Senior Psychiatric Social Worker
Hennepin County's Public Health Clinical Services Division is seeking a Senior Psychiatric Social Worker. This position provides the opportunity to make a difference in diverse communities, enhance your clinical skills in a fast-paced, team environment, and be part of a department with the mission to strengthen communities by improving the health of individuals and families.
This position will respond to crisis calls involving adults, adolescents, children, and/or families by providing crisis assessments and therapeutic interventions in a client's home or community setting.
Location and hours:
The Mental Health Mobile Crisis program operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Hours to be determined. Shifts could include days, evening, overnight, and some holidays.
In this position, you will:
- Participate as a member of a multi-disciplinary mobile crisis response team.
- Conduct initial mental health screening of clients in crisis via phone.
- Conduct mental health and risk assessments of adults, adolescents, and children in a mental health crisis in the home or community setting in order to determine their needs.
- Complete mental status examinations and develop provisional diagnoses to be used during crisis interventions; develop short term intervention goals and plans.
- Record notes and data pertaining to client progress; write comprehensive reports of client histories, diagnosis, and treatment recommendations into an electronic medical record.
Need to have:
- Master's degree or higher in social work or closely related field and two or more years of post-master's degree experience in a psychiatric or mental health setting.
- Qualification as a Mental Health Professional or ability to qualify within one year of hire.
- A valid driver's license and access to reliable transportation to visit community sites throughout Hennepin County.
Nice to have:
- Experience:
- Providing therapy or crisis services to adults, adolescents, children, and/or their families in their home or other community setting.
- Conducting mental health screenings.
- Handling mental health crisis, including diagnosis and treatment of clients in crisis.
- Knowledge of:
- County and community resources.
- Cultural differences in beliefs and practices relating to mental health, treatment, family structure, and dynamics.
- Ability to:
- Function well in unpredictable and challenging situations calling for sensitivity, flexibility, resourcefulness, and independent judgment.
- Effectively interact with people from diverse backgrounds and/or historically underserved populations; bilingual skills preferred.
- Work well in a group setting.
- Strong therapeutic intervention skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Candidates with bilingual and/or multilingual skills are strongly encouraged to apply. Bilingual candidates who pass a language assessment may qualify for additional bilingual pay and duties.
About the department:
Public Health works to improve and protect the health of children, adolescents and adults who live, learn, work or play in Hennepin County. Our ultimate purpose is to promote physical and mental health, prevent illness and injury associated with communicable diseases and environmental conditions, reduce chronic diseases, and enhance the well-being of individuals affected by mental illnesses and serious emotional disturbances.
About Hennepin County:
Hennepin is the largest county government organization in Minnesota. Our employees work every day to improve the health, safety and quality of life for our residents and communities. All of our jobs align to one or more of our overarching goals -- that Hennepin County residents are healthy, protected and safe, self-reliant, assured due process, and mobile.
Our employees receive a combination of generous benefits and positive workplace culture not found at other organizations. This includes meaningful work that impacts our community, competitive pay, work-life balance, a variety of benefits and opportunities to grow. Learn more at www.hennepin.us/employees .
Hennepin County envisions an organization where our commitment to diversity and the reduction of disparities is fundamental in providing excellent service to our community.
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This posting may be used to fill current and future vacancies.
This position is internally classified as a Social Worker, Senior Psychiatric.
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Invitations to interview will be based upon an assessment of education and experience.
Final candidates may be required to complete a drug test and/or background check.