Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

Summary

The LICSW provides clinical support to individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and forensic backgrounds. The LICSW demonstrates a commitment to delivering high-quality, person-centered care in a supportive and collaborative environment. The LICSW works collaboratively with individuals, families, and multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement treatment plans that address complex needs, including behavioral, emotional, and social challenges.

Salary Range: $85,000-$90,000

Essential Job Functions

• Conducts assessments for adults with wide-ranging developmental profiles and diagnoses across day, vocational, community and residential programs
• Leads and facilitates groups for individuals, focusing on building communication, interpersonal and coping skills in a supportive and structured environment
• Develop and implement specialized programming tailored to individuals with forensic backgrounds, addressing their unique emotional, behavioral and social needs while ensuring alignment with legal, clinical and ethical guidelines
• Develop and implement tailored programming for aging individuals, individuals with dementia, Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s disease and other cognitive impairments, focusing on enhancing quality of life, maintaining functional abilities and providing emotional support for both individuals and families
• As a certified sex educator, provide comprehensive sex education and support to individuals, ensuring content is accessible, appropriate and respectful of their unique needs and experiences, while fostering healthy relationships and promoting personal safety and well-being
• Monitor Psychotropic Medication Treatment Plans (PMTP) and assist with the analysis of progress data
• Conduct formal observations of participants to inform assessment and/or treatment guidance
• Serves as a role model and coach to program managers and direct care staff relative to implementation of supportive techniques, teaching strategies and data collection
• Assist program staff when behavioral or social skills issues arise with participants.
• Work in collaboration with the clinical team to ensure sound, person-centered, and creative clinical programming based on team recommendations.
• Participate in clinical and staff meetings, ISP meetings, intake meetings, and other relevant meetings as assigned. 
• Serves as member of the Professional Interdisciplinary Team.
• Monitors and safeguards the health, well-being, and safety of individuals in the program on-site and in the community. Reports issues to the appropriate persons and handles emergencies according to agency policies and procedures.
• Ensures the coordination between residential and day services programs for continuity of care to dually supported participants.
• Serves as a mandated reporter as required by the Disabled Persons Protection Commission.
• Processes all human rights issues, incident, and accident reports in a timely manner according to agency policy/procedure. Ensures the human rights of program participants are safeguarded in all interventions.
• Fosters and maintains positive relationships with families, participants and staff and informs supervisor of significant and/or unresolved issues.
• Acts in a manner consistent with organizational values, program mission, and service delivery goals. Serves as a resource and role model for staff.
• Completes other duties as assigned by supervisor as they relate to the duties in this job description.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Education and Experience

• Master's Degree in Social Work 
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills 
• Ability to multi-task  
• Skilled and efficient scientific writer 
• Empathetic and compassionate approach 
• 2 year’s related experience working with the I/DD, Forensic population
• Previous experience working with dually diagnosed clients highly desirable

Computer Skills 

Demonstrated proficiency in use of e-mail, the Internet, and have strong Microsoft Suite skills

Analytical Skills

Demonstrated ability to problem-solve, handle emergencies, and successfully manage several projects simultaneously.

Language Skills 

Mastery of the English language required as demonstrated by the ability to read and write instructions, ability to read, analyze, and interpret field and/or professional journals, technical procedures, policy and procedure manuals and governmental regulations. Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from Individuals, families, staff or the general public. Demonstrated ability to comprehend and follow verbal/written instructions. Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedures. Ability to effectively facilitate meetings.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to interpret and carry out a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables in situations where standardization exists. 

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• LICSW
• Valid Driver’s License
• Current First Aid and adult CPR certification required within first 6 months on the job; thereafter employee is expected to remain current.

Physical Demands 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear and is frequently required to stand, walk, sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms and climb. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

This job description is not all inclusive and does not state or imply that these are the only duties to be performed by the incumbent. The incumbent is required to follow/perform any job-related instruction/duty/project as directed by their immediate supervisor.