STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: SENIOR PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKER
Class Code: 8160-26
Date Established: 07-01-67
Occupational Code: 7-7-5
Date of Last Revision: 02-28-06
BASIC PURPOSE: To plan,
organize and supervise the scope and delivery of social work services and
programs for residents/patients at an institution or agency.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Supervises
Psychiatric Social Workers and other members of the social work staff, assigns
cases, provides training and evaluates performance.
·
Develops polices and
procedures describing scope and delivery of social work services for
patients/residents.
·
Prepares progress
reports of patients assigned and on evaluations of treatment programs.
·
Makes contacts with a
wide-range of community agencies providing services to patients/residents.
·
Collects background
data from patients and family members, and analyzes information to form a
psychosocial diagnosis and clinical recommendations for treatment of patients.
·
Uses diagnostic
information to formulate treatment goals, family related interventions and
resources assessment in identification of problem areas.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in analyzing and
interpreting data, policy, and procedures OR in using equipment in order to
arrive at logical conclusions or recommendations.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific
expertise to resolve problems of a specialized or professional nature in a wide
range of applications.
Impact: Requires responsibility for achieving
direct service objectives by assessing agency service needs and making
preliminary recommendations for the development of alternative short-term
program policies or procedures.
Errors at this level result in incomplete assessments or misleading
recommendations causing a disruption of agency programs or policies.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of programs
or of employees doing work which differs from the supervisor, including
disciplining employees, solving personnel problems, recommending hiring and
firing employees, and developing work methods. The supervisor in this position manages a working unit or
section with responsibility for employee performance appraisal.
Working Conditions:
Requires performing regular job functions in an adverse working environment
containing a combination of disagreeable elements which impact significantly
upon the employee's capacity for completing work assignments. This level includes work-related
accidents or assault.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires reviewing summaries and
reports and making decisions to solve problems or to achieve work objectives as
well as articulating and expressing those solutions and goals. This level also requires formal
presentations of solutions and goals to employees and the general public to
increase the responsiveness of the agency toward the demands of its client
system.
Complexity:
Requires coordinating a
combination of diverse job functions in order to integrate professional and
technical agency goals. This level
also requires considerable judgment to implement a sequence of operations or
actions.
Independent Action: Requires independent judgment in
planning and evaluating work procedures and in supervising the development of
professional, technical and managerial standards under administrative direction
and according to broad departmental guidelines.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Master's degree in Social Work (MSW)
from a college or university approved by the Council on Social Work Education.
Experience: Five years'
experience involving psychiatric social work (mental, emotional or behavioral
disorders) prior or subsequent to obtaining the graduate degree with at least
two years in a supervisory capacity.
License/Certification: Must possess a
New Hampshire driver’s license and have access to transportation with liability
insurance as required by state laws.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Extensive knowledge of psychiatric case
work principles, techniques and practices and their application to individual
case problems. Considerable
knowledge of the basic principals and facts underlying psychiatric diagnosis
and treatment. Extensive knowledge
of mental health problems, of modern methods of treatment and of the social
aspects of such conditions.
Considerable knowledge and skill in community organization and
availability of community resources.
Appreciation of involved psychological and environmental problems
arising in connection with case work.
Considerable knowledge of mental health organizations and their
treatment specialties. Ability to
exercise good judgment in evaluating situations and making decisions. Ability to write case histories and
related reports. Ability to train
professional and para-professional employees involved in mental health
programs. Ability to interpret
departmental policy, procedures and objectives. Ability to understand environmental factors in individual
cases and to apply this understanding in social adjustments and
rehabilitation. Ability to
establish and maintain working relationships with representatives of other
social agencies, institution officials, the general public and clients. Ability to organize and direct a
program of psychiatric case work and to evaluate the results. Ability to communicate effectively. Must be willing to maintain appearance
appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency
appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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