CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER

We invite you to join our professional team!

The Department of State Hospitals-Atascadero is a secure public sector hospital providing inpatient forensic services for mentally ill adult males who are court committed throughout the State of California. Conduct or co-lead weekly skills building groups.

Meet with and provide social work services for patients who have identified need, as defined by the Social Work Service.

Develop and maintain contact with family of patients, as appropriate, and provide them with information when proper release forms have been signed by the patient allowing contact.

Participate in all Interdisciplinary Treatment Team reviews of each patient on assigned caseload; provide input on progress in treatment; report on family, social and community resources; identify current and ongoing treatment needs, and make recommendations.

Write clinical progress notes describing and evaluating the patients’ responses treatment, as defined by the Social Work Service.

Collaborate with the Interdisciplinary Treatment Team, State’s Conditional Release Program, Department of Corrections, Parole Agents, and/or representative from the dispositional setting to formulate an outpatient treatment contract/discharge plan and facilitate the patient discharge to the dispositional setting.

The hiring process consists of 3 easy steps:

1. Create an accounthttps://cchcs.hodesiq.com/agentmenu1.asp

(Create a CCHCS account)

2. Take and pass the examhttps://cchcs.hodesiq.com/bljobstart.asp

Click on “view all bulletins”

Search for “clinical social worker” and click on “complete self-assessment”

Enter your account info to begin the CSW assessment

3. Apply for the vacancyhttps://www.calcareers.ca.gov/CalHRPublic/Search/JobSearchResults.aspx#kw=atascadero

(search for Clinical Social Worker vacancy or contact us directly)

We offer:

Competitive salaries

Health, dental and vision insurance

Paid holidays, vacation and sick leave

CALPERS Safety retirement and 401K/457 plan options

Click on the link below to learn more about our area:https://www.dsh.ca.gov/Atascadero/AbouttheArea.html

For more information, please contact DSH-Atascadero Employment Office (805) 468-3384.