What are the responsibilities and job description for the Social Worker Clinician I - Behavioral Health 358 position at Main Template?
$3,000 Sign On Bonus
“They made it easier for me to live, breathe, eat, and stay clean. Without them, I’d be waiting somewhere, waiting for someone to give me a chance to live...” - Client from Telecare
What You Will Do to Change Lives
Under supervision of a licensed clinician, the Social Work Clinician I provides general casework services to members served and natural supports. This involves person-centered recovery planning and collaborating with other services and agencies.
Shifts Available:
Full Time: AM 8:00 am - 5:30 pm; Monday-Friday $3,000 Sign On Bonus
Part Time; 20 hrs a week (between the hours of 8:30am-5:00pm); Monday-Friday $ 1,500 sign on bonus
Expected starting wage range is $27.85 - $34.42 Hourly. Telecare applies geographic differentials to its pay ranges. The pay range assigned to this role will be based on the geographic location from which the role is performed. Starting pay is commensurate with relevant experience above the minimum requirements.
Position requires transporting Members in own personal vehicle (acceptable driving record and vehicle inspection for safety)
What You Bring to the Table (Must Have)
• A Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or psychology from an accredited college or university
• Demonstrated experience with behavioral health services
What’s In It For You*
• Free CEUs, free Supervision for BBS Associate License, coaching and mentorship
• Online University Tuition Discount and Company Scholarships
• Paid Time Off: For FT Employee it is 16.7 days in your first year
• Nine Paid Holidays & Shift differentials for hourly staff (6% for PM Shift, 10% for Overnight Shift). Weekend Shift differentials for hourly staff (5% for Weekend AM Shift, 11% for Weekend PM Shift, 15% for Weekend Overnight Shift)
• Medical, Vision, Dental Insurance, 401K, Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• For more information visit: https://www.telecarecorp.com/benefits
What You Will Love About Working at Telecare
• Culture of power-with not power-over
• Your contribution is valued
• Opportunity to work alongside a multidisciplinary team of clinical professionals
• Personal commitment to the mission from your team and colleagues
• Diverse mental health program types with lifelong career advancement and leadership development opportunities
What You Will Do
• Demonstrates the Telecare mission, purpose, values, and beliefs in everyday language and contact with internal and external stakeholders
• Identifies and plans for psychosocial needs of members served
• Works with members served and multidisciplinary treatment teams to design, implement, and evaluate the Recovery Plan
• Provides education to members served and family members regarding mental health conditions and treatment options
• Has responsibility discharge planning, including:
o Assessing readiness for discharge of members served in coordination with the recovery/treatment/service team
o Making appropriate referrals for placement, case management, and aftercare services, as assigned
o Coordinating with the Business Office to ensure that benefits and finances of members served are in order, as assigned
o Developing and maintaining an awareness of community resources
• Assures that members served know and understand their legal status and rights; tracks legal status on all assigned members served
• Provides consultation to members served and their families regarding issues arising from the admission, discharge, and/or aftercare plan
• If employed at Inpatient program, must assist with restraint of members served in the event of assaultive behavior and pass assault crisis/crisis prevention training
• If employed at Outpatient program, must evade members served in the event of assaultive behavior and pass assault crisis/crisis prevention training
Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted, and/or changed at the discretion of management.
Join Our Compassionate Team
Telecare's mission is to deliver excellent and effective behavioral health services that engage individuals in recovering their health, hopes, and dreams. Telecare continues to advance cultural diversity, humility, equity, and inclusion at all levels of our organization by hiring mental health peers, BIPOC, LGBTQIA , veterans, and all belief systems.
The Court Collaborative Program provides mental health and substance use disorder services to adult participants in eight Alameda county treatment courts. This team supports participants with assessment and case management services. We link our participants with appropriate SUD and mental health services; support them with their treatment goals and maintain communication with the court team as related to their progress on these goals. The Court Collaborative Team leads collaborative court hearings and provides consultation and training as related to supporting our participants' treatment needs. We work in close collaboration with our many court partners including judges, attorneys, probation and parole officers, and representatives from the Veterans Administration and the Department of Children and Family Services. Our primary goal is to ensure that our participants have access to treatment in order to graduate from treatment court and successfully exit the criminal justice and/or DCFS systems.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
The employee is occasionally required to sit, stand, walk, bend, push, pull, squat, kneel, and lift and carry items weighing 25 pounds or less as well as to frequently reach, twist, and do simple and power grasping. The position requires manual deviation, repetition, and dexterity.
EOE AA M/F/V/Disability
If job posting references any sign-on bonus internal applicants and applicants employed with Telecare in the previous 12 months would not be eligible.
Salary : $28 - $34
