What are the responsibilities and job description for the SOCIAL WORKER 1, 2, 3, or 4 position at State of Louisiana?
Supplemental Information
This position may be filled as:
- Temporary Job Appointment: This position may be filled by temporary job appointment not to exceed 48 months.
- Probational Appointment: Current permanent status classified State employees will be required to accept a probational appointment, if selected.
About this position:
- This vacancy is located at Baton Rouge Behavioral Health (BRBH).
- Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW), Louisiana Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Louisiana Certified Social Worker (CSW) licensure by the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners is required for this job.
Why work for CAHS?
- Vision: CAHS excel at making lives better.
- Mission: To deliver caring and responsive services, leading to a better tomorrow.
- Philosophy: CAHS commits to the philosophy that all individuals are valuable members of the community. CAHS exist to help each person(s) served live productively in the location and environment of the choosing and abilities. CAHS staff works as a unified team to provide services and supports that helps person(s) served succeed in work, school, life and other endeavors they purse.
As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as a Social Worker 1, 2, 3, or 4 depending on the level of education and experiences of the selected applicant(s).
- Social Worker 1 (pay grade level SS-412) has a minimum salary of $18.38/hourly; $1,470.40/bi-weekly.
- Social Worker 2 (pay grade level SS-413) has a minimum salary of $19.67/hourly; $1,573.60/bi-weekly.
- Social Worker 3 (pay grade level SS-414) has a minimum salary of $21.05/hourly; $1,684.00/bi-weekly.
- Social Worker 4 (pay grade level SS-415) has a minimum salary of $22.52/hourly; $1,801.60/bi-weekly.
**Note regarding the advertised pay range: The advertised maximum amount listed is the maximum salary a person can make while in this title/level over their career and not the maximum amount we are allowed to pay a new hire.
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
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- Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
- There is no guarantee that everyone who applies to this posting will be interviewed. The hiring supervisor/manager has 90 days from the closing date of the announcement to make a hiring decision. Specific information about this job will be provided to you in the interview process, should you be selected.
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Thrinacia.Jenkins2@la.gov
Capital Area Human Services District
7389 Florida Blvd, Suite 100
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice as a Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Certified Social Worker (CSW) plus:
A master's degree in social work.
NOTE:
Permanent status will not be granted in this job title without LMSW or LCSW licensure in Louisiana; Certified Social Worker (CSW) credential will not be accepted for granting permanent status.
Job Concepts
Function of Work:
To provide social work services.
Level of Work:
Entry.
Supervision Received:
Close from a higher-level social worker, facility administrator, or other higher-level professional.
Supervision Exercised:
None.
Location of Work:
Department of Health and Hospitals; LSU-Health Sciences Centers, Acute Care Hospitals, Medical Schools; Veterans Affairs; Department of Corrections.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from the various Social Service Counselors job series by the presence of therapeutic intervention, case management, and by the requirement for providing a written psycho-social history including evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment plans for patients and/or offenders.
Differs from the Social Worker 2 by the absence of independence and more complex caseloads.
Examples of Work
Interview clients and client groups, offenders, and appropriate others to obtain extensive social, developmental, psychological, family, and educational background.
Selects and recommends therapeutic intervention strategies and treatment approaches based on psychosocial assessment to an interdisciplinary treatment team.
Provides social work component in an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary team approach to diagnosis, planning, and treatment.
Conducts individual and group counseling conjointly or under close supervision.
Prepares psychosocial assessments, social summaries, and notations in the client's chart.
Prepares correspondence with community agencies and serves as primary liaison person with all outside agencies such as courts, schools, foster care and legal authorities.
Assesses the level of care and intervention, including discharge, reassignment, change of treatment strategies and techniques; communicates these findings to the interdisciplinary treatment team.
Attends and participates in community health-related programs, in-services, continuing education, and maintains professional reading.
Develops a working knowledge of correctional or community resources in order to recommend or refer offenders for special services.
Provides psychosocial case management to individuals, groups, and families when this intervention is determined to be most appropriate.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
- Mardi Gras,
- Good Friday,
- Memorial Day,
- Independence Day,
- Labor Day,
- Veteran's Day,
- Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
- Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
- Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
- Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
Salary : $18 - $23
