EDUCATION, TRAINING, EXPERIENCE, CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE:
Education: Licensed Bachelor’s Level Social Worker (LBSW)
Experience: Minimum one year experience in health care or similar field preferred.

Other Requirements: Current license to practice in the State of Michigan. Maintain a current CPR certification. Position requires travel around Chippewa County; reliable transportation necessary. Possession of a valid Michigan driver's license and vehicular insurance.
The qualifications listed above are intended to represent the minimum skills and experience levels associated with performing the duties and responsibilities contained in this job description. The qualifications should not be viewed as expressing absolute employment or promotional standards, but as general guidelines that should be considered along with other job-related selection or promotional criteria.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Assesses the psychosocial status of the client and communicates findings to the interdisciplinary team.

2. Carries out social determinants of health screenings, depression/anxiety screenings and other applicable assessments and directs interventions based upon evaluation findings.

3. Maintains clinical records on all clients

4. Provides information and referrals for services applicable to client needs.

5. Provides information to clients or families/caregivers regarding community agencies.

6. Serves as liaison between clients or families/caregivers and community agencies.

7. Maintains collaborative relationships with personnel from CCHD and other private and public agencies (ex. Great Start Collaborative and Early On, Child Protective Services) to support client care.

8. Participates in the development of the total plan of care and case conferences as required.

9. Participates in community-based advisory councils/coalitions with a focus on family support.

10. Participates in discharge planning.

11. All other duties as assigned.


OTHER FUNCTIONS:
During a public health emergency, the employee may be required to perform duties similar to, but not limited to those in his/her job description.

Recognizes that positive employee relations are a necessary precedent for positive client relations. Provides assistance when seeing another in need. Contributes to the team effort of providing superior customer service to enhance the image of the Health Department. Refrains from holding negative conversations about duties, assignments, co-workers and clients. Adheres to Health Department telephone courtesy standards for answering, placing and transferring calls, as well as general telephone use. Does not allow personal telephone calls or visitors to interfere with telephone responsibilities, public encounters or customer courtesy to others. Demonstrates an effort to assure that customers/clients wait in definite expectations of when and how they will be served. Professionally addresses others (smile, eye contact, voice, posture, grammar, grooming, and dress). Responsible for promoting and securing potential clients and referrals.

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the above tasks. (These examples do not include all of the tasks which the employees may be expected to perform.)

Physical Requirements: [This job requires the ability to perform the essential functions contained in this
description. These include, but are not limited to, the following requirements. Reasonable accommodations will be made for otherwise qualified applicants unable to fulfill one or more of these requirements]:

• Ability to enter and access information using a computer.
• Prolonged sitting at a computer.
• Ability to carry and use equipment such as computers weighing up to 40 lbs.
• Ability to access meeting sites.

Working Conditions:

• Significant travel to various destinations within assigned work area.
• Frequent exposure to inclement weather conditions.
• Irregular work hours
• Works in office conditions and travels throughout community to work in homes and other locations where services are delivered.
• Exposure to environmental hazards.
• Handles household hazardous waste materials.
• Exposure to communicable diseases and blood and other bodily fluids.


Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest, application and/or resume to Jill Schaefer, Executive Assistant, 508 Ashmun Street, Suite 120, Sault, MI 49783. Applications can be found at www.chippewahd.com. EOE