Lic Clinical Social Wrkr, LCSW
Status: Full Time
Department: Pre-Trial Detention Center
Shift: Days
**Available to Internal Applicants**
This is professional and supervisory clinical social casework in medical, nursing and convalescent facilities of a County hospital. Employees in this class provide professional supervision over subordinate social workers engaged in direct inpatient or outpatient clinical casework services. Related responsibilities include providing advanced professional casework service in complex cases requiring a high degree of skill and mature judgment in evaluating social diagnostic information and arriving at appropriate support measures. Some s in the class participate in the clinical casework training of graduate students in an accredited internship program. Incumbents apply considerable knowledge of disease entities and medical or psychiatric terminology associated with a clinical setting in addition to the philosophy, principles and practices of professional social work. Work of subordinate social workers is reviewed for adherence to accepted quality standards of social casework. Supervision is received from a professional superior who evaluates quality of results through personal conferences and analysis of case records and activity reports.
Selection Criteria:
Graduation from an accredited college or university and possession of a Master's Degree in Social Work required. Doctorate degree preferred. Florida Licensure (LSCW) from the Association of Social Work Boards also required. Experience as a Social Worker in a healthcare setting preferred. American Heart Association (AHA) and Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification with at least 6 months validity required. Ability to demonstrate literacy in using computerized information systems.