The Office of Mental Health is looking for a Full Time Caseworker 2. This position provides administrative base service unit services to adults 18 years of age and older who are severely mentally ill. Please join our team and help us make a difference in the lives of others.

This position is for an Administrative Base Service Unit Caseworker 2. This position will oversee the complete process for Mental Health hearings held under the Mental Health Procedures Act and will encompass other base service unit caseworker duties.

Services provided include coordinating Mental Health Commitment Hearings, attending the MH hearings, and processing the paperwork post hearing. Other services within this unit include screening, intake, liability updates, assessment, overseeing housing programs, referrals, coordination of treatment services, maintaining database, coordinating outpatient commitment hearings and monitoring commitments, follow-up services, intervention, crisis management, and information and referral.

Job responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Act as the Mental Health Hearing county liaison to the community which may include written or verbal contact with lawyers, judges, hospital social workers, doctors, the county jail, etc.
• Keep an updated protocol book and collect and manage data related to court work. Communicate current updated information to the supervisor and other court work staff. Work with other court work staff to coordinate back up coverage. This involves acting as a mentor to and training new staff.
• Determine current insurance status for of individuals. Assist individuals by determining insurance and financial entitlements and making referrals as appropriate. May include assisting individuals with insurance, financial, SSI, SSDI, medical assistance forms, etc., as needed.
• Monitor provider agencies involved in county funded mental health services including: vocational program, supportive housing programs, psychiatric rehab programs, etc.

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
  • Work hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays will be 7:15 AM to 3:15 PM.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Six months of experience as a County Caseworker 1; or
• Successful completion of the County Social Casework Intern program; or
• A bachelor's degree with a social welfare major; or
• A bachelor's degree which includes or is supplemented by 12 college credits in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, criminal justice, or other related social sciences and one year of professional social casework experience in a public or private social service agency; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which includes 12 college credits in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, criminal justice, or other related social sciences.
• Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within two months of graduating with a qualifying degree/credits.

• PA residency requirement is currently waived for this title.
• Hiring preference for this vacancy will be given to candidates who live within Berks, Carbon, Monroe, Northampton, Schuylkill and Lehigh counties. If no eligible candidates who live within these counties apply for this position, candidates who reside in other counties may be considered.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• You must pass a background investigation.
• This position falls under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law.
  • Under the Law, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance.

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. *7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.employment.pa.gov/Additional%20Info/Pages/default.aspx and click the Veterans' Preference tab or contact us at ra-cs-vetpreference@pa.gov.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.