Social Worker III

Position Overview

The Division of Mental Health is seeking to hire a Social Worker III to perform extensive casework in the role of Treatment Coordinator for forensic adult patients.  Conducts individual, group and family therapy on behalf of the patients.  Provides social work services for the unit, completes comprehensive social histories and social assessments. Performs pre-placement evaluations through assessment of the patient’s social and psychiatric history, risk factors for the potential for violence, as well as evaluation of the patients understanding of the legal process in order to assess fitness for participating in his or her defense and to determine where the patient should be placed.  Serves as a member of various Performance Improvement Teams and is a member of the Social Work Services Committee.

Essential Functions

• Performs extensive casework in the role of Treatment Coordinator for forensic adult patients.
• Serves as Treatment Coordinator for Stevenson Hall.
• Conducts individual, group and family therapy on behalf of the patients.
• Serves as designated lead worker.
• Serves as a consultant to Inter-Disciplinary Treatment Team to ensure patient psychological needs are met.
• Completes required court reports for Unfit to Stand Trial (UST) or Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) patients.
• Serves as a member of various performance improvement teams and is a member of the social work services committee.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a master’s degree in social work from a recognized college or university supplemented by two (2) years of professional social work experience in the evaluation and treatment/habilitation of mentally ill, developmentally disabled or other disabled persons.
• Requires licensure as a Social Worker by the Department of Professional Regulations.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties.
• Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
• Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

*All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.