Advanced Clinical Social Worker

Calling all Licensed Clinical Social Workers: Are you looking to uplevel your career in a role where you will be accountable for skilled clinical social work treatment and leadership services involving complex case assignments?

The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction (DOC) is seeking to fill a position for a highly motivated and experienced Advanced Clinical Social Worker at the Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown, CT. This is a key position within our healthcare services division

We invite you to read along to learn more and apply today!

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

• Full-time, 40 hours per week
• Second Shift: 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. with rotating weekends and holidays 
• Located at the Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown, CT

BENEFITS AND BALANCE AT THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

State of Connecticut employees participate in a competitive benefits plan that includes:

• A Platinum Healthcare Plan, the nation’s best for state employees and dependents, according to a report by Georgetown’s Center on Health Insurance Reform and article by Ellen Andrews, Ph.D., along with comprehensive benefit offerings.
• Sick, vacation, and personal leave.
• Student Loan Forgiveness - the State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service. Click here for more information.
• We encourage a healthy work/life balance to all employees.
• Recognition for Offering Job Growth, Competitive Benefits, and Flexible Schedule.
• Network within a Forbes top company: ‘Forbes’ State of Connecticut Ranked One of the Best Employers of 2023 - State of CT Receives National Recognition for Offering Job Growth, Competitive Benefits, and Flexible Schedule.
• Engage in a rewarding career.
• Make a difference in the public sector.
• Work together in a collaborative team environment.

As a DOC Employee, you may also benefit from:

• A Hazardous Duty pension plan (State Employees Retirement System Tier IV).
• State license reimbursement;
• Eligibility to apply for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program.

YOUR ROLE

As an Advanced Clinical Social Worker with the DOC, you will discover the opportunity to:

• Be a lead member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team providing highly skilled individual, group and family treatment;
• Perform and develop comprehensive psychosocial assessments, crisis response plans and treatment plans;
• Provide crisis management and clinical services to adults with serious mental illness, often with co-occurring substance use disorders.

More details can be found in the class specification.

ABOUT US

The State of Connecticut DOC shall strive to be a global leader in progressive correctional practices and partnered re-entry initiatives to support responsive evidence-based practices aligned to law-abiding and accountable behaviors. Safe and security shall be a priority component of this responsibility as it pertains to staff, victims, citizens and offenders.

The Garner Correctional Institution incarcerates both pretrial and sentenced offenders. Through proven programmatic innovation and intervention, the Garner Correctional Institution provides positive alternatives for inmates to assist in their successful reintegration into the community as productive members of society. Based upon their mental health needs, offenders from throughout the system, both pretrial and sentenced, are assigned here. The facility's staff utilizes a highly progressive mental health treatment approach. Individualized treatment plans, based upon an offender's level of functionality include extensive programming and therapy, in a group and one on one setting. The staff at the facility, both custody and mental health, operate through an integrated team approach which insures a continuity of custody, care, treatment and control.