Advanced Clinical Social Worker (40 Hour) (Office/On-site) - #260316-0965FP-001 in Norwich

Join Us as an Advanced Clinical Social Worker within our WRAP Team. The southeastern mental health authority (SMHA), under the umbrella of the State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) is seeking an experienced and mission‑driven Advanced Clinical Social Worker to join and help lead our Wellness Recovery Advocacy Program (WRAP) team in Norwich. This is a unique opportunity for a skilled clinician to make a measurable difference in the lives of adults with significant mental health needs while contributing leadership to a high‑functioning, multidisciplinary community‑based team.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:

• Full‑time (40 hours/week), Monday – Friday
• First shift, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
• Primary Location: 401 W. Thames St, Norwich, CT.
• Community‑based work supporting clients across southeastern Connecticut.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees.

What You Will Do:

• Providing clinical oversight and consultation to WRAP team members in partnership with the Clinical Supervisor and the Supervising Clinician.
• Conducting clinical assessments including Functional Assessments, Risk Assessments, Quarterly Reassessments, Recovery Plans, and Discharge Summaries.
• Delivering crisis assessment, intervention, and safety planning.
• Supporting clients with significant mental health needs — many with extensive treatment histories, co‑occurring medical conditions, and risk of hospitalization or homelessness.
• Overseeing the teaching of independent living skills in areas such as home management, money management, health and wellness, transportation, and daily living routines.
• Facilitating individual and group psychoeducational and skill‑building sessions.
• Assisting clients in maintaining entitlements (SSI/SSDI/DSS benefits) and navigating complex medical, court, housing, and legal systems.
• Collaborating with hospitals, residential programs, probation/parole, courts, community providers, conservators, and representative payees.
• Providing services primarily in the community, meeting clients where they are and fostering independence in natural settings.
• Ensuring timely, accurate documentation that meets agency, regulatory, and revenue requirements.

Examples of Duties:

• Independently provides highly skilled direct clinical social work treatment and/or substance abuse services to clients with complex psychological and social problems through comprehensive clinical assessments and provision of individual, family and group treatment.
• Provides individual field work instruction and/or clinical supervision which includes instruction in use of comprehensive psychosocial assessments and current diagnostic categories, taking into consideration cultural, social, economic, medical, environmental and legal issues.
• Develops comprehensive service plans including measurable treatment objectives.
• Initiates consultation and collaboration with other mental health providers to improve delivery of current services and/or identify unmet needs within current service system.
• Provides clinical supervision to Licensed Master Social Workers.
• Assists in resolution of administrative, personnel and clinical issues in program and/or agency.
• Develops data for statistical and planning systems and/or research and publication.
• Prepares administrative reports and suggests operational policies and procedures.
• Oversees development and/or implementation of individual client treatment and/or service plans.
• May be assigned administrative oversight of research projects.
• May provide clinical and/or administrative leadership to program components such as crisis intervention teams, inpatient treatment teams, case management teams, psychoeducational program services, psychosocial rehabilitation and forensic services.
• May provide forensic evaluations and expert testimony to courts.
• May represent program or agency during licensing and certification inspections conducted by regulatory bodies.
• May represent program or agency in liaison relationships with other community agencies and resources.
• May provide in‑service educational presentations concerning available health, mental health and human services resources and means to access them.
• May chair facility or community‑based committees that develop policies and plans to serve psychiatrically disabled individuals.
• May present information on mental illness and mental health services to community groups.
• Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge, Skill and Ability:

• Considerable knowledge of and ability to instruct others about theories of human behavior, current diagnostic categories of mental illness, family dynamics, substance abuse and human sexuality.
• Of social, cultural, economic, political, religious, medical, psychological and legal issues which influence behavior of clients, families, service programs and society at large.
• Knowledge of statutes, regulations and standards relating to mental health services; state law governing licensed clinical social worker practice standards.
• Considerable oral and written communication skills; administrative skills.
• Considerable ability to independently apply current psychiatric treatment modalities including but not limited to behavioral, cognitive, object‑relations, crisis intervention and psychosocial rehabilitation approaches.
• Ability to integrate theory and case material in assessing and devising comprehensive treatment and/or service plans for difficult and/or complex case assignments.
• Lead task groups including but not limited to treatment teams and agency committees.

Minimum Qualifications – General Experience:

• One (1) year of experience as a licensed clinical social worker.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in community‑based settings with clients diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness and substance abuse disorders.
• Experience teaching daily living skills, such as money management, food management, home management, and accessing transportation with clients in the community.
• Experience working with clients in accessing community resources and in securing and maintaining housing.
• Experience working with clients who are pre‑contemplative and contemplative in their recovery.
• Experience completing initial assessments for patients/clients with acute psychiatric and acute addictive problems.
• Experience working on a multi‑disciplinary community‑based team/program.
• Experience working with clients who are undergoing severe psychological distress and/or exhibiting behavioral dysregulation.
• Experience completing such documentation as Recovery Plans, Reassessments, DLA‑20s, Periodic Assessments, WITS notes, Releases of Information, Social Security Applications, and entitlement redeterminations.

Special Requirements:

• Incumbents in this class must possess and retain a license to practice clinical social work pursuant to Sec. 20‑195 (m‑z) of the Connecticut General Statutes.
• Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain eligibility for participation in federal health care programs as defined in 42 U.S. 1320a‑7b(f).
• Incumbents in this class may be required to have knowledge of sign language and communication ability with the deaf and hearing impaired in designated positions.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to have ability in Spanish oral and written communication in designated positions.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. A comprehensive medical examination, including a drug screening, will be required of all applicants upon a conditional offer of employment. All state employees must adhere to Connecticut's Policy for a Drug Free Workplace.