Licensed Independent Social Worker

The LICSW provides clinical support to individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and forensic backgrounds. The LICSW demonstrates a commitment to delivering high-quality, person-centered care in a supportive and collaborative environment. The LICSW works collaboratively with individuals, families, and multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement treatment plans that address complex needs, including behavioral, emotional, and social challenges.

Job Functions
- Conducts assessments for adults with wide-ranging developmental profiles and diagnoses
across day, vocational, community and residential programs
- Leads and facilitates groups for individuals, focusing on building communication, interpersonal
and coping skills in a supportive and structured environment
- Develop and implement specialized programming tailored to individuals with forensic
backgrounds, addressing their unique emotional, behavioral and social needs while ensuring
alignment with legal, clinical and ethical guidelines
- Develop and implement tailored programming for aging individuals, individuals with dementia,
Alzheimer's, Huntington?s disease and other cognitive impairments, focusing on enhancing
quality of life, maintaining functional abilities and providing emotional support for both
individuals and families
- As a certified sex educator, provide comprehensive sex education and support to individuals,
ensuring content is accessible, appropriate and respectful of their unique needs and
experiences, while fostering healthy relationships and promoting personal safety and
well-being
- Monitor Psychotropic Medication Treatment Plans (PMTP) and assist with the analysis of
progress data
- Conduct formal observations of participants to inform assessment and/or treatment guidance
- Serves as a role model and coach to program managers and direct care staff relative to
implementation of supportive techniques, teaching strategies and data collection
- Assist program staff when behavioral or social skills issues arise with participants.
- Work in collaboration with the clinical team to ensure sound, person-centered, and creative
clinical programming based on team recommendations.
- Participate in clinical and staff meetings, ISP meetings, intake meetings, and other relevant
meetings as assigned.
- Serves as member of the Professional Interdisciplinary Team.
- Monitors and safeguards the health, well-being, and safety of individuals in the program
on-site and in the community. Reports issues to the appropriate persons and handles
emergencies according to agency policies and procedures.
- Ensures the coordination between residential and day services programs for continuity of care
to dually supported participants.
- Serves as a mandated reporter as required by the Disabled Persons Protection Commission.
- Processes all human rights issues, incident, and accident reports in a timely manner according
to agency policy/procedure. Ensures the human rights of program participants are
safeguarded in all interventions.
- Fosters and maintains positive relationships with families, participants and staff and informs
supervisor of significant and/or unresolved issues.
- Completes other duties as assigned by supervisor as they relate to the duties in this job
description.

Education and Experience
- Master's Degree in Social Work
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Ability to multi-task
- Skilled and efficient scientific writer
- Empathetic and compassionate approach
- 2 year?s related experience working with the I/DD, Forensic population
- Previous experience working with dually diagnosed clients highly desirable