Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Salary varies based on degree/experience
Clinical Caseworker: $50,990.50 annual salary
Sr. Clinical Caseworker (MSW): $63,120.05 annual salary
Sr. Clinical Caseworker (LMSW): $65,173.20 annual salary
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW): $78,264.00 annual salary
This is a licensed professional position accountable for providing clinical casework services to persons with mental illness and/or developmental or physical disabilities. Compiles comprehensive case histories concerning the clients’ social, environmental, and economic backgrounds for use by medical and other professional treatment staff. Also participates in admission, social diagnosis, prognosis, progress review, research, community placement, and aftercare planning with an interdisciplinary team and other service agencies. Our facility provides specialized care for clients who are receiving competency restoration and evaluation services in a more acute psychiatric, inpatient hospital setting by court order. This setting is a minimum security level in a ward environment.
Why you’ll love this position:
We aspire to be a team of talented, compassionate professionals, helping our clients to transform their illness and any experience of trauma into a personal journey of healing, resilience, and recovery, through our use exceptional care and the highest quality, evidence based practice. State of Missouri offers a great benefit package: https://oa.mo.gov/personnel/state-employees/employee-benefits
Knowledge, skills & abilities:
Knowledge of the ethical considerations involved in the practice of licensed clinical social work. Knowledge of methods, principles, practices, and techniques of casework, group work, client-centered advocacy, community, organization, research, psychotherapy, and other clinical skills as they apply to intervention programs for persons with mental illness and/or developmental or physical disabilities. Ability to apply a variety of techniques and methods in the areas of assessment, planning, and individual and group therapy.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct Social Service Assessments (Initial and/or Annual)
- Complete admission paperwork
- Provide individual and/or group treatment related to skills, therapy modalities, and competency restoration and complete corresponding documentation
- Complete Individual Treatment/Rehabilitation Plans (ITRP) and Treatment Reviews
- Write monthly progress/summary notes for clients
- Offer case management to assigned clients
- Conduct suicide risk and other risk assessments as needed
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team on a regular basis
- Participate in discharge and legal processes (e.g. guardianship) as necessary
- Other duties as assigned
Eligibility:
The State of Missouri is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to developing and maintaining a talented workforce.
