Social Work II - Clinical Services Department at Fort Logan

• Individual dignity and respect
• Person-centered, evidence-based care
• Trauma-informed recovery
• Multidisciplinary collaboration
• Diversity and inclusion
• Strong family and community partnerships

You are required to work at your assigned work location during your scheduled work times. 

• Responsible for conducting detailed, ongoing clinical assessments and serving in a lead role within the acute inpatient psychiatric setting to coordinate, develop, and revise the patient’s Interdisciplinary Plan of Care (IPOC). This role bridges frontline clinical insights with collaborative, evidence-based treatment execution.
• Biopsychosocial & Re-Assessments: Completes comprehensive Biopsychosocial assessments for newly admitted patients within strict timeframes (including intake interviews, collateral information gathering, and clinical formulations). Conducts targeted, brief clinical re-assessments as indicated to monitor shifting psychiatric presentation. 
• Interdisciplinary Treatment Planning: Coordinates with treatment team disciplines (Psychiatry, Psychology, Nursing, Therapeutic Activities, etc.) to develop and monitor patient treatment plans. Leads multidisciplinary treatment planning meetings, translating clinical findings into specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-based (SMART) goals while actively integrating input from the patient and their support system. 
• Cultural Competence ensures treatment plans reflect the patient’s unique values, age, ethnicity, culture, religion, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Serves as an advocate for cultural competency and individualized care within the multidisciplinary team. 

• Delivers direct, specialized therapeutic services aimed at acute symptom reduction and psychiatric stabilization, while simultaneously acting as the primary therapeutic bridge between the hospital, the patient, and their external support network to foster long-term recovery. 
• Individual & Group Therapy: Provides targeted individual therapy tailored to acute psychiatric needs and routinely assesses clinical progress. Formulates evidence-based curricula and leads group sessions addressing the shared clinical needs of the milieu, rapidly responding to emergent behavioral crises with trauma-informed de-escalation interventions.
• Competency Restoration Education: Delivers specialized Forensic Competency Restoration Education for individuals on the forensic track, directly addressing deficits in legal system understanding and developing rational decision-making as related to their legal case.
• Outreach & Psychoeducation: Contacts families, designated support networks, and community stakeholders to gather vital historical clinical data. Provides targeted psychoeducation and routine progress updates to support systems to alleviate anxiety, combat stigma, and involve them in treatment and discharge planning.
• Visitation & Family Therapy: Structures, coordinates, and monitors safe on-campus support system visitations and communications. Delivers structured family therapy sessions when clinically indicated to repair systemic dynamics and prepare the network for the patient's return to the community.

• Manages a comprehensive discharge planning workflow, overcoming systemic barriers to facilitate a safe transition for patients back into the community.
• Resource Identification & Acquisition: Secures foundational resources required for long-term community stability. This includes ensuring eligibility for financial/medical benefits (Medicaid, Medicare, SSI/SSDI), identifying supported decision-makers as needed (legal guardianship, payeeship), and procuring vital legal identification documents.
• Community Partner Liaison: Links patients directly to outpatient providers and community mental health centers. Identifies, vets, and submits referrals to appropriate community disposition facilities in strict accordance with the assessment for the least restrictive environment.
• Forensic Court Coordination: For patients on forensic tracks, this position serves as a liaison to the court system and associated teams (Court Services, Forensic Support Team, Bridges of Colorado). This involves the submission of legally mandated reports documenting the patient’s treatment progress, coordination with forensic evaluators, and direct communication with members of the court.
  

• Operational Adaptability: Addresses emergent hospital-wide needs that directly impact patient care and safety, responds to crisis situations to ensure the immediate safety of patients and staff, and provides coverage assignments as operationally directed by leadership.
• Milieu Support: Steps in during emergency codes or high-stress periods to provide active, supportive presence and crisis containment within the therapeutic milieu.

Current, valid Colorado license or registered candidate as a: 

• Licensed Social Worker (LSW) OR

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) OR

• Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate (LPCC) OR

• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) OR

Current, valid full license from Colorado in any of the above fields also meets the requirements for this classification.

• Licensed Social Worker (LSW), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate (LPCC), or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

• Treatment of adults with severe and persistent mental illness

• Experience with inpatient psychiatric environments

• Experience working with forensic- or court-involved individuals

• Experience with psychiatric settings

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor, or Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate

• Previous State experience

Conditions of Employment:

• May be exposed to bodily fluids or caustic chemicals

• Travel: May travel to attend training, court hearings, transport patients to appointments, and other related activities.

• 2-step TB (Tuberculosis) screening is required, annual influenza, and other vaccinations as required by the State of Colorado

• Full Background  CDHS employees (all Direct contact with vulnerable persons):
  CBI name check and fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference Checks, Professional License verification (licensure requirements), Drug Screen, PREA (Division of Youth Services), Trails check (direct contact with children), CAPS (direct contact with adults – Mental Health Institutes, Regional Centers, Veterans Community Living Centers)

• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must:

  • Disclose that information on the application.

  • Explain why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify you from the current position.

  • Provide your employee number from your prior State employment.  Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination, and failure to provide this information will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.

Employment history is calculated on a full-time basis (40/hrs per week). Part-time employment is calculated on a prorated basis to determine qualifications. Be sure your application specifically addresses your qualifications, experience, work products, and accomplishments as they relate to the position and minimum requirements. 

• Preferred Qualifications & Competencies:

  • Relevant years of state service experience.

After minimum qualification screening, the comparative analysis process will involve reviewing and rating of all the information you submit. The comparative analysis step may also include your results from standardized testing. 

Document your work experience/job duties to the extent to which you possess the skills, education, experience, minimum qualifications, and preferred qualifications. 

If listed, answer all supplemental questions as your answers to these questions will be evaluated during this phase. Provide at least 4-8 sentences for each supplemental question.     

Answer the supplemental questions completely and thoughtfully. We will rate your answers  based on the content of your response and your writing skills (spelling, grammar, and clarity of your writing).

You may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director if your application is eliminated.  You will find the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it on the State Personnel Board website.

• You or your representative must sign and submit the official appeal form for review.  

• You can find the official appeal form here. 

• You must be deliver the official appeal form to the State Personnel Board:

  • By email ([email protected]), or

  • Postmarked in US Mail to(1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203, or 

  • Hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or

  • Faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s action.

Contact the State Personnel Board for assistance:

• At (303) 866-3300, or

•  Refer to the  Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, within the Rules webpage.

• How to apply to the State of Colorado(Youtube Video, Runtime 3:59, Closed Captions Available)

• The Assessment Process

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, join the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. Each of us is committed to contributing to a safe and accessible CDHS. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan plus 401(k) and 457 plans

• Medical and dental health plans

• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account

• Paid life insurance

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave

• State of Colorado Employee BenefitHub Resource Center

• Employee Wellness program

• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more

• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions

• *Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

• We believe in a people-first approach: We prioritize the needs, well-being, and dignity of the individuals, families and communities we serve. We commit to respect, fairness and access in every decision, policy and interaction. We engage client voices and experiences in the development and implementation of the services we provide.

• Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.

• We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.

• Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.

• We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.

• Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.

CDHS is committed to a Colorado for ALL qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment. 

This includes completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or performing essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to [email protected].

The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer

We are committed to increasing a “Colorado for ALL" of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of all backgrounds and abilities.  The State of Colorado believes that a “Colorado for ALL” drives our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

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