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PRINCIPAL PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKER

Code: 02846 Local Competitive

To land Principal Psychiatric Social Worker in New Jersey you go through the competitive route: you sit an announced exam and the score puts you on the eligible list agencies hire from.

To be eligible you bring a master's degree and 3 years of relevant experience.

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Principal Psychiatric Social Worker is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.

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Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Definition

Under supervision, performs and/or supervises the highly responsible work involved in providing needed psychiatric and social services for clients; does other related duties as required.

Examples of work

  • Performs and/or supervises the highly responsible work involved in organizing tasks concerned with social problems of clients.
  • Gives assignments and instructions to psychiatric social workers and other assigned employees.
  • Participates in professional and related meetings and conferences.
  • Confers with psychiatrists and other professional personnel relevant to client's total treatment.
  • Performs and/or supervises the more responsible work involved in interviewing clients, their families, and other concerned persons, and in obtaining significant social and other data needed for diagnosis and treatment.
  • Performs the more responsible work involved in providing social work services to clients who need help in making satisfactory adjustments, and interviews their relatives and other interested persons so that clients may achieve suitable adjustments.
  • Formulates psychosocial diagnoses.
  • Participates with others to analyze and evaluate social data bearing on emotional problems.
  • Participates in group programs.
  • Prepares reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
  • Supervises the maintenance of records and files.
  • Aids in developing in-service training and research projects under supervision of a chief psychiatric social worker.
  • Is responsible for cases involving severe emotional and social pathology with a minimum amount of supervision.
  • Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Education

Possession of a Master's degree in Social Work from an accredited college or university's School of Social Work.

Experience

Three (3) years of experience in psychiatric social work.

License

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

  • Knowledge of and familiarity with approved psychiatric social work practices and techniques.
  • Ability to plan and carry out individual programs of psychiatric social work for clients.
  • Ability to give assignments and instruction to assigned employees.
  • Ability to maintain harmonious working relationships with professional and sub-professional personnel.
  • Ability to prepare written and oral reports.
  • Ability to supervise the maintenance of reports and files.
  • Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
  • Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
  • Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.

For positions at Raritan Bay Mental Health Center in Middlesex County, appointees must possess a valid Licensed Social Worker (LSW) license issued by the NJ State Board of Social Work Examiners. The Appointing Authority is responsible for verification.

For positions at Raritan Bay Mental Health Center in Middlesex County, appointees who possess the advanced credential as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, (LCSW) issued by the N.J. State Board of Social Work Examiners, are considered to have met the license requirement specified above