SOCIAL WORKER - OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

CLOSING DATE: Open Until Filled (OUF)

Salary Range: $63,052.00/YR - $78,815.00/YR

**APPLICANT MUST HAVE A VALID, UNRESTRICTED INSURABLE DRIVERS LICENSE**
**RESUMES AND REFERENCES ARE REQUIRED**

ESSENTIAL DUTIES, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides mature professional judgment, utilize treatment modalities, exercise culturally sensitive therapy, and case management crisis intervention.
• Performs therapeutic skills in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of patients and their families who present an unlimited range of difficult health-related, psycho-social and environmental problems.
• Reaches independent conclusions in serving isolated and vulnerable patients having complicated, conflicting needs and relationships that are difficult to resolve.
• Provides continuum of care through community-based resources, integrated treatment plan to patients and their families, while they are learning to live with illness or disability of a family member, but most importantly focusing on returning them to the highest level of health.
• Prepares and gives interpretation of patient case studies and psychosocial histories for physicians, health team members and community social services agencies for their use in reaching decisions as to indicate medical or psychosocial treatment.
• Performs initial assessment and evaluation of patients and families. Identifies treatment needs and barriers to growth and development.
• Develops treatment plans that address and specify out comes, collaborates with medical team on the psychosocial factors relating to illness, hospitalization, diagnosis and recommended treatment of patients.
• Prepares patient referrals and coordinates services with community agencies and professionals such as social services, education counselors, and behavioral health personnel, regarding patients or a group of patients.
• Participates in agency committee to address challenge unmet needs and advocate for services. Initiates and continues community organization services to influence public attitudes toward patient needs and health care.
• Collaborates and Coordinates with tribal communities, courts and community groups to facilitate the development of needed services and programs in the community to meet identified unmet needs.
•  Makes professional decisions, planning and recommendations for patient treatment plans, hospital discharge to the home or another institution, and placement of a patient to a nursing/group home versus returning home.
• Completes required workload and provides periodic reports regarding the progress on the medical social work and usual patient or community problems or unmet needs.
• Gathers data through chart reviews and information that is required to evaluate the program and health-related, psychosocial and environmental problems. Conducts limited performance improvement projects relating to the psychosocial unmet needs.
• Performs consultations with patients, family, community resources, and collateral staff.
• Participates actively in program planning to raise the quality and comfort care for frail and vulnerable patient population in the development and maintenance of public understanding and sound working relationships with local agencies and community resources.
• Attends conferences, community, group and Tribal meetings relative to Medical Social Work Services to address improvement of community resources.
• Performs other duties as assigned

MANDATORY MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Experience:

• One (1) year of direct work experience.

Education:

• Master's Degree in Social Work

Licensure:

• Valid and unrestricted license in any U.S. State in any of the following areas: 
  • Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
  • Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW)
  • License Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)

**Please email degree, transcripts, license & certifications to vanessa.apachee@fdihb.org 

NAVAJO/INDIAN PREFERENCE
FDIHB and its facilities are located within the Navajo Nation and, in accordance with Navajo Nation law, has implemented a Navajo/Indian Preference in Employment Policy. Pursuant to this Policy, applicants who meet the minimum qualifications for this position and who are enrolled members of the Navajo Nation will be given primary preference in hiring and employment for this position and members of other federally-recognized Indian tribes will be given secondary preference. Other candidates will be considered only after all candidates entitled to primary or secondary preference have been fully considered.

Salary : $63,052 - $78,815