Social Worker/Counselor III - Clinical Work Lead Continuity of Treatment.

Department Information

This position is open to current Colorado residents only.

Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details!

About The Continuity Of Treatment Program

The purpose of the Continuity of Treatment Department is to enhance, increase, and support treatment programming in all CMHHIP patient units by managing clinical staff call-offs and deployment to minimize clinical treatment and activity cancellations. The department's goal is to maintain clinical staffing levels, which will assist with patient stabilization, treatment, and discharge preparedness. The department provides clinical training and education on specific treatment approaches, and therapeutic and group facilitating skills to mental health clinicians and other clinical staff within the hospital to enhance patient treatment outcomes. The work unit develops and implements staffing systems to ensure treatment and activities are ongoing and not canceled. The department tracks group/activities compliance, clinical staff call-off, backfill, and treatment/activity groups and cancellations. The department maintains all clinical programming schedules, staff schedules, protocols, and group tracking systems. The staff has an understanding of and experience working with patients with mental health diagnoses, substance abuse, developmental disabilities, physical handicaps, legal concerns, and multiple psychiatric diagnoses. The legal status of patients may include incompetent-to-proceed, competency exams, not guilty by reason of insanity, short-term or long-term admission, or long-term extension. The unit goal is to assist in developing and maintaining group master schedules, staff schedules, staffing clinical call offs, and developing curricula, group session plans, and group manuals.

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Description Of Job

About the Position:

Work Lead

This position exists to provide therapeutic interventions, including psychosocial therapies, individual, and group treatment to severely emotionally disturbed/cognitively impaired patients. This includes Individualizes psychosocial therapy approaches to meet the specific needs of the patient population and providing training and consultation to other professional staff. This position carries out work lead duties to staff assigned under them and participates in individual patient plan of care when deemed necessary. Lastly, this position works with Unit Management Teams to review Unit Schedule and group needs to suggest appropriate and available options as required by unit population. Duties in this position include:

• functions as a work lead for up to nine (9) positions, including Social Work/Counselor IIIs, Mental Health Clinician IIs, and Mental Health Clinician Is
• provides feedback to the Administrator V on the performance of subordinate positions to include group facilitation skills, group notes, performance reviews, and tracking training needs and requirements MHC’s productivity and efficiency
• performs job performance evaluation and planning for all assigned employees
• resolves personnel conflicts by mediation, modeling, and provides insight to the Administrator V and Director of Continuity of Treatment on disciplinary and corrective needs
• responsible for ensuring assigned subordinates provide high-quality groups/activities within their scope of practice to the CMHHIP patients
• collaborates with multidisciplinary teams (e.g., social workers, recreational and physical therapists, administrative assistants and nursing) to obtain feedback on subordinate job performance and responsibilities
  
  

Unit Management Team Treatment Suggestion Liaison

• collaborates with the unit multidisciplinary treatment team by recommending treatment groups that will meet the needs of the patient population on the unit
• participates in patient plan of cares to suggest treatment groups that may be appropriate for specific treatment needs.
  
  

Treatment

• primary or co-facilitator of individual, group, and therapy sessions using evidence-based theories, practices, and concepts relevant to the needs and pathology of patients, considering their age, ethnic, cultural, religious and sexual treatment needs to affect behavioral change and the reduction of symptoms in the patient
• interpret treatment needs, problems, expectations, and changes in behavior for patients
• assesses patient education needs and identifies readiness to learn, motivation, strengths and barriers to the learning process
• provide ongoing psycho/social education that is relevant to individual, social, environmental factors, medical regimen, to enhance mental health growth and stability
• educate patients regarding related symptoms of their disorders, symptom management, risk factors, relapse prevention and level of care needs.
• provide required and necessary documentation relating to this duty
• assess and document the effectiveness of specific interventions toward meeting the goals and objectives of treatment.
• develop a therapeutic alliance with the patient to secure their understanding and participation in the treatment process
• provide information and education to patients about mental illness and treatment and/or refer them to relevant resources to enhance their understanding of the patient’s ongoing concerns and needs
• expected to utilize years of experience and deepening understanding demonstrated through Licensure to help provide necessary service.
  
  

Professional

• participates in orientation, educational workshops, discipline meetings, and training to assure and maintain competency in the provision of their license and treatment services
• provides consultation and training regarding clinical issues on a functional basis with clinical staff and discipline members.
• participates in clinical and administrative supervision to enhance, ensure, and confirm skills, knowledge, competency, and understanding of assigned cases and team, discipline, and hospital processes
  
  

Other Duties As Assigned

• performs other duties as assigned
• participates in orientation, educational workshops, COT discipline meetings, and training to assure and maintain competency in the provision of social work and treatment services
• provides consultation and training regarding social work services and clinical issues on a functional basis with clinical staff and discipline members
• participates in clinical and administrative supervision to enhance, ensure, and confirm skills, knowledge, competency, and understanding of assigned cases and team, discipline, and hospital processes
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Education/Licensure/Certification/Experience

Current, valid Colorado or State participating in the Social Work Licensure Compact licensure as a:

• Licensed Social Worker (LSW) OR
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) OR
• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) OR
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
• Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC)
  
  

AND

One (1) year of experience with current, valid licensure from a state participating in the Social Work Licensure Compact based on the work assigned to the position.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of facilitating psychotherapy/psychoeducation groups
• Experience as a supervisor or work lead
• Previous state experience
  
  

Conditions of Employment:

• Must posses a licensure as a Professional Counselor (LPC) from the Colorado State Board of Licensed Professional Counselor Examiners or as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) from the Colorado State Board of Social Work Examiners.
• Full Background - Name check, TRAILS and Fingerprinting
• Must be 21 years of age, with no felony convictions or history of domestic violence
• Must possess a valid, unrestricted U.S. Driver's License
• Essential Services Designation: Required to report without delay or interruption to provide essential or emergency services to ensure health, safety, and welfare.
• Travel to assigned trainings and/or alternate work sites.
• Social workers, addiction counselors, marriage family therapists, \and professional counselors may practice in Colorado for a cumulative period of 20 days under C.R.S.
• 12-245-217(2)(e), as long as the services performed meet the individual's scope of practice.
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must (1) disclose that information on the application (2) provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position, (3) provide the employee number from the applicant’s prior State employment. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination and failure to provide this information will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.
• Shall not initiate or engage in sexual, social, personal or financial relationships with patients either during or any time after hospitalization, even if the patient requests or initiates such a relationship. All relationships with current or former patients must be disclosed on your application;
• Successfully pass all modules of the CMHIP New Employee Orientation core curriculum to include English reading comprehension, relevant competency assessments and written/practical exams in Defensive Tactics;
• Possess the physical ability to successfully complete hospital required physical intervention training and CPR;
• Lift arms above head and kick as high as own waist;
• Stabilize another person to accomplish a controlled take down;
• Withstand impact on own body using an ASP shield;
• Rotate body 90 degrees with feet planted for using a defensive tactic;
• Kneel on one or both knees and stand up again with multiple repetitions;
• Must be able to see and hear in order to observe, address and respond to potential breaches in safety;
• Seize, hold, control or subdue violent or assaultive persons and defend oneself or others to prevent injury;
• Demonstrate body agility, strength of all four limbs and the ability to walk and climb stairs consistently;
• Work in situations involving assaultive behavior, physical control of another person and/or restraint situations;
• Ability to read and comprehend the English language; effectively and fluently communicates in English, both verbally and in writing;
• Work in an environment with fluctuating noise and temperature (hot and cold) which may include working outdoors in inclement weather and/or concrete floor/wall work settings;
• Willing and able to travel;
• 2-step TB (tuberculosis) screening is required of all new employees upon hire;
  
  

Appeal Rights

If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.

An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email ([email protected]), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s action.

For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov ; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.

Supplemental Information

How To Apply

The Assessment Process

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About Us

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan www.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account
• Paid life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
• BenefitHub state employee discount program
• Employee Wellness program
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more
• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions
• Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more
  
  

information, go to https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs .

Our Values

We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans .

Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.

We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.

Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.

We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.

Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

ADAA Accommodations: CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at [email protected] or call 1-800-929-0791.

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