Social Worker-Community Support Program

Portage County; Stevens Point (WI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Portage County seeks a qualified professional to provide Service Facilitation and comprehensive assessments for CSP/CCS consumers. The role focuses on recovery-oriented planning, coordinating care with community agencies, and monitoring progress toward individual goals.

The successful candidate will conduct home visits, participate in team meetings, and assist with crisis and discharge planning within psychiatric/behavioral health contexts.

Qualifications

• One year experience within the last ten years working with persons with a diagnosis of a mental disorder required.
• Certification or eligible for certification as a Social Worker in Wisconsin preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides Service Facilitation Services and conducts comprehensive assessments to identify strengths, needs, values, priorities and recovery goals.
• Develops recovery-oriented service plans for CSP/CCS consumers addressing identified goals.
• Monitors progress toward goals and consumer satisfaction with service plans.

Education

Certification or eligible for certification as a Social Worker in Wisconsin

Job description

Job Requirements

• Provides Service Facilitation Services Complete comprehensive assessments for each Community Support/Comprehensive Community Services consumer in order to identify strengths, needs, values, priorities and recovery goals.
• Develops recovery-oriented service, individualized service plans for CSP/CCS consumers that address consumer needs and recovery goals identified during the assessment process.
• Monitors service plans for progress toward goals and consumer satisfaction.
• Provides service facilitation and coordination to community agencies for consumers.
• Facilitates regularly scheduled team meetings for the consumer and his/her recovery team.
• Participates in arranging appropriate placements for clients as deemed clinically necessary.
• Records clinical treatment notes and progress notes according to program standards.
• Prepares and presents client cases for clinical supervision.
• Monitors inpatient treatment plans and develops discharge plans for assigned clients in psychiatric facilities.
• Facilitates client transportation when appropriate.
• Conduct home visits as needed.
• Assists with client crisis or emergency situations.
• Provides Crisis Intervention Services Relative to Chapter 51 and 55 Proceedings.
• Conducts interviews with client, family, law enforcement, medical personnel, and others as appropriate to assess the nature of the problem.
• Assesses situation and determines appropriateness of referral to Corporation Counsel office for legal action.
• Screens information and prepares dispositional recommendations to Corporation Counsel office.
• Initiates court proceedings, arranges witnesses, testifies at hearings, completes court reports and makes recommendations to the court for appropriate treatment and facilities as relates to Chapter 51 and 55.
• Provides consultative services to family members before and after hearings regarding process, options, and results.
• Monitors inpatient treatment plans and develops discharge plans for assigned consumers in psychiatric facilities.
• Provides case management and follow-along services to post-commitment clients.
• In conjunction with treatment staff, formulates recommendations for dismissal or recommitment to Corporation Counsel.

Experience and Qualifications

• One year experience within the last ten years working with persons with a diagnosis of a mental disorder required.
• Certification or eligible for certification as a Social Worker in Wisconsin preferred.