Job Description
Job ID: 26351
Agency: Department of Social Services/Human Services Center/Acute Services (Adult and Adolescent)
Location: Yankton
Salary: $30.05 per hour
Pay Grade: GJ
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
This is a full-time position with the Department of Social Services at the South Dakota Human Services Center, Yankton, SD. For more information on DSS, please visit https://dss.sd.gov .
***$5,000.00 Hiring Incentive*** This position will work within the Acute Licensed Hospital serving both Adolescent and Adult patients. This position provides a combination of individual, group and family counseling. The position provides clinical oversight to the development and implementation of group curriculum as well as matching evidence-based treatment modalities for individual and family counseling.
Licenses and Certifications: Candidate must have or be eligible to be licensed as an MSW, LPC or LPC-MH.
The Ideal Candidate Will Have: Knowledge of:
- ethical standards, principles, and practices of social work, counseling, and human behavior;
- human growth and development and their relationship to social work principles and methods;
- interviewing and other information gathering techniques;
- state mental health practices and procedures;
- family counseling dynamics;
- group counseling dynamics;
- treatment planning processes and therapeutic techniques;
- developmental disabilities;
- severe mental illness;
- evidence-based and treatment modalities such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI);
- principles of basic human behavior across the lifespan;
- therapeutic communication skills;
- co-occurring disorders;
- effective written and verbal communication skills;
- documentation and record keeping;
- computer applications.
Ability To:
- develop cooperative and satisfactory contacts with patients, relatives, physicians, social agencies, community officials, and other administrative officials;
- apply proper interviewing techniques;
- write meaningful, concise, and accurate reports and correspondence;
- establish and maintain effective working relationships with diverse populations;
- communicate effectively with a wide variety of people;
- develop and implement effective therapy, treatment approaches and teaching curriculum;
- oversee treatment programming;
- facilitate individual, group and family counseling and therapy;
- speak to groups;
- negotiate with various agencies;
- obtain reliable information;
- provide clinical oversight to direct treatment;
- develop evidence-based group curriculum;
- work with individuals with complex family dynamics;
- match treatment modalities to a wide range of behavioral and cognitive functioning individuals;
- utilize various computer applications such as Outlook, Internet, Word and keyboarding.
This position is eligible for Veterans' Preference per ARSD 55:10:02:08.
Successful applicant(s) will be required to undergo a background investigation. An arrest/conviction record will not necessarily bar employment. Successful applicant(s) will undergo an abuse and neglect screening. Offers of employment are conditional upon successful completion of a drug screening.
NCRC: If you possess a National Career Readiness Certificate, please submit the certificate with your application. For more information on how to acquire a National Career Readiness Certificate contact a South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation Job Service Office. A certificate is not necessary to be considered.
The State of South Dakota does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The State of South Dakota as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.
The State of South Dakota offers employer paid health insurance plus eleven paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave accrual, dental, vision, and other insurance options, and retirement benefits. You can view our benefits information at https://bhr.sd.gov/job-seekers/work-for-state-government/ . This position is a member of Class A retirement under SDRS.
Must apply online: https://sodakprod-lm01.cloud.infor.com:1443/lmghr/xmlhttp/shorturl.do?key=P25
You must apply online, emailed resumes or submissions will not be accepted.
South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources
Telephone: 605.773.3148 Email: careers@state.sd.us
http://bhr.sd.gov/workforus
"An Equal Opportunity Employer"