Staff Social Worker - Cayuga County New York

• Provides social work services to patients of the Community Mental Health facility; does related work as required.
• These duties require the performance of social work in helping patients with social, emotional, and related difficulties associated with their disability.
• The work is performed within prescribed routines with some leeway permitted in determining the scope of work to be performed in helping the patient to adjust into his old or a new environment.
• The Staff Social Worker functions under the direction of a Supervising Social Worker or Senior Staff Social Worker who may define or limit the work to be performed.
• Employees in this class are expected to meet with professionals of agencies in or outside of the community to obtain assistance and guidance for patients.
• Does related work as required.

• Thorough knowledge of the practices and procedures of social work and of the social factors affecting disease and disability.
• Working knowledge of community service agencies and programs.
• Ability to conduct psychosocial intakes and assessments.
• Ability to interpret federal, state, and local laws affecting the medical and health programs.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to organize work effectively.
• Ability to analyze and organize data and prepare records and reports.
• Ability to participate in after-hours emergency on-call services.
• Ability to respond to telephone call crises and unscheduled walk-in client crises.

• Participates in a multi-disciplinary psychiatric team setting.
• Provides individual, group, and family therapies.
• Screens, evaluates, and diagnoses patients presenting mental health issues.
• Maintains case records as required.
• Evaluates and refers patients to other community resources as required.
• Prepares treatment plans based on each individual’s needs.
• Participates in the discharge planning process.
• Maintains and utilizes information regarding community resources pertinent to patients’ care.
• Participates in the process of transfer of patients to other levels of care as appropriate.
• Participates in after-hours emergency on-call services.
• Participates in emergency services rotation during business hours.
• Participates in utilization review process.
• Responds to telephone call crises and unscheduled walk-in client crises.
• Performs patient psychiatric assessments off site, including the hospital emergency department.
• May be required to obtain reasonable access to transportation to meet fieldwork requirements made in the ordinary course of business in a timely and efficient manner.

Cayuga County Civil Service Commission hires for 35 county departments, 23 Towns, 9 Villages, 6 School Districts and 5 Special Districts.We also administer Civil Service examinations to interested candidates for civil service jobs within Cayuga County.