SOCIAL WORKER 3 Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4824505) Apply  SOCIAL WORKER 3 Salary $43,788.00 - $78,792.00 Annually Location Statewide, LA Job Type Classified Remote Employment Flexible/Hybrid Job Number OCDD/TF/0076 Department LDH-Office for Citizens with Development Disabilities Opening Date 02/07/2025 Closing Date 2/21/2025 11:59 PM Central + Description + Benefits + Questions Supplemental Information Job Number – OCDD/TF/0076 This position is located within the Department of Health /Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities / OCDD Resource Center / Calcasieu, Rapides, Bossier, and Ouachita Parish. Cost Center: 340-1042412 Position #: 54936 This vacancy is being announced as a Classified position and may be filled either as a Job Appointment, Probationary Appointment or Promotional Appointment. No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy. To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page. **** ResumesWILL NOTbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. * For further information about this vacancy contact: Tyrin Fultz: tyrin.fultz@la.gov Or write to: OCDD Resource Center Attn HR 109 West Minnesota Park Road Suite 7 Hammond, La 70403 Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice as a Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW) or a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) followed by two years of social services experience. Job Concepts Function of Work: To provide social work services. Level of Work: Advanced. Supervision Received: Broad review from a higher-level social worker, facility manager, or administrator. Supervision Exercised: May serve as a lead-worker of an interdisciplinary team or unit. May provide functional supervision over lower level social workers and professionals in other disciplines. 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 a Social Worker 2 by the presence of responsibility for specialized caseloads, lead-worker duties, or coordinating a specialized program for a facility/area/region. Differs from the Social Worker 4 by the absence of licensure as a Clinical Social Worker. Differs from the Social Worker 5-A by the absence of responsibility of serving as sole social worker of a facility having full managerial responsibility over a facility's social services program. Differs from the Social Worker 5-B by the absence of direct supervisory responsibilities. Examples of Work Plans, prioritizes and manages individual treatment programs by assessments of patients, clients and offenders. Conducts intensive interviews, gathering historical, medical and or technical data in order to determine and implement the most effective type of psychosocial intervention. Coordinating a program (i.e., Prevention, Probation and Parole Aftercare) for a region as a significant duty. Develops specialized therapeutic program content and implements new or revised programs as the program coordinator for a regional program. Plans, prioritizes, and manages psychosocial assessments and clinical treatment services for the more complex, specialized cases at high risk or of an atypical nature. Provides advanced technical and clinical consultation on psychosocial diagnosis and treatment when specialized treatment is indicated to overcome major problems in social dysfunction, serious behavior disorders or cases in which patients may be in jeopardy of severe risk to self or others. Develops and implements complex individualized plans of service and social work treatment to address identified needs, problems, and behavioral/emotional reactions of patients and families. Provides social work component on an multidisciplinary team for an area of medical specialization or for specific high-risk populations. Provides expert testimony and/or advocacy representation for clients in court cases. May conduct group therapy sessions for the support, education, and problem resolution of assigned population. Interviews assigned cases for mental status examinations as requested to the parole board. Serves as member of initial Classification Board on inmates arriving at correctional facility, and make appropriate referrals for treatment to other mental health team professionals for these inmates. Serves as a member of Cell Block Review Boards and Reclassification Board providing mental health information as it pertains to inmate housing and work assignments; participates as a member of the disciplinary board when assigned. Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program: Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/ Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: + New Year's Day + Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, + Mardi Gras, + Good Friday, + Memorial Day, + Independence Day, + Labor Day, + Veteran's Day, + Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. ***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase. Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to): + Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system + Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org), + Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others 01 Do you possess a Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensure? + Yes + No 02 If you answered 'YES' to the question above, please list the license TYPE, license NUMBER, issuing STATE, and the EXPIRATION date. Required Question Employer State of Louisiana Address For agency contact information, please refer to the supplemental information above. Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802 Phone (866) 783-5462 Website http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm Apply Please verify your email addressVerify Email