Clinical Social Worker 3

The Position

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

Clinical Social Worker 3's function as first-line supervisors who train, supervise and evaluate the performance of assigned staff; assign and review work; and initiate disciplinary action OR function as managers who train, supervise and evaluate the performance of subordinate supervisors; develop policies and procedures; and allocate staff and resources to accomplish goals and objectives according to the needs of the hiring agency.

The Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services is recruiting for a Clinical Social Worker III. The Clinical Social Worker III position will serve as the Director of Social Services for Dini-Townsend Hospital.

Dini-Townsend is a 30-bed acute psychiatric hospital for individuals with Severe Mental Illness (SMI). This position will work Monday through Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm and will have optional on call hours. This position will supervise the up to six inpatient Clinical Social Workers as they provide clinical services to clients in an inpatient setting. The position will not carry a caseload but will be expected to cover the caseloads of the social workers they supervise when they are on leave.

This position is responsible to work with the Medical Director and the Director of Nursing (DON) to ensure that any concerns about patient care are being addressed. The position provides reports and data in several meetings related to leadership and quality assurance/improvement. This position requires great communication skills and the ability to work with a variety of other staff across disciplines both in inpatient and in outpatient services.

The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse, inclusive, and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to 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. * THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE*

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