State of Louisiana

Department of State Civil Service

E9 PR

06/07/06

167660

Last Eff Date 08/15/03

SOCIAL WORKER 1

FUNCTION OF WORK:

To provide social work services.

LEVEL OF WORK:

Entry.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Close from a higher-level social worker, facility administrator, or other higher level professional.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

None.

LOCATION OF WORK:

Department of Health and Hospitals; LSU-Health Sciences Centers, Acute Care Hospitals, Medical Schools; Veterans Affairs; Department of Corrections.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from the various Social Service Counselors job series by the presence of therapeutic intervention, case management and by the requirement for providing a written psycho-social history including evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment plans for patients and/or offenders.

Differs from the Social Worker 2 by the absence of independence and more complex caseloads.

EXAMPLES OF WORK:

Examples listed below include brief samples of common duties associated with this job title. Please note that not all tasks are included.

Interview clients and client groups, offenders, and appropriate others, to obtain extensive social, developmental, psychological, family, and educational background.

Selects and recommends therapeutic intervention strategies and treatment approaches based on psychosocial assessment to an interdisciplinary treatment team.

Provides social work component in an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary team approach to diagnosis, planning and treatment.

Conducts individual and group counseling conjointly or under close supervision.

Prepares psychosocial assessments, social summaries, and notations in the client's chart.

Prepares correspondence with community agencies and serves as primary liaison person with all outside agencies such as courts, schools, foster care and legal authorities.

Assesses the level of care and intervention, including discharge, reassignment, change of treatment strategies and techniques; communicates these findings to the interdisciplinary treatment team.

Attends and participates in community health related programs, in-services, continuing education and maintains professional reading.

Develops a working knowledge of correctional or community resources in order to recommend or refer offenders for special services.

Provides psychosocial case management to individuals, groups, and families when this intervention is determined to be most appropriate.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A master’s degree in social work from an accredited school of social work.

NOTE:

Graduate Social Worker certification is required for this job. An applicant has 120 days from the date of initial employment to take the Graduate Social Worker examination. Permanent status will not be granted without this certification; provisional GSW certification will not be accepted for granting this status.

NOTE:

The master’s degree in social work must be from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, 1744 R Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20034.