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APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -
$45,810.72 to
$67,713.84
PAY GRADE: 33
For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.
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Psychiatric Caseworkers monitor the treatment and progress of mentally ill or developmentally disabled clients, perform day treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation activities, and coordinate discharge and aftercare services, in an outpatient, inpatient, clinic, residential, treatment center, client's home and other community settings.
Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform work independently with little or no additional training.
Desert Willow Treatment Center is a 20-bed child and adolescent psychiatric inpatient hospital serving severely emotionally disturbed youth ages 12 - 18. Incumbent will provide direct care services to patients, assist in all admissions, provide input in the development of treatment plans, facilitate multidisciplinary treatment team meetings, coordinate placement and educational/vocational needs, conduct weekly substance abuse education and discharge planning groups, develop comprehensive aftercare plans that include clinical follow-up services (i.e., outpatient therapy, medication monitoring, and other formal/informal resources), arrange for patient transfers, and conduct discharge planning. This position provides comprehensive case management and discharge procedures compliant with the Joint Commission, Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Legislative Counsel Bureau, and Medicaid/Hewlett Packard Enterprise standards. The incumbent will follow medical and health care practices that adhere to the values and principles of Systems of Care.
DCFS is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion of belief, age disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy genetic information (GINA), or gender identity and expression. *** THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ***
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
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Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in social work, psychology, or closely related human services field and two years of experience in a mental health or intellectual disabilities setting, one year of which must have included professional casework experience providing psychosocial rehabilitation services for a caseload consisting predominantly of individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities; OR one year as a Psychiatric Caseworker I in Nevada State Service; OR an equivalent combination of experience and education above the bachelor's degree level. |
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A State of Nevada/FBI background check will be required of the selected applicant. |
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