Position Summary
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The Social Worker shall have primary responsibility for providing and/or coordinating psycho-social services for health center clients, in accordance with HIPAA and other pertinent regulations and standards. Is responsible for coordinating adult and child protective services. Provides Sandia community with psycho-social prevention activities and groups. Provides behavioral health assessment and counseling interventions to children and families. Works from a systems theory and strengths-based perspective. Collaborates across disciplines with staff from the fields of health, education, wellness, court, and law enforcement.
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Supervision Exercised
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Reports to the Behavioral Health Manager.
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Major Duties and Responsibilities
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- Conducts risk and safety assessments; psychosocial and mental health assessments, and strengths and needs assessments, to determine psycho-social service needs of clients. Provides culturally responsive psycho-social case management services for health center clients in accordance with all policies, programs, funding, and traditions.
- Works in an integrated care environment providing psycho-social case management to behavioral health and primary care clinician’s clients. Creates comprehensive case management plans for clients.
- Coordinates investigations of allegations of abuse and/or neglect of children, elders, and vulnerable adults. Coordinates a multi-disciplinary response team that includes law enforcement, the courts, and BIA social services to address adult and child welfare related issues. Provides parenting classes.
- Works with tribal and other courts to ensure adherence to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Coordinates kinship care program Facilitates parent/child/relative visitation. May be required to testify in court to present recommendations of the Social Services Team.
- Plans and Coordinates the Annual Child Abuse Prevention Fair and provides guidance and technical assistance to the fair’s organizing committee.
- Develops and implements psycho-social prevention groups and activities. Implement culturally relevant prevention, intervention and post-vention services that reduce risk and increase protective factors for community members as appropriate.
- Conducts social service related outreach, including psycho-educational presentations to children, youth, adults, and elders, in community and clinical settings.
- Perform counseling and crisis intervention as necessary. Including assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and providing individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy. Special emphasis on working with children, adolescents and families.
- Maintains record of counseling and social work services provided by documenting services provided in the Electronic Health Record. Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements.
- Collaborate and coordinate with health center and other internal Pueblo of Sandia departments (i.e. education/wellness) in the provision of social services to clients. Coordinates with external organizational entities involved in the provision of psychosocial and mental health services. Provide internal and external referrals for needed services.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
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Secondary Duties and Responsibilities
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- Collaborates with the census office to ensure the tribe’s compliance with ICWA related activities.
- Compiles data, reports, and statistics regarding child abuse and neglect.
- Develops program reports for Indian Child Welfare 638 contract, and monitors compliance with contract.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
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Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
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- Knowledge of systems-oriented social work practice.
- Counseling assessment, treatment planning, and psychotherapy skills.
- Familiarity with DSM-5
- Ability to make psychosocial assessments and develop and implement viable care plans.
- Ability to accurately maintain patient records per departmental policy and procedures.
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of all records in accordance with HIPAA and 42 CFR requirements, in accordance with department policy and procedures.
- Ability to gather sensitive data, safeguard this data and de-identify patients for reporting purposes.
- Maintain competence in the Health Center electronic health records and other electronic recordkeeping programs.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.
- Public speaking and presentation skills.
- Ability to gather data, compile information, prepare statistical and narrative reports.
- Knowledge of substance abuse, depression, suicide and grief/loss issues; childhood adolescent development; divorce, step-parenting, blended family issues, and family dynamics within chemically impacted families.
- Familiarity with American Indian culture preferred.
- Proficient with computers and Micro-soft Office or similar programs.
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