LCSW position
West Hawaii Community Health Center
ATTN: Human Resources
75-5751 Kuakini Hwy, Ste. 203
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
Fax: (808) 327-1939
Email: HRManager@westhawaiichc.org
POSITION DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: Licensed Clinical Social Worker
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
DEPARTMENT: Behavioral Health
SUPERVISED BY: Behavioral Health Director
POSITION FUNCTION SUMMARY:
Licensed Clinical Social Workers help people function in their environment, deal with relationships, and solve personal and family problems. Social workers often see clients who face a life-threatening disease or a social problem, such as inadequate housing, unemployment, a
serious illness, a disability, or substance abuse. Social workers also assist families that have serious domestic conflicts, sometimes involving child or spousal abuse.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Interviewing patients, giving diagnostic tests, designing and implementing behavior
modification programs.
- Developing and implementing intervention and treatment programs that the patients can interpret and comply with.
- Using appropriate techniques for the evaluation and treatment of patients in medical examination environments.
- Communicating with the clients, assessing issues and identifying treatment goals.
- Performing continued assessments and developing new treatment strategies.
- Operating under all appropriate clinic’s rules and regulations and maintaining records of the clients.
- Coordinating with other social workers to maintain a well-balanced caseload and to set up performance-improving strategies.
- Providing counseling to the clients over issues related to psychological difficulties, employment, and homelessness and so on.
- Developing a specific treatment plan or strategy that reflects the therapeutic intervention that addresses the client needs.
Skills and Specifications
- Must be sympathetic and compassionate to the client’s issues.
- Good communication skills.
- Emotionally stable, sensitive, mature and ability to deal with various people effectively.
- Effectively interpreting and understand client’s problems.
- Ability to evaluate problems and identify a unique approach to treatment.
Education and Qualifications
- Masters degree in Social Work required.
- Hawaii LCSW license required.
Personal Characteristics
Personal characteristics include: a team player, high integrity, communication and customer relations
skills, regular work attendance, courteous and friendly, able to work well with diverse groups of people, gain and maintain respect of others, accept WHCHC mission and values.
Confidential and Sensitive Information:
Because the employee has access to personal and professional data regarding individual employees and their families, personal data regarding individual patients and the families, and/or sensitive company financial data, an essential job result is the maintenance of a high level of confidentiality of the information processed by the employee. Violation of this confidence may result in disciplinary action, including termination of employment.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS/WORKING CONDITIONS
General Remarks: The work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential tasks and functions.
Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. There are no known environmental hazards on the premises. Work environment is often stressful. Work is mostly inside, and normal office worker safety precautions and practices are required. Incumbent may be exposed to patients' conditions and some-unpleasant sights, smells and contagious diseases including virus, disease and infection from patients and specimens in working environment. All employees are offered the opportunity to receive the Hepatitis B vaccination series.
Equipment Use: Frequent use of telephone system and office equipment including but not limited to computer, printer, facsimile machine, copier and general office supplies.
Work Hours: Eight to ten hour work days. Overtime may be required.
Mental Demands: Duties require attention to detail, alertness, problem solving, tolerance to stress and exercising sound judgment. Duties require high tolerance and adequate coping skills for dealing with loss, grief and bereavement. Good stress reduction and management skills are essential.
