Clinical Social Worker - Mobile Clinic (N378)

Salary Range: $32.96-$45.04 per hour

SUMMARY

Housing for Health (HFH) is a program office within Community Programs, a division under the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) for the County of Los Angeles. HFH was created to support people experiencing homelessness with complex clinical needs.

We support people in obtaining housing, improving their health and thriving in their communities.

HFH is a core component of Los Angeles County’s effort to respond to the homeless emergency. Where appropriate to the job function, a hybrid work schedule may be available, with employees working both remotely and from the office, as needed.   

The Mobile Clinic is a street medicine multidisciplinary team that will provide medical and behavioral health care to people experiencing homelessness in the unsheltered setting. Direct patient care will be provided in a mobile clinic, encampments and on the streets.

The behavioral health unit of the street medicine will include two clinical supervisors, Senior clinical social workers, substance abuse counselors, community health workers, and medical case workers The patients that will be served include clients with complex medical mental health conditions and those with high risk with complex behavioral health issues.

The Clinical Social Worker will be part of the behavioral health unit including the social work Supervisor, community health worker, and Substance abuse counselors. Under the direction of social work Supervisor, the senior clinical social worker will provide behavioral health services and case management services to patients who are eligible for enhanced care management to mobile clinic patients.

The Clinical Social Worker coordinates social work services including consultation for Medical Case Workers, Community Health Workers, Substance Use Disorder Counselors, and other team members, for delivery of services related to mental health and social services linkages, community resources, and any presenting psychosocial issue.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS


* Assesses and treats the complicated psychosocial problems of homeless and formerly homeless individuals including but not limited to medical condition and/or functional status, untreated or under- treated mental health or substance abuse condition, economic instability, legal problems, and inadequate social supports, housing and transportation


* Engages in case management services with patients of the mobile clinic to meet the agreed upon treatment goals.


* Participates in improving chronic disease outcomes by providing primary and secondary preventive care services and self-management tailored to the patient’s needs


* Assists in increasing housing placement, retention, and maintain supportive relationships with the homeless and formerly homeless individuals during care provided in clinic and at the patient’s home


* Conducts comprehensive assessments and care planning of people experiencing hom...