including crisis intervention, brief psychotherapy, intermittent supportive psychotherapy, psychotropic drug management and group psychotherapy, as permitted by licensure or accreditation.
• Assisting with appropriate referral for students who must be separated for mental health reasons.

TEAP Consultation Services:

• Consultation on the development of a system to promote the coordination and integration of the mental health and wellness program with the TEAP and related center-side programs.
• Staff Development on using mental health principles and techniques, including coping with problems of alcohol and drug use.
• Providing clinical assistance to students and the TEAP specialist, especially with students who may have co-morbid psychiatric and substance abuse disorders.
• Provide direct support for difficult cases.

Compensation:

• $50 per/hr.