Clinical Social Worker - ACT Team (Crisis Care)

State of Connecticut - Department of Correction; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth opportunities

Healthy work-life balance

Job summary

The Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC) in New Haven, part of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), is hiring a Clinical Social Worker for the Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACT). You will manage a caseload, perform clinical assessments, and ensure documentation, including issuing Emergency Certificates when clients pose risk.

The role is full-time in a collaborative public sector setting.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of social work methodology, casework, group work and community mobilization.
• Understanding of family and interpersonal relationship dynamics.
• Ethics and values guiding professional social work practice.
• Awareness of social, cultural, economic, medical, psychological and legal issues affecting clients.
• Knowledge of mental illnesses and treatment approaches.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Effective oral and written communication.
• Ability to develop measurable treatment goals.
• Apply psychiatric treatment modalities appropriately.

Responsibilities

• Develop psychosocial assessments through clinical interviews with clients and families.
• Develop treatment plans with measurable objectives.
• Provide clinical treatment services including crisis intervention and therapy.
• Advocate and network social and clinical services for clients.
• Monitor and document treatment effectiveness in records.
• Prepare reports in line with agency and accrediting bodies.
• Provide clinical supervision to licensed social workers.
• Collaborate with other behavioral health providers to improve services.
• Provide forensic evaluations and court testimony as required.
• Maintain social work treatment standards.
• Participate in research projects as needed.
• Handle insurance-related caseloads and review medical records for eligibility.
• Contribute to insurance appeals and defend treatment plans when needed.

Skills

Social work knowledge

Casework

Group work

Interpersonal skills

Oral and written communication

Treatment planning

Psychiatric treatment methods

Education

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) CT

Job description

The Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC) in New Haven, part of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), is hiring a Clinical Social Worker for the Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACT). You will manage a caseload, perform clinical assessments, and ensure documentation, including issuing Emergency Certificates when clients pose risk.

The role is full-time in a collaborative public sector setting.