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Hiring Agency:

Correctional Services - Agency 46



Location:

Lincoln, NE



Hiring Rate:

$34.662



Job Posting:

JR2024-00010194 Certified Master Social Worker Supervisor - Reception and Treatment Center (Open)



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Job Description:

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) employs nearly 2,300 team members operating nine institutions, which house approximately 5,200 inmates, statewide. The department's focus includes inmate programming and education, physical and behavioral health care, re-entry services, and community programs, and is accredited by the American Correctional Association (ACA). Candidates will model the NDCS Values of integrity, respect, compassion, growth, and excellence as we accomplish our mission, "Keep people safe."


For information about the NDCS, visit www.corrections.nebraska.gov. For additional information regarding this position, call at 402-479-6246. For Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodations, please contact Megan Jones at megan.jones@nebraska.gov.


DUTIES:
Formulates, manages, and evaluates programs and policies as related to a Social Work Department.
Establishes and maintains a quality assurance program for a Social Work Department. Provides clinical supervision, direction, and monitoring of professional and support level social work staff.
Reviews, supervises, and authorizes other social work department employee's assessments, discharge plans, and client record documentation. Conducts comprehensive psychosocial evaluations of clients to determine diagnosis, course of treatment/rehabilitation, and appropriate discharge plans. Conducts individual, group, and family counseling/psychotherapy, family education programs, and family support groups to assist clients and families in transitioning to nursing homes and residential settings or other discharge locations. Compiles social and behavioral information from various sources to develop social histories and psychosocial assessments vital to the development of a client's treatment and discharge plans. Serves as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team; provides information regarding a client's social history and psychosocial assessments and addressing specific client needs; participates in the development of a client's active treatment plan. Monitors and evaluates clients' success in a defined treatment plan and progress toward established goals; provides recommendations to members of an interdisciplinary treatment team to make adjustments to a client's treatment plan. Formulates, coordinates, and implements client discharge plans and follows up with clients on complex cases; may conduct home studies. Consults with clients and staff on issues involving casework and programs. Provides public education and in-service topics for staff on subjects pertinent to the social work department.
Supervises social work practicum students. Serves as an advocate for the client by coordinating referrals to various service agencies. Serves as liaison with service agencies consulting on client cases to ensure efficiency and continuity in providing services. Participates in facility management committees as required. Conducts research of case files, reports, journals, and other pertinent documentation to facilitate therapeutic/treatment goals.



Requirements / Qualifications




Minimum Qualifications: Master's degree in Social Work and three years Master Social Worker experience, includingsupervisory experience.



Legal Requirements: Certification as a Master Social Worker by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is required in accordance with Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-2128.



Other: Must possess a valid drivers license. Applicants accepting a job offer must pass the following pre-employment exams in this order: medical exam, and at a randomly announced time, pass a drug test. Once at the Staff Training Academy, must successfully complete the fully paid NE Corrections Training Program.



Knowledge, skills and abilities



Knowledge of: theories and methods of social diagnosis and psychosocial assessment; State and federal laws and regulations affecting social, legal, and health services; concepts and techniques of social planning; teaching and instructional theories and techniques; social and psychological statistical and research methods and theories; theories and concepts of social work administration; theories and concepts of personnel management; policy development and evaluation.


Skill in: formulating program policy and design; teamwork building; assembling relevant facts to formulate a comprehensive psychosocial evaluations; discussing sensitive/emotional subjects in a nonthreatening, supportive manner; utilizing appropriate social work intervention methods to build strengths and facilitate positive change; mediating and negotiating between conflicting parties; conducting differential diagnosis of individuals and groups; utilizing personality theory and diagnostic methods in setting a therapeutic context and formulating goals; observing and interpreting verbal and non-verbal behavior; interviewing clients to collect and elicit essential information and assess needs and progress; listening to and understanding information received from others; communicating so others understand.


Ability to: administer social work program of limited scope; professionally represent the social work discipline within an interdisciplinary program; manage, direct, and guide assigned staff; formulate and enforce policies and procedures; integrate and disseminate information; mediate between clients, families, and clinicians; provide professional social work training; serve as a role model in a professional relationship with clients and staff.






Benefits



We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.


Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer! Benefit eligibility may vary by position, agency and employment status. For more information on benefits, please visit: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits



Equal Opportunity Statement



The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.



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