Psychiatric Social Worker I-emergency - Los Angeles County, CA, United States - Los Angeles County Department of Human Resources

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_Law Office of the Los Angeles County_

PUBLIC DEFENDER

EXAM NUMBER:


  • L9034G-EA

RECRUITMENT TYPE:


  • OPEN COMPETITIVE JOB OPPORTUNITY
  • Emergency

WHO WE ARE

The Los Angeles County Office of the Public Defender is the finest client-centered criminal defense firm in the nation, providing a beacon for evolutionary and revolutionary changes in the justice system. Our Offices are headed by innovative and progressive leaders collaboratively working towards our agency's mission of reducing the incarceration rate for our indigent clientele.
We are an essential contributor to Los Angeles County's homelessness emergency response.

Through its legal services, the Los Angeles County Office of the Public Defender works to facilitate the diversion of thousands of low-income community members annually from LA County's jails and into treatment services and works to reduce the collateral social and economic impacts of contact with the criminal legal system, such as losing employment, social services, and housing.

The collective services provided and supported by our workforce has a direct positive impact on our local homelessness crisis.


WHEN TO APPLY


The LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness, and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected.

We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing, mental health, and substance use.

If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County, this may be the opportunity for you.


ABOUT THE POSITION

Psychiatric Social Workers (PSW) I's independently perform professional social work services in connection with the assessments, formulating differential diagnoses, and treatment recommendations for clients in need of mental health services.

This position will report to the Mental Health Clinical Supervisor.


Essential Job Functions:


ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS INCLUDE BUT MAY NOT BE LIMITED TO:

  • Conducts interviews with justice-involved individuals (i.e., juveniles and adults) and other necessary individuals (e.g., family, spouse, partners, or friends), by phone, virtually, or wherever located (e.g., home, public areas, and detention facilities), to obtain the client's complete biopsychosocial assessment that includes family, social, educational, employment, medical, substance use, developmental, and mental health history; establishes rapport with clients; and elicits specific information and accurately document all information gathered during these meetings to assist attorneys as part of the defense team.
  • Develops and recommends tentative support plan by assessing the client's functioning in their environmental setting, and their biopsychosocial needs (e.g., psychiatric, educational, and developmental); and provides timelines and recommendations which may include referrals and/or linkage to the appropriate agencies and services (e.g., housing, communitybased mental health, substance use disorder programs, and regional center) to support the client's defense.
  • Implements the attorneyapproved support plan to provide advocacy on behalf of the client; attends various meetings (e.g., interagency, Individualized Education Program [IEP], Multidisciplinary Team [MDT], and regional center); coordinates with representatives from various agencies to provide referrals and/or linkage to the appropriate agencies and services (e.g., housing, communitybased mental health, substance use disorder programs, and regional center); and ensures delivery of these services to support the client through the legal process.
  • Gathers and reviews the client's background information (e.g., school and medical records, interviews, and psychological evaluations) to provide clinical assessments and consultation, and prepares biopsychosocial reports detailing the needs of the client to support the attorney's casework; attends court to support client; and provides formal or informal testimony in defense of the client.

Requirements:


MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
A Master's degree from an accredited school of Social Work.

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SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:

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ACCREDITATION INFORMATION:


Accredited institutions are those listed in the publications of regional, national, or international accrediting agencies that are accepted by the Department of Human Resources.

Publications such as American Universities and Colleges and the International Handbook of Universities are acceptable references.

Also acceptable, if appropriate, are degrees that have been evaluated and deemed to be equivalent to degrees from United States-accredited institutions by an academic credential evaluation agency recognized by The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc.

(AICE). More information is available at the De
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