MEDICAL CASE WORKER II / EMERGENCY APPOINTMENTS HOMELESSNESS

County of Los Angeles; Los Angeles (CA); Presencial; USD 65 000 - 90 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health seeks qualified candidates for emergency Medical Case Worker II roles to address homelessness. Under an emergency order, hires may be up to 90 days with potential for permanent employment and a performance-based assessment.

Under professional direction, the worker will join a multidisciplinary team to provide services in hospitals, clinics, and care facilities, delivering counseling, care coordination, and referrals to community resources.

Qualificações

• A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and one year of professional casework experience interviewing, counseling, and assisting patients/clients with social problems.

Responsabilidades

• Interviews patients, family members, and friends to obtain information affecting medical and mental health treatment.
• Uses environmental data to recommend services for maximum patient benefit.
• Arranges ongoing or post-operative home care and coordinates for nursing or extended care facilities.
• Assists patients and families with environmental difficulties and arranges homemaker or attendant care services.
• Keeps informed on community health resources and programs.
• Makes referrals to public and private health and social agencies to resolve problems.

Conhecimentos

Interviewing

Counseling

Social problem solving

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Filing Start Date

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 9 a.m. (Pacific Time)

This examination will remain open until the need of the service are met and is subject to close without prior notice 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.

Position/Program Information

Type Of Recruitment

OPEN COMPETITIVE - EMERGENCY

Exam Number

b9002J-EA

The Department of Mental Health is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Medical Case Worker II vacancies related to the homelessness crisis. Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment. Before the end of your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%. Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to Medical Case Worker II.

Definition

Under professional direction, functions as a member of a medical or psychiatric multidisciplinary team, providing services to patients and clients in hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation, residential, or health care facilities.

Essential Job Functions

• Interviews patients, family members, and friends, to obtain information about home environment, family relationships, and personality traits that may have a bearing on the patient's/client's medical and mental health, treatment and recovery.
• Utilizes environmental data gathered in relation to the medical or mental health problems to make recommendations concerning the provision of services that will ensure maximum benefits for each patient/client.
• Performs a variety of direct services such as arranging for ongoing or post-operative care at home, assessing adequacy of home care services facilities, and assisting patients/clients and families in arranging for and accepting nursing home care and extended care facilities.
• Assists the patient/client and family members with environmental difficulties precipitated by the illness by arranging for child care services, for foster home, or by assisting to secure homemaker or attendant care services; develops resources for providing equipment, supplies, prosthetic devices, braces and appliances.
• Keeps informed on community health and welfare resources and the variety of programs offered by each.
• Makes referrals to and works with various public and private health, mental health or other agencies such as the Department of Public Social Services, Legal Aid, Department of Adoptions, Health Department, Free Clinics, Planned Parenthood organizations, Family Service Agencies, and Community Service Centers to resolve patient'/client's personal and social problems.
• Participates in medical rounds and health care team conferences, shares social information, and evaluates the medical and/or mental health status of patients/clients with other health care disciplines to develop the most effective treatment plan for the patient/client.
• Places patients/clients suffering with mental or emotional disorders in board and care homes, intermediate care homes, residential facilities, private hospitals, VA hospitals, and rehabilitation facilities, depending upon psychiatric reports and personal interviews with patient/client.
• Conducts, on an independent basis, workshops with groups of 10-15 alcoholic in-patients or substance use disordered clients, sets tone of workshop to encourage maximum participation of patients/clients to assist in the identification of drinking or co-occurring substance use problems and to achieve a successful rehabilitation program.
• Counsels patients in health clinics regarding family planning and related problems, and makes referrals where necessary for therapeutic abortions, tubal ligations, and vasectomies.
• Provides individual and group informational counseling in mental health clinics or specialized mental health treatment programs for patients/clients regarding problems of independent living.

Requirements

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS:

A Bachelor's degree from an accredited* college or university and one (1) year of professional casework experience interviewing, counseling, and assisting patients/clients with social problems.

You MUST meet the above requirement(s) at time of filing in order to be appointed to fill any vacancies related to this recruitment.

License

A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

Physical Class

Physical Class II- Light: This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10 pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.

Special Requirement Information

• In order to receive credit for any college or university course, or any type of college or university degree, or any certificates, such as Bachelor's or higher, you must include a legible copy of the official diploma, or official transcripts from the accredited institution which shows the area of specialization with your application at the time of filing or within 7 calendar days of filing.
• Foreign degrees must be evaluated for equivalency to United States accredited institutions standards by an academic credential evaluation agency recognized by The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE). See Employment Information under Accreditation Information.

Official Transcript

is defined as a transcript that bears the college seal and states "official and/or copy" issued by the school's Registrar Office. A printout of the transcript from the school's website is NOT considered official and; therefore, will NOT be accepted and may result in your application being incomplete or rejected.

NOTE: if you are unable to attach the required documents with your application online, you may e-mail them to [e-mail] within seven (7) calendar days from application submission. In the "Subject" of the e-mail please type the Exam Number and Exam Title.

Important Notes

• Please note that ALL information included in the application materials is subject to VERIFICATION at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made.
• FALSIFICATION of any information may result in DISQUALIFICATION or RESCISSION OF APPOINTMENT.
• Utilizing VERBIAGE from Class Specification and/or Selection Requirements serving as your description of duties WILL NOT be sufficient to meet the requirements. Doing so may result in an INCOMPLETE APPLICATION and you may be DISQUALIFIED.

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER LANGUAGE

Please include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number.

NO SHARING OF USER ID AND PASSWORD

All applicants must file their applications online using their own user ID and password. Using a family member or friend's user ID and password may erase a candidate's original application record.

COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT LIBRARIES

For candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County.

CONTACT INFORMATION

• Department Contact Name: Anthony Estrada, Exam Analyst
• Department Contact Phone: [phone]
• Department Contact Email: [e-mail] or [e-mail]
• ADA Coordinator Phone: [phone]
• Teletype Phone: [phone]
• California Relay Services Phone: [phone]

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Employment Information

Any language contained in the job posting supersedes any language contained below. This document is intended to provide general information about the recruitment process of the County of Los Angeles. Applicants with questions about a specific job posting should contact the exam analyst listed on the posting.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Non-Discrimination Statement

The County of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to non-discrimination in the County workforce, regardless of age (40 and over); ancestry; color; ethnicity; religious creed; protected family or medical leave status; disability; marital status; medical condition; genetic information; military and veteran status; national origin; race ; sex; gender; sexual orientation; or any other characteristic protected by State or federal law. For more information, please visit: https://employee.hr.lacounty.gov/eeo-programs/.

Testing Accommodations For Applicants

The County of Los Angeles complies with all federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process, please contact the testing accommodation coordinator listed on the job posting. Hearing impaired applicants with telephone teletype equipment may leave messages by calling the teletype phone number on the job posting. For more information on accommodations, please visit: https://hr.lacounty.gov/accessibility/.

Fair Chance

The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws, you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and will also consider potential mitigating factors, which may include, but is not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

Employment Eligibility

Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.

Career PathFinder

Resources to help current and prospective employees plan a career with Los Angeles County are available. To explore career paths to and from nearly all job titles, please visit our interactive Career PathFinder application at http://career-pathfinder.hr.lacounty.gov.

Veteran’s Credit

Pursuant to the County Charter and County policy, in all open competitive examinations (i.e., examinations open to everyone), the County of Los Angeles will add a credit of 10 percent of the total credits specified for such examination to the final passing score of an honorably discharged veteran, as well as the spouse of a deceased or disabled veteran, who served in the Armed Forces of the United States under specific conditions.

Revised September 2025