Psychiatric Social Worker II - ODR MIST

Salary Range: $6,077.36 - $8,304.80 per month

SUMMARY

The Office of Diversion and Reentry (ODR) within the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services is looking for Psychiatric Social Worker II to join the Misdemeanor Incompetent to stand trial (MIST) Team.

The MIST Diversion program is a mental health diversion housing program serving individuals who are homeless, have a serious mental health disorder, and are diverted into services after being incarcerated in the Los Angeles County Jail.

MIST clients have also been found incompetent to stand trial due to serious mental health disorder and have been charged with misdemeanor crimes.

Clients in the MIST Diversion program are referred to community care housing with wraparound clinical services.

MIST Housing providers work with the client as they transition from custody to community with housing and mental health services.

The Psychiatric Social Worker performs professional social work services in connection with the treatment of clients in need of mental health and housing services.

The Psychiatric Social Worker coordinates the mental health, physical health, and housing care of MIST clients in collaboration with a multidisciplinary county team and contracted mental health housing providers.

Currently, ODR has a hybrid work schedule with a combination of workdays in the office, in the field and remote.

This may change at discretion of DHS.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS of the Psychiatric Social Worker II include, but are not limited to:


* Conduct comprehensive client assessments in the jail, community, or court settings for persons experiencing homelessness, diagnosed with a serious mental illness, found incompetent to stand trial with an alleged misdemeanor offense, focused on release of clients to community-based housing.


* Evaluate MIST clients’ psychosocial and service needs through interviews and evaluations, review of medical and mental health records, and consults with interdisciplinary teams.


* Develop release plan for MIST clients and coordinate care including placement to contracted community interim housing and licensed care facilities.


* Provide oversight of outreach and engagement of community-based providers’ including monitoring service plans and progress with assigned clients, identifying, and troubleshooting service issues, and providing consultation to case managers.


* Oversees weekly case conferences with housing providers to review clinical interventions supporting progress toward collaborative goals.


* Meet with clients and providers in community to support treatment interventions, meetings may be a combination of in person visits and telehealth calls.


* Provide oversight of contracted clinical housing agency services, including monitoring service plans and progress with assigned clients, case conferencing, identifying, and troubleshooting service issues, and providing consultation to housing case managers and clinical supervisors.
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