The Psychiatric Social Worker of the Department of Social Development will apply specialized clinical knowledge and advanced clinical skills in the areas of assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, emotional, behavioral and developmental disorders, conditions and addictions.

GOVERNMENT VACANCY

JOB REFERENCE NO:             LSB3-23-73

JOB TITLE:                              Psychiatric Social Worker

MINISTRY:                             Home Affairs and Transportation

DEPARTMENT:                        Social Development & Welfare

LOCATION:                             Providenciales but at the discretion of the Director of Social Development may be relocated to another part of TCI. Travel to other islands is expected.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Psychiatric Social Worker of the Department of Social Development will apply specialized clinical knowledge and advanced clinical skills in the areas of assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, emotional, behavioral and developmental disorders, conditions and addictions. He/she will be a member of an interdisciplinary team consisting of other social workers in our department, health care practitioners, mental health practitioners, law enforcement and any other key stakeholders. This social worker will provide direct service and assessment, crisis intervention and consideration for diagnosis formulation. Additionally, he/she will be expected to identify any emotional or behavioral disturbances, provide treatment and therapeutic intervention and psycho-education to the individuals and their family members for social rehabilitation. The psychiatric social worker will also provide outreach services to identified individuals and/or groups with mental health disorders. He/she must be familiar with all aspects of psychopathology and recognize the appropriate and timely clinical treatment intervention needed. Additionally, this social worker must be familiar with and have expertise in a variety of treatment modalities including individual, child, group and family therapy. The majority of this position will be spent in direct patient care.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Conduct timely and appropriate assessments, diagnosis, and treatment planning and

intervention to individuals.

2. Consults with the social work management team, statutory and voluntary agencies and

client's relatives to ensure compliance with the client's treatment plan once it has been

formulated and implemented.

3. Provides individual and /or group therapy for individuals diagnosed with a mental illness.

4. Conducts steady outreach with individuals in the community diagnosed with a mental

illness.

5. Refers patients, or family members to community resources/specialists as necessary.

6. Prepare and maintain appropriate client records and reports. (Including initial assessment,

treatment plans, and progress notes).

7. Follow-up with clients who have dropped out of treatment and encourage them to resume

treatment.

8. Provide emotional support and act as an advocate for clients in order to help them gain

access to the services/resources they need.

9. Assist patient’s reintegration into the community after leaving inpatient programs.

10. Participate in treatment team meetings

11. Perform other duties as assigned

12. Adhere to Public Service codes, rules and regulations.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only persons selected for an interview will be contacted.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 

FRIDAY 15^th SEPTEMBER, 2023