Social Worker II

Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are recruiting for the following position:

Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization

Position Summary

The role of the Social Worker II is to conduct an initial screening and provide a comprehensive

integrated clinical psychosocial assessment; develop intervention plans based on that assessment;

provide brief treatment toward the care plan; provide transition services for long term

counseling/treatment and Infant Case Management; and consult with the interdisciplinary Maternity

Support Services team on the needs of clients served. The productivity expectation for this position is

20 or more client encounters per week for full-time work.

Duties and Responsibilities

As a mission-driven organization, the core values of, and the services offered at Sea Mar are based on

the belief that everyone deserves to be respectfully treated in a way that preserves dignity and enhances

self-worth. Sea Mar is an advocate for its clients and aims to achieve industry-leading, client-centered,

culturally-aware services.

Sea Mar employees serve as an extension of this mission and demonstrate their commitment to an

excellent client experience by:

• Understanding and empathizing with client needs

• Surpassing client expectations

• Demonstrating a high level of integrity and work ethics

• Exhibiting compassion and commitment

• Advocating for social justice

• Taking pride in individual work as well as that of the team

• Continually learning to stay current with industry standards, best practices and technology

• Utilizing AIDET skills at all times

As a Sea Mar employee, the individual in this position commits to adherence to these values to their

utmost ability and endeavors to strengthen and embody this mission daily.

The Social Worker II:

• Exemplifies excellent customer relations with clients, visitors, and other employees; shows

courtesy, friendliness, and respect.

• Introduces clients to integrated MSS services (either in home or at clinic) and performs

systematic social services screening to determine current status and needs in a variety ofareas.

• Based on identified client needs, makes referrals to appropriate agencies/services or provides

information and assists clients for self-referral.

• Provides advocacy as needed to encourage participation in implementing the care plan or to

resolve problems which are interfering with active participation in the care plan (such as

transportation or language barrier).

• Charts notes of the services provided as required by the state and agency in Sea Mar’s

Electronic Health Records.

• Assists client in accomplishing tasks necessary to access services such as filling out appropriate

forms, obtaining necessary documentation or authorization.

• Maintains regular face-to-face contact with client in order to monitor implementation of the

care plan.

• Maintains professional standards and follows the treatment policies and procedures of the

agency, as well as applicable federal, state and local regulations.

• Completes daily documentation as directed by the MSS Manager and First Step program

guidelines.

• Reports any unusual incidents to their manager or the Preventive Health Services Director. The

Social Worker II is a state mandated reporter, as such; he/she will report to the state any

suspected case of child/elder abuse or neglect as mandated by WAC.

• Complete a thorough, culturally sensitive, psychosocial assessment which includes but is not

limited to: Personal history (cultural background, health status, coping strategies, mental health

status, substance use, abuse and violence); current family functioning; review of support systems

(formal and informal); and basic physical needs. This assessment is shared with the client and

team members to assure that all relevant psychosocial issues are addressed in the care planning.

• Provide brief, culturally relevant, counseling to client/families which would include: crisis

intervention; mental health concerns; pregnancy and birth options; grief; stress; parenting;

coping skills; problem-solving; abuse/neglect; family violence. Educate the client to make

informed decision regarding personal, child and family health/mental health care and treatment.

Brief counseling is defined as counseling to assist the client in developing some skills to cope

with issues presented and developing a plan to address ongoing longer term treatment with

appropriate mental health providers.

• Communicate clearly, oral and written, with clients, community professionals and

interdisciplinary team members. This includes maintaining records that are clear and concise

regarding psychosocial and/or needs assessment, service plans, treatment and follow-up care.

The documentation must reflect legal mandates for reporting abuse/neglect.

• Participate fully in all interdisciplinary team meetings to provide input on client’s assessed

psychosocial needs and on interdisciplinary team plans for client. The goal is to build family

strengths and resiliency.

• Develop working relationships within the service system network in particular services that have

significant impact on pregnant and parenting clients such as: Mental Health and Chemical

Dependency systems; network within service providing community serving this population to

develop strategies to improve services delivery.

• Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the client

served.

• Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.

• Able to identify and categorize each patient’s age-specific grouping of needs, such as those for

infant, adolescent, or geriatric patients.

• Performance of additional duties as assigned.

Personnel and Performance Metrics:

The Social Worker II will:

• Adhere to his/her established schedule and must be prepared to provide services and/or engage

in other work related duties by her/his established start time, each day

• Provide services using AIDET skills at all times, for both, external and internal customers.

Qualifications

The Social Worker II must be able to perform each essential duty as outlined above satisfactorily. The

requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable

accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The Social Worker II demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development

throughout the life span, and is able to identify and categorize each patient’s age specific

grouping of needs, such as those for infants, adolescents, or geriatric patients. Additionally, the

Social Worker II must demonstrate knowledge and skill necessary to provide care appropriate

to the age of the patient served.

• The person in this position must be of good character and able to maintain the understanding,

physical health, emotional stability and personality suited to meet the physical, mental,

emotional, and social needs of the population served.

• The person in this position shall have no history or evidence of alcohol or other drug misuse for

a period of three (3) years prior to the date of employment at the facility, and no misuse of

alcohol or other drugs while employed at this facili