Clinical Social Worker

Full job description Calling all Licensed Clinical Social Workers: Are you looking to uplevel your career in a role where you will be accountable for skilled clinical social work treatment and leadership services involving complex case assignments?
The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction (DOC) is seeking to fill a position for a highly motivated and experienced Advanced Clinical Social Worker at the Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown, CT. This is a key position within our healthcare services division
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POSITION HIGHLIGHTS Full-time, 40 hours per week Second Shift: 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. with rotating weekends and holidays Located at the Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown, CT BENEFITS AND BALANCE AT THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT State of Connecticut employees participate in a competitive benefits plan that includes:
A Platinum Healthcare Plan, the nation's best for state employees and dependents, according to a report by Georgetown's Center on Health Insurance Reform and article by Ellen Andrews, Ph.D., along with comprehensive benefit offerings. Sick, vacation, and personal leave. Student Loan Forgiveness - the State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service. Click here for more information. We encourage a healthy work/life balance to all employees. Recognition for Offering Job Growth, Competitive Benefits, and Flexible Schedule. Network within a Forbes top company: 'Forbes' State of Connecticut Ranked One of the Best Employers of 2023 - State of CT Receives National Recognition for Offering Job Growth, Competitive Benefits, and Flexible Schedule. Engage in a rewarding career. Make a difference in the public sector. Work together in a collaborative team environment. As a DOC Employee, you may also benefit from:
A Hazardous Duty pension plan (State Employees Retirement System Tier IV). State license reimbursement; Eligibility to apply for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program. YOUR ROLE As an Advanced Clinical Social Worker with the DOC, you will discover the opportunity to:
Be a lead member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team providing highly skilled individual, group and family treatment; Perform and develop comprehensive psychosocial assessments, crisis response plans and treatment plans; Provide crisis management and clinical services to adults with serious mental illness, often with co-occurring substance use disorders. More details can be found in the class specification.
ABOUT US The State of Connecticut DOC shall strive to be a global leader in progressive correctional practices and partnered re-entry initiatives to support responsive evidence-based practices aligned to law-abiding and accountable behaviors. Safe and security shall be a priority component of this responsibility as it pertains to staff, victims, citizens and offenders.
The Garner Correctional Institution incarcerates both pretrial and sentenced offenders. Through proven programmatic innovation and intervention, the Garner Correctional Institution provides positive alternatives for inmates to assist in their successful reintegration into the community as productive members of society. Based upon their mental health needs, offenders from throughout the system, both pretrial and sentenced, are assigned here. The facility's staff utilizes a highly progressive mental health treatment approach. Individualized treatment plans, based upon an offender's level of functionality include extensive programming and therapy, in a group and one on one setting. The staff at the facility, both custody and mental health, operate through an integrated team approach which insures a continuity of custody, care, treatment and control.


Selection Plan This is a non-examined recruitment, open to the public.
For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e. Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.
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PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK) In a state agency behavioral health program as part of a multi-disciplinary team at one or more locations this class is accountable for skilled clinical social work treatment and leadership services involving complex case assignments.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES Independently provides highly skilled direct clinical social work treatment and/or substance abuse services to clients with complex psychological and social problems through comprehensive clinical assessments and provision of individual, family and group treatment; Provides individual field work instruction and/or clinical supervision which includes instruction in use of comprehensive psychosocial assessments and current diagnostic categories, taking into consideration cultural, social, economic, medical, environmental and legal issues; Develops comprehensive service plans including measurable treatment objectives; Initiates consultation and collaboration with other mental health providers to improve delivery of current services and/or identify unmet needs within current service system; Provides clinical supervision to Licensed Master Social Workers; Assists in resolution of administrative, personnel and clinical issues in program and/or agency; Develops data for statistical and planning systems and/or research and publication; Prepares administrative reports and suggests operational policies and procedures; Oversees development and/or implementation of individual client treatment and/or service plans; May be assigned administrative oversight of research projects; May provide clinical and/or administrative leadership to program components such as crisis intervention teams, inpatient treatment teams, case management teams, psychoeducational program services, psychosocial rehabilitation and forensic services; May provide forensic evaluations and expert testimony to courts; May represent program or agency during licensing and certification inspections conducted by regulatory bodies; May represent program or agency in liaison relationships with other community agencies and resources; May provide in-service educational presentations concerning available health, mental health and human services resources and means to access them; May chair facility or community based committees that develop policies and plans to serve psychiatrically disabled individuals; May present information on mental illness and mental health services to community groups; Performs related duties as required. KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY Considerable knowledge of and ability to instruct others about theories of human behavior, current diagnostic categories of mental illness, family dynamics, substance abuse and human sexuality; of social, cultural, economic, political, religious, medical, psychological and legal issues which influence behavior of clients, families, service programs and society at large; Knowledge of statutes, regulations and standards relating to mental health services; state law governing licensed clinical social worker practice standards; Considerable oral and written communication skills; administrative skills; Considerable ability to independently apply in practice current psychiatric treatment modalities including but not limited to behavioral, cognitive, object-relations, crisis intervention and psychosocial rehabilitation approaches; Ability to integrate theory and case material in assessing and devising comprehensive treatment and/or service plans for difficult and/or complex case assignments; lead task groups including but not limited to treatment teams and agency committees. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE One (1) year of experience as a licensed clinical social worker.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Correctional or Forensic Behavioral health treatment experience. Experience with crisis intervention. Experience with behavior management. Experience with individual and group psychotherapy. Experience with criminal justice involved adults. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS Incumbents in this class must possess and retain a license to practice clinical social work pursuant to Sec. 20-195 (m) through (r) of the Connecticut General Statutes.


Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain eligibility for participation in federal health care programs as defined in 42 U.S. § 1320a-7b(f).
Incumbents in this class may be required to have knowledge of sign language and communication ability with the deaf and hearing impaired in designated positions.


Incumbents in this class may be required to have ability in Spanish oral and written communication in designated positions.


Incumbents in this class may be required to be a certified Substance Abuse/HIV Supervisor.


Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.