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Osawatomie State Hospital Social Worker in Osawatomie, Kansas
This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/12826668 About the Position:
Who can apply: Anyone
Classified/Unclassified Service: Unclassified
Full/Part-time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Exempt/Non-Exempt: Non-Exempt
Work Schedule: Monday Friday 8:00am 04:30pm
Eligible to Receive Benefits: Yes
Veterans Preference Eligible: Yes
Search Keywords: Social Work
Compensation:
Hourly Pay Range: \$22.72 \$29.73/hour
TEMPORARY additional differential of \$4.00/hr for all hours worked.
* Salary can vary depending upon education, experience, or qualifications.
Employment Benefits:
Comprehensive medical, mental, dental, vision, and additional coverage
Sick & Vacation leave
Work-Life Balance programs: parental leave, military leave, jury leave, funeral leave
Paid State Holidays (designated by the Governor annually)
Employee discounts with the STAR Program
Retirement and deferred compensation programs
Visit the Employee Benefits page for more information
Position is located at Adair Acute Care at Osawatomie State Hospital. A negative drug screen is required as a condition of employment.
All employees are expected to work in a harmonious and cooperative fashion with other staff to provide efficient and effective customer service: to use free time as available to assist other staff in the completion of work assignments and perform other tasks as needed; to contribute to a positive work environment through a positive, helpful, courteous demeanor towards staff, customers and the general public; and to adhere to appropriate standards of conduct regarding the use of leave, reports to work on time and in the designated fashion.
The Social Worker Specialist position is an integral and critical part of the treatment and discharge plan for the patients at Osawatomie State Hospital. Discharge planning begins at day one of hospitalization with the patients goal being priority. The Social Worker Specialist is responsible for gathering and documenting information in the Social Service Assessment and Discharge plan. This plan details the decisions for the specific discharge plans. Additionally, social workers collaborate with community providers and the patients significant others to locate resources for discharge. Social workers are the primary liaisons to families as well as the community resources, relaying information to the team in written form as well as verbally. Social Workers coordinate placement of patient to ensure that patients are released to the least restrictive environment possible, without endangering safety. This incumbent works independently in this position, making many decisions on his/her own.
The essential functions of this position may require physical strength to frequently push, pull, twist, bend, squat, walk, stand for extended periods of time, lift and/or restrain residents with or without assistance and respond to aggressive resident behavior with specific, trained techniques. Must be able to observe and respond to residents in distress.
Osawatomie State Hospital Adair Acute Care is funded in part by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and is subject to requirements bestowed by Federal and State levels of government conditions of participation.
Qualifications:
Education: Bachelors
Licensing & Certification: Must possess a license or temporary license to practice Social Work in the State of Kansas.
Minimum Qualifications: Must possess a license or temporary license to practice Social Work in the State of Kansas.
Preferred Qualifications: Prior experience working with individuals who have psychiatric diagnosis.
Positions in this class require that at the time of appointment the selected candidate must take and pass a drug screening test approved by the Division of Personnel Services. Persons hired must lso pass a law enforcement security clearance in compliance with policies of the Department of Aging and Disability Services.