What are the responsibilities and job description for the PSYCHIATRIC CASEWORKER 2 position at State of Nevada?
State of Nevada Announces
An Open Competitive Recruitment for:
PSYCHIATRIC CASEWORKER 2
APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY - $59,257.44 to $87,570.72 PAY GRADE: 33
The salary range indicated in this announcement is based on the Employee/Employer retirement compensation schedule. An employer-only option is available at a reduced salary range. Generally, salaries start at the lowest level of a step 1 and increase with each year of service to the highest level of a step 10.
For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.
JOB INFORMATION
Work Type: Permanent, full time vacancies as they may occur in this geographical location.
Department: Health and Human Services
Division: Public and Behavioral Health
Location: Reno, Sparks
Job Class Code: 10.185
RECRUITMENT INFORMATION
Announcement Number: 50546
Open to all qualified persons.
Posted 02/20/2025
Close Date: 02/27/2025
Recruiter:
VICTORIA SHEEHAN
Phone: (775)684-0133
Email: torisheehan@admin.nv.gov
VICTORIA SHEEHAN
Phone: (775)684-0133
Email: torisheehan@admin.nv.gov
Applications accepted for another 6 Days 21 Hrs 8 Mins
The Position
Psychiatric Caseworkers monitor the treatment and progress of mentally ill or developmentally disabled clients, perform day treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation activities, and coordinate discharge and aftercare services, in an outpatient, inpatient, clinic, residential, treatment center, client's home and other community settings.
Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform work independently with little or no additional training.
The Division of Public and Behavioral Health Lake's Crossing Center is recruiting for a full time Psychiatric Caseworker 2 position located in Sparks. Lake's Crossing Center is a maximum-security forensic facility/Psychiatric Hospital for Mentally Disordered Offenders. The mission of the agency is to provide forensic mental health services to mentally disordered offenders referred by the court system for evaluation of their competency to stand trial and/or be treated to restore competency. The main purpose of this position is to work with clients who have been committed to the facility either as un-restorable to competency or they are found not guilty by reason of insanity and have been determined by LCC and by the court to require ongoing care at LCC. The Psychiatric Caseworker will assist in developing client goals, monitoring client's progress and assisting with discharge planning for individuals deemed able to return to the community by the courts and those being granted conditional release by the courts. Additional duties include but not limited to, attending team meetings, reporting to LCC administration, assisting in developing discharge plans for individual's returning to the community under both conditional release status and those found incompetent by the court under direct supervision of the social work staff, performing groups and legal process education with client's undergoing competency restoration and performing other duties as assigned. ***THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE***
To see full Class Specifications visit: http://hr.nv.gov/Resources/ClassSpecs/Class_Specifications-10_0/
To Qualify:
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications)
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in social work, psychology, or closely related human services field and two years of experience in a mental health or intellectual disabilities setting, one year of which must have included professional casework experience providing psychosocial rehabilitation services for a caseload consisting predominantly of individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities; OR one year as a Psychiatric Caseworker I in Nevada State Service; OR an equivalent combination of experience and education above the bachelor's degree level.
Special Requirements
Working evenings, weekends, and/or holidays is required and is a condition of continuing employment.
A pre-employment criminal history check and fingerprinting are required. Persons offered employment in this position will be required to pay for these items.
A valid driver's license is required at the time of appointment and as a condition of continuing employment.
The Examination
Application Evaluation Exam
The exam will consist of an application evaluation. It is essential that applications include detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. The most qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. The hiring agency may require specific skills related testing as part of the interviewing process.
INFORMATIONAL LINKS
For more information about state employment, visit the following:
Division of Human Resource Management: http://hr.nv.gov
Public Employees Retirement System: http://www.nvpers.org
Public Employees Benefits Program: https://pebp.nv.gov/
More Benefits Information: http://nvjobs.nv.gov/Applicants/EB
Division of Human Resource Management: http://hr.nv.gov
Public Employees Retirement System: http://www.nvpers.org
Public Employees Benefits Program: https://pebp.nv.gov/
More Benefits Information: http://nvjobs.nv.gov/Applicants/EB
Salary : $59,257 - $87,571
