Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Please apply via: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/781748700

All applications must be received on or before 03/28/24 on USAJobs.gov to be considered. See link above.

Clinical Social Worker

Metropolitan Detention Center - Brooklyn, NY

MDC Brooklyn's mission is to house federal detainees from the New York metropolitan area. It is a short term facility designed to house pretrial and unsentenced detainees who are going through the judicial process. Detainees are held in this type of facility for an average of 120 to 180 days. The facility is staffed by approximately 500 full-time employees.

MDC Brooklyn is comprised of two buildings covering approximately three and a half-acre city blocks. This site was formerly part of the famous Bush terminal, a conglomeration of warehouses and shipping docks built along the westerly side of Brooklyn along the New York harbor in 1912.

Bureau Social Workers may perform the following functions, depending on the mission of the institution:

• Discharge planning for medical and psychiatric patients, as well as reentry services for general population inmates
• In accordance with USC Title 18, sections 4243 and 4246, arrange follow-up placement of long-term mentally ill in state hospitals or other appropriate facilities, and/or establish conditional release plans as ordered by the court
• Reduction in Sentence consultant or coordinator
• Assessments, diagnosis and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders and conditions. Treatment methods include the provision of individual and group counseling, psychotherapy and crisis intervention.
• Liaison between patient, family, and community in treatment planning during serious illness and aftercare planning to enhance continuity of care
• Assist with End-of-Life care such as advance directives and comfort care programs
• Assist in reporting suspected child abuse or adult abuse to the appropriate state or community resources
• Represent the Social Work discipline on institution committees
• Provide educational services in areas of expertise to staff, inmates, and local university students
• Advocacy for reasonable treatment of the intellectually, emotionally, or physically challenged inmates
• Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Date: (MOUD) discharge planning

Minimum Qualifications:
Education – Satisfactory completion of all the requirements for a master degree in Social Work and Independent Clinical Social Work License.

Age Requirement:
At the time of appointment, applicants must not have reached their 40th birthday, unless they have previously served in a federal civilian law enforcement position covered by Special Service retirement provisions, including early or mandatory retirement.

Salary:

$85,236.00 to $110,803.00 per year

In addition to competitive salary, benefits packages, and a structured work schedule (no on call), employment in the Federal Bureau of Prisons offers a multitude of exciting career growth and enhancement opportunities.

Christine Nemeti, LCSW, BCD, BOP Chief Social Worker, is available to talk with interested applicants about the positions (202-353-5183).

For additional details, please select a Bureau of Prisons Social Worker job announcement on www.usajobs.gov.

Work Remotely

• No

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $85,236.00 - $110,803.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• In-person

License/Certification:

• Clinical Social Work License (Required)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Required)

Work Location: In person