Psychiatric Social Worker

THE POSITION

:Under the direction of the Director III, Community Schools Initiative, and working within the Community Schools framework, the Psychiatric Social Worker provides multi-tiered school mental health supports to promote resiliency, emotional wellness, and positive school climate in service to students, families, and staff within their assigned school(s). These services include mental health promotion, prevention, early intervention, and intensive direct services, including individual, group, and family counseling, and crisis intervention. Through these strategies, the Psychiatric Social Worker supports the educational process by and removes barriers to educational success. In addition, a key role of the Psychiatric Social worker is to collaborate with school staff as a member of multidisciplinary school teams and coordinate with school and community partners to improve services and increase resources. View Job Description

Requirements / Qualifications

Requirements / Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:•A master's degree in social work is required.•Training and experience utilizing mental health evidenced based practices.•One year of experience in the field of social work working with school-age children, preferably in a school setting.•Previous experience working with at-promise youth (e.g. gang involved, truancy, foster youth).•Experience providing individual, group, and family counseling.•Experience facilitating presentations, monitoring programs, and report writing.•Experience collaborating with community-based organizations, law enforcement, and other government agencies.•Experience working with multidisciplinary teams.•Experiencing providing crisis response services including suicide risk assessments.•Experience providing school based social work services for one or more years preferred. LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE (All applicants must attach credential with document number to their application. See below for step-by-step instructions.): •Must possess and maintain a valid Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) Credential in School Social Work, OR be eligible to, and obtain, a Health Credential as a Psychiatric Social Worker prior to start date. •Must possess a valid license as a Clinical Social Worker OR a valid registration as an Associate Clinical Social Worker issued by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.•License/registration must remain in good standing with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences during the entirety of employment as a Psychiatric Social Worker. Registered Associate Clinical Social Workers must obtain licensure within 6 years of start date.

Applicants are responsible for attaching the following documents:•Resume•Three current (must be within 12 months) signed and dated letters of recommendation. One letter of recommendation must be from your most current supervisor.•A letter of Introduction •Unofficial copies of transcripts.•CBEST Test Results https://www.ctcexams.nesinc.com/PageView.aspx?f=GEN_RequestACopyOfYourTestResults.html•Credential(s) with document number. Steps to follow in order to get a copy of the credential with a number from the CTC:•Go to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing website at www.ctc.ca.gov •Click on “Search for an Educator”•Select secured search.•Enter your social security and date of birth.•All your credentials will appear with their document number.•Select the document you wish to attach to your application and open it.•Right click the document and select print.•On destination drop down menu select save as PDF and save to your computer.•Now you are ready to upload the credential document into EdJoin. Contact Adriana Hernandez at Hernandez_Adriana@lacoe.edu and Lauren Sheahan at Sheahan_Lauren@lacoe.edu with questions about the process.

• Certification (Must possess a valid license as a Clinical Social Worker OR a valid registration as an Associate Clinical Social Worker issued by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. All applicants must attach credential with document number to their application. See below for step-by-step instructions.)
• Credential Copy (Must possess and maintain a valid Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) Credential in School Social Work, OR be eligible to, and obtain, a Health Credential as a Psychiatric Social Worker prior to start date. All applicants must attach credential with document number to their application. See below for step-by-step instructions. )
• Letter(s) of Recommendation (Must include 3 current, dated and signed letters of recommendation)
• Other (Cover Letter)
• Resume

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:•A master's degree in social work is required.•Training and experience utilizing mental health evidenced based practices.•One year of experience in the field of social work working with school-age children, preferably in a school setting.•Previous experience working with at-promise youth (e.g. gang involved, truancy, foster youth).•Experience providing individual, group, and family counseling.•Experience facilitating presentations, monitoring programs, and report writing.•Experience collaborating with community-based organizations, law enforcement, and other government agencies.•Experience working with multidisciplinary teams.•Experiencing providing crisis response services including suicide risk assessments.•Experience providing school based social work services for one or more years preferred. LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE (All applicants must attach credential with document number to their application. See below for step-by-step instructions.): •Must possess and maintain a valid Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) Credential in School Social Work, OR be eligible to, and obtain, a Health Credential as a Psychiatric Social Worker prior to start date. •Must possess a valid license as a Clinical Social Worker OR a valid registration as an Associate Clinical Social Worker issued by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.•License/registration must remain in good standing with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences during the entirety of employment as a Psychiatric Social Worker. Registered Associate Clinical Social Workers must obtain licensure within 6 years of start date.

Applicants are responsible for attaching the following documents:•Resume•Three current (must be within 12 months) signed and dated letters of recommendation. One letter of recommendation must be from your most current supervisor.•A letter of Introduction •Unofficial copies of transcripts.•CBEST Test Results https://www.ctcexams.nesinc.com/PageView.aspx?f=GEN_RequestACopyOfYourTestResults.html•Credential(s) with document number. Steps to follow in order to get a copy of the credential with a number from the CTC:•Go to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing website at www.ctc.ca.gov •Click on “Search for an Educator”•Select secured search.•Enter your social security and date of birth.•All your credentials will appear with their document number.•Select the document you wish to attach to your application and open it.•Right click the document and select print.•On destination drop down menu select save as PDF and save to your computer.•Now you are ready to upload the credential document into EdJoin. Contact Adriana Hernandez at Hernandez_Adriana@lacoe.edu and Lauren Sheahan at Sheahan_Lauren@lacoe.edu with questions about the process.

• Certification (Must possess a valid license as a Clinical Social Worker OR a valid registration as an Associate Clinical Social Worker issued by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. All applicants must attach credential with document number to their application. See below for step-by-step instructions.)
• Credential Copy (Must possess and maintain a valid Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) Credential in School Social Work, OR be eligible to, and obtain, a Health Credential as a Psychiatric Social Worker prior to start date. All applicants must attach credential with document number to their application. See below for step-by-step instructions. )
• Letter(s) of Recommendation (Must include 3 current, dated and signed letters of recommendation)
• Other (Cover Letter)
• Resume

Comments and Other Information

The Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) may provide Remote Work (RW) or an Alternative Work Schedule (AWS) at the administrator's complete discretion. LACOE considers RW and AWS a practical alternative work arrangement in cases where the individual employee, the job's essential functions, the supervisor, and other considerations are well suited to such an arrangement. An example may include positions that do not provide direct services. Not all employees and jobs are suitable for RW or AWS. Request for RW or AWS may be submitted and reviewed by the authorized supervisor and denied or approved per the program's policy.