Social Worker 1-4 Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4790614) Apply  Social Worker 1-4 Salary $3,186.00 - $5,734.00 Monthly Location New Orleans, LA Job Type Classified Job Number ELMHS1.14.25SWFAC Department LDH-Office of Behavioral Health Opening Date 01/14/2025 Closing Date 1/21/2025 11:59 PM Central + Description + Benefits + Questions Supplemental Information This vacancy is located within the Forensic Aftercare Clinic at the Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System, New Orleans, LA. ELMHS is the largest 24-hour, multi-site, state psychiatric complex, comprised or residential, outpatient and inpatient services. This vacancy is located in Orleans Parish and will be domiciled in New Orleans, LA. The appointed candidate will be required to attend orientation for one week, in Jackson, LA. This position may be filled as either a Probational or Job Appointment (open to all qualified applicants); a promotion (open to all statewide classified and Agencywide permanent status employees); or by Detail to Special Duty. Current permanent status, classified employees may be required to accept a Probational appointed if selected. If filled as a Job Appointment, there is a possibility that this position may be converted to a Probational Appointment should funding become available. Salary is negotiable based on experience. This position is in a Career Progression Group and may be filled as a Social Worker 1, 2, 3, or 4 depending on the qualifications of the candidate selected. The maximum salary of the Social Worker 4 is $80,267.00 annually. Please refer to the "Job Specifications" tab located at the top of the LA Careers "Current Job Opportunities" page of the Civil Service website for specific information on salary ranges, minimum qualifications and job concepts for each level. SPECIAL ENTRANCE RATE (SER) OF PAY: Social Worker 1-$1,900.00-bi-weekly / $23.75-hourly Social Worker 2-$2,033.20-bi-weekly / $25.42-hourly Social Worker 3-$2,175.60-bi-weekly / $27.20-hourly Social Worker 4-$2,327.60-bi-weekly / $29.10-hourly Premium Pay: From $2.00 to $5.00 per hour for facility longevity pay Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of work experience. An application may be considered incomplete if the work experience and education sections are not completed. Please list all work experience. Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application or faxed to (225) 219-1041. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire. 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. For further information about this vacancy, please contact: LDH- ELMHS Human Resources Jackson, LA 70748 225-634-0259 ELMHS-HR@la.gov Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice as a Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Certified Social Worker (CSW). NOTE: Permanent status will not be granted in this job title without LMSW or LCSW licensure in Louisiana; Certified Social Worker (CSW) credential will not be accepted for granting permanent status. Job Concepts Function of Work: To provide social work services. Level of Work: Entry. Supervision Received: Close from a higher-level social worker, facility administrator, or other higher-level professional. Supervision Exercised: None. 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 the various Social Service Counselors job series by the presence of therapeutic intervention, case management, and by the requirement for providing a written psycho-social history including evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment plans for patients and/or offenders. Differs from the Social Worker 2 by the absence of independence and more complex caseloads. Examples of Work Interview clients and client groups, offenders, and appropriate others to obtain extensive social, developmental, psychological, family, and educational background. Selects and recommends therapeutic intervention strategies and treatment approaches based on psychosocial assessment to an interdisciplinary treatment team. Provides social work component in an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary team approach to diagnosis, planning, and treatment. Conducts individual and group counseling conjointly or under close supervision. Prepares psychosocial assessments, social summaries, and notations in the client's chart. Prepares correspondence with community agencies and serves as primary liaison person with all outside agencies such as courts, schools, foster care and legal authorities. Assesses the level of care and intervention, including discharge, reassignment, change of treatment strategies and techniques; communicates these findings to the interdisciplinary treatment team. Attends and participates in community health-related programs, in-services, continuing education, and maintains professional reading. Develops a working knowledge of correctional or community resources in order to recommend or refer offenders for special services. Provides psychosocial case management to individuals, groups, and families when this intervention is determined to be most appropriate. 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 Are you a current employee at Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System? + Yes + No 02 Do you possess a Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Certified Social Worker (CSW) licensure? + Yes + No 03 If you answered 'YES' to the question above, please list the license TYPE, license NUMBER, issuing STATE, and the EXPIRATION date. Required Question Agency 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