Job Description

Job Title Social Worker III (Public Health Services, Mobile Health Clinic), Grade 24
Location Rockville, MD, US
Organization Name Department of Health and Human Services
Medical Exam Limited Core Exam with Drug & Alcohol Screen
Background Investigation Yes
Financial Disclosure No


Closing Date: OPEN UNTIL FILLED

NOTE: This recruitment has been changed to Open Until Filled.

Montgomery County is located adjacent to Washington, DC and with over one million residents, is the most populous County in the State of Maryland. The County is also the most diverse County in the State and ranks among the top ten most diverse Counties in the nation. Montgomery County contains many major U.S. government offices, scientific research and learning centers, and business campuses.

The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for delivery of the County\'s public health and human services that the needs of our community\'s most vulnerable children, adults and seniors. The Department provides services through more than 120 programs at more than 20 locations. With 1,750 employees, the Department of Health and Human Services is the largest County Department.

As a Department, we believe health and wellness of the county can only be achieved by ensuring that every resident has fair opportunities to reach their fullest potential. This means access to quality housing, transportation, education, employment, health care, human services, safe neighborhoods and healthy food. HHS\' provides critical services for residents who face a variety of obstacles in achieving their full potential. HHS plays an essential role in building a healthy and strong community.

If you are interested in working for the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, we invite qualified candidates to apply for our Social Worker III, Mobile Health Clinic position.

About the Position:

The Social Worker SWIII, for the Mobile Health Clinic within DHHS\' Public Health Services, will interview-assess-recommend-decide-act on clients experiencing complex somatic illnesses, mental health illnesses, substance abuse issues, emotional disturbances, or social issues. The SW III will work with individuals and often families being served by the mobile health and human services unit on prevention, stabilization, recovery or enhanced functioning or well-being, or full self-sufficiency, to help them attain better social, emotional, physical or mental health.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducts holistic clinical assessments, formulates a diagnostic impression, and identifies socioeconomic, emotional, health and other problems to be solved.
• Develops and recommends person-centered treatment plans and interventions to address identified client problems.
• Conducts individual or family intervention, short- or long-range therapeutic counseling or other support services.
• Provides psychotherapy for mental and emotional disorders.
• Provides crisis intervention as necessary.
• Provides advanced and specialized person-centered, holistic clinical case management and care coordination to clients and families of clients.
• Conducts follow-up and advocates to resolve barriers and ensures clients are connected with medical, psychiatric, psychosocial and other essential services to meet their needs.
• Attends, or leads, case consultation staff meetings, cross-functional, cross-unit service integration meetings and conferences; makes recommendations regarding treatment plans.
• Leads, coordinates, or contributes to the achievement of established program goals and objectives through data analysis, policy and procedure development to ensure quality standards and safety standards.
• Completes reports, maintains statistical data, and uses data visualization concerning clients served/services provided.
• Prepares and maintains patient records involving progress and contact notes, internal and external correspondence in the clinical software system and in the electronic case management system.
• Provides social and human services work leadership to the Mobile Health Clinic team.

This Social Worker will need to operate a motor vehicle to drive to locations throughout the County to perform duties and transport supplies. The is a community-based role and will require weekday evening hours as well as weekend day and evening hours.

Bilingual applicants in the Spanish/English languages are encouraged to apply. If the candidate selected for this position possesses multilingual skills, they will be required to successfully pass an examination assessing oral communication, reading comprehension, and interpreting skills. For Advanced proficiency, the candidate must also pass an examination requiring translating text from Spanish to English and vice versa.

Selected candidate will be required to successfully complete a criminal background check and a pre-employment medical exam and drug and alcohol screening.
Additional Employment Information

Effective August 30, 2021 all new hires will be required to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus prior to their first date of employment. Individuals who are unable to be vaccinated should contact to discuss possible accommodations.

OHR reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position/IRC.

Montgomery County Government is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Human Resources via email to . Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.

Montgomery County Government also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, please refer to the Careers webpage on .

All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant\'s responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for interview.

If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.

Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation, the County\'s "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff\'s office) are subject to the County\'s ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at . Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the website.
Minimum Qualifications

Education: Possession of a Master\'s Degree in Social Work (MSW) from an accredited college or university that meets the criteria of graduate social work program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

Experience: Two (2) years, to include a minimum 3,000 hours, of professional experience rendering social work services under the supervision of a LCSW-C in accordance with Maryland Board requirements.

Equivalency: See Maryland Board requirements.

License:

• Must be licensed as a Licensed Certified Social Worker - Clinical - LCSW-C by the Maryland State Board of Social Work Examiners prior to appointment.

Note: There will be no substitutions for this requirement.

• Possession and maintenance at all times of a valid Class C (or equivalent) driver\'s license from the applicant\'s state of residence when required for job-related duties.

Preferred Criteria

There is no Preferred Criteria. All applicants will be reviewed by OHR for minimum qualifications. Those applicants who meet minimum qualifications will be rated Qualified, placed on the Eligible List, and may be considered for an interview.

Preference for interviews will be given to applicants with experience in the following:

• Experience conducting social work practice in a public health or health care environment.
• Ability to integrate models of person-centered care, social determinants of health, and healthy equity into clinical care practices.
• Experience conducting social work practice to individuals and families throughout the life span (people of different ages, health conditions and disabilities).
• Knowledge and skill in developing, revising, and maintaining programs, policies and procedures or developing new programs, policies and procedures and helping to implement them.

Minimum Salary 65786
Maximum Salary 107934
Currency USD

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