Entry Level Social Worker

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Benefits:

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan plus 401(k) and 457 plans
• Qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
• Medical and dental health plans
• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account
• Paid life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
• BenefitHub state employee discount program
• Employee Wellness program MotivateMe
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Social Work, Counseling, Mental Health or a field of study related to the work assignment.

Responsibilities:

• Under the Supervision of a LCSW, the Social Worker will complete psychosocial assessments by interviewing, collaborating, analyzing, and assimilating social histories that demonstrate the relationship among current behavior problems, environmental resources, and support systems.
• This assessment generates a clinical summary and treatment recommendations that will predictably affect treatment and continuity of care in the community.
• Provide documentation as required.
• If the patient has been in the hospital for over 1 year the social worker will complete an annual psychosocial assessment
• Under the supervision of a LCSW, the social worker will coordinate discharge planning, through evaluation and assessment of patient's needs as they relate to available community resources and exploring and mobilizing those resources.
• Is the liaison between hospital and community agencies.
• Identifies and chooses appropriate community placements and treatment programs

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This position exists to provide, under an LCSW, therapeutic interventions including psychosocial therapies, individual, family and group treatment to severely emotionally disturbed/cognitively impaired patients and their families. This position does assessments and disposition planning, interagency communication with residential care facilities, social services, community mental centers, etc., to ensure continued appropriate level services following discharge. Individualizes psychosocial therapy approaches to meet the specific needs of the patient population.

Colorado Mental Health Hospital Pueblo (CMHHP) - Pueblo, CO

This work unit exists to provide inpatient psychiatric evaluations and treatment for severely emotionally disturbed and/or cognitively impaired older adults who cannot be safely or adequately treated in the community. The treatment program is designed to eliminate symptoms and behaviors of patients such as suicidality, assaultiveness, psychosis depression and agitation which make them a danger to themselves or others, or gravely disabled, although the majority of patients are hospitalized with a forensic legal status. The purpose is to increase their mental health capacity in order to return them to their community to live safe, productive lives. Direct treatment utilizing individual, family, group work and psycho-educational treatment is provided.

About the Colorado Department of Human Services:

CDHS connects people with assistance, resources and support for living independently in our state at every stage of their lives. We serve Coloradans through bold and innovative health and human services. Colorado has a state-supervised and county-administered human services system. Under this system, county departments are the main provider of direct services to Colorado's families, children and adults. Many of CDHS's programs, benefits and services — such as food and heating assistance and child welfare — are administered by county human services departments.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $31.10 - $32.04 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Patient demographics:

• Adolescents

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Pueblo, CO 81003: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person