TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES: (Illustrative Only) Participates in a multi-disciplinary psychiatric team setting; Provides individual, group, and family therapies; Screens, evaluates, and diagnoses patients presenting mental health issues; Maintains case records as required; Evaluates and refers patients to other community resources as required; Prepares treatment plans based on each individual’s needs; Participates in the discharge planning process; Maintains and utilizes information regarding community resources pertinent to patients’ care; Participates in the process of transfer of patients to other levels of care as appropriate; Participates in after-hours emergency on-call services; Participates in emergency services rotation during business hours; Participates in utilization review process; Responds to telephone call crises and unscheduled walk-in client crises; Performs patient psychiatric assessments off site, including the hospital emergency department; May be required to obtain reasonable access to transportation to meet fieldwork requirements made in the ordinary course of business in a timely and efficient manner. FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS, ABILITIES, PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Thorough knowledge of the practices and procedures of social work and of the social factors affecting disease and disability; Working knowledge of community service agencies and programs; Ability to conduct psychosocial intakes and assessments; Ability to interpret federal, state, and local laws affecting the medical and health programs; Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing; Ability to organize work effectively; Ability to analyze and organize data and prepare records and reports; Ability to participate in after-hours emergency on-call services; Ability to respond to telephone call crises and unscheduled walk-in client crises.