Description
Summary
The Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, is seeking three clinically licensed social workers to join the Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.
The Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (TACS) has three immediate openings for a clinically licensed social worker with experience providing clinical care. This is a unique position; the TACS Psychology program recently received a grant from the National Alliance for Trauma Recovery Centers to start Milwaukee’s first Trauma Recovery Center (MKE TRC). This position will be 100% providing evidence-based, culturally responsive care to survivors of violence, including adults, children, and families. This is a multidisciplinary clinic to provide mental health care; the clinical social worker will have a case load, engage in case management, group supervision, and ongoing training in a new and dynamic clinic environment. The social worker will work alongside psychologists, other social workers, and a psychiatrist, along with community stakeholders and organizations.
This social worker will join a dynamic division where there will be possibilities to engage in training, research, and clinical innovation. There is a strong trauma psychology research program within the division, and there will be multiple opportunities for cross-collaboration.
Education, training, and experience required:
Candidates’ education must include an MSW or DSW
Licensure requirements include a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Wisconsin
Preference for candidates with experience in evidence-based care for trauma-related disorders and distress, including prolonged exposure therapy, cognitive processing therapy, etc.
Primary Responsibilities
* Clinical Intervention, Consultation, Psychotherapy, Outreach and Case Management:
* Conducts clinical intakes of new clients using a trauma-informed approach and identifies service needs when appropriate. Assessment includes identifying presenting problems, psychosocial history, mental status exam, and DSM-5 diagnosis.
* Clinical services also include short-term, trauma-informed individual and group psychotherapy as well as comprehensive clinical case management, liaison with other health care providers, and referral and accompaniment to community services when appropriate.
* Caseload consists of complex clients, all of whom have histories of trauma, including acute and substance abuse problems as well.
* Utilizes knowledge of the mental health, medical, and community resources in Milwaukee and maintains familiarity with new programs.
* Develops a comprehensive treatment and service plan for each client, integrating knowledge from a wide range of human service resources. Chronic physical and sexual abuse, and are victims of interpersonal violence such as sexual assault, physical assault, domestic violence, gunshot wounds, political torture, and immigration trauma. Many clients also have concurrent medical problems, psychosocial problems, and may have
* Clinical Supervision, Teaching, Training, and Program Development:
* May provide supervision to clinical interns
* Participates in in-service trainings and case conferences
* Conducts community presentations
* May assist with program development, including identification and implementation of types of appropriate measurement-guided mental health treatment
* Record Keeping and Administration and Other Duties:
* Maintain client records according to Wisconsin requirements
* Records data in the client’s chart
* Meets program productivity standards; completes productivity forms, clinical documentation, and other documentation of services in a timely fashion
* Engages in all required trainings for the TRC
* Assists in processing quality improvement requests
* Assists in data collection for program evaluation and research purposes; Works collaboratively with the TRC Research Team
* Attends staff meetings and other assigned meetings, participates in training sessions
* Performs other related duties as assigned
Requirements
Appropriate experience may be substituted for education on an equivalent basis.
Minimum Required Education: Bachelor’s degree
Minimum Required Experience: 3 years
Preferred Experience: Minimum 3,000 hours post-Bachelor’s supervised experience
Required Certification/Licensure(s): Wisconsin provider status or certification/as an Advanced Practice Social Worker (APSW), and pass the ASWB Clinical Exam
Preferred Certification/Licensure(s): Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Physical Requirements
Work requires occasionally lifting moderate weight materials, standing, or walking continuously.
Work Environment
Occasional exposure to dust, noise, temperature changes, or contact with water or other liquids. Work is performed in an environmentally controlled environment.
Sensory Acuity
Ability to detect and translate speech or other communication required. May occasionally require the ability to distinguish colors and perceive relative distances between objects.
