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In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.

Clinical Social Workers provide clinical services to clients/inmates in a residential, home, inpatient, outpatient, rehabilitation, correctional or similar setting.

The Nevada Division of Child & Family Services (DCFS) is recruiting for a Clinical Social Worker 2 to be located at Desert Willow Treatment Center (DWTC) in Las Vegas, Nevada. DWTC is a locked, 24-hour inpatient facility that provides intensive treatment intervention for up to thirty-two severely emotionally disturbed (SED) adolescents (ages 12 through 17). DWTC serves youths that are severely at-risk, many of whom have active suicidal and homicidal ideation and behavior. This position provides direct care services to patients on the acute unit at DWTC and coordinates admissions, psychosocial assessment, 90-day reviews, treatment plans, CAFAS, and individual and group therapy. This position is integral to the presentation of treatment and determines service needs and treatment planning and implementation. The Clinical Social Worker 2 position is critical to the operations of Desert Willow Treatment Center. Duties of this position are significant for the compliance with regulatory entities. This position works directly with the Senior Psychiatrist, Psychiatric Caseworker II, Psychiatric Nurse II, and Psychologist. This position is responsible for providing direct care services to patients; assisting in all admissions; providing individual, group, and family sessions; determining continued stay requirements in a hospital setting; is a major contributor in the Trans-disciplinary Treatment Team meetings; determines service needs and presenting problems, reviews treatment plan and progress with the patient and parent/guardian, and ensures clinical aspects of all discharge planning. The provision of these services are critical to patient care as it relates to ensuring comprehensive therapeutic care with the focus of integrating the patient back into the community.

The State of Nevada and DCFS offer an excellent benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, participation in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), accrual of 15 days of annual and sick leave each year, 11 paid holidays and no city, county, state, or social security tax! The State of Nevada 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 or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages.

In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements: