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Jail Diversion Social Worker
Advocates is seeking an independent, motivated, enthusiastic clinical professional to join our expanding team!
Overview
Advocates promotes a healthy work-life balance and offers many generous perks of employment and room for advancement. We are a strong-knit community that values the ideas and contributions of our staff.
The Jail Diversion Social Worker works in conjunction with the police department and other Jail Diversion Program team members to provide psychiatric and substance abuse interventions to individuals in crisis.
Are you ready to make a difference?
Responsibilities
- Accompany first-responding officers to call-out situations, promoting an ethical, structured, healthy and helpful environment. Serve as clinical liaison to Police Department personnel.
- Provide psychiatric and substance abuse interventions for individuals and families in crisis in police custody, community, clinic, and hospital settings.
- Provide crisis intervention services including crisis case management and short-term crisis counseling as follow-up from initial assessment.
- Maintain linkages with community services by providing documented case consultations and problem resolution, and referring individuals to appropriate services.
- Develop and maintain a thorough knowledge of managed care and health insurance systems; provide other clinicians with managed care information and resources pertinent to the crises being managed.
- Participate in cross training of police personnel and Psychiatric Emergency Service (PES) staff.
Qualifications
- Master's Degree in related counseling or forensic field and a minimum of one year experience in crisis intervention (inpatient, outpatient, residential acceptable).
- Must hold a valid driver’s license and have access to an operational and insured vehicle.
- Excellent client intake, interviewing and assessment skills.
- Proactive, ethical, creative and enthusiastic approach and strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to develop and maintain satisfactory working relationships with police, other employees and providers.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated understanding of and competence in serving culturally diverse populations.
Advocates is an EOE/D/F/M/V.
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