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SOCIAL WORKER 6-A

Salary

$4,784.00 - $8,608.00 Monthly

Location

Alexandria, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

OPH/SG/210955

Department

LDH-Office of Public Health

Opening Date

07/22/2025

Closing Date

8/5/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.

Learn more about Louisiana Department of Health (https://ldh.la.gov/)

Are you passionate about public health and ready to be part of a team that protects and promotes the well-being of others? We’re looking for a dedicated and compassionate individual to join our Office of Public Health team as a The Social Worker 6-A. The SW-6A provides regional training and multi-disciplinary collaboration with other employees as needed. The SW 6-A provides advanced-level social work services for the Children’s Special Healthcare Services-Clinical Services Program which includes behavioral health assessments, assisting patients/families to cope with psychosocial stressors or chronic illness in a clinical setting through individual, family, supportive and or educational counseling.

If you're compassionate, detail-oriented, and eager to grow in a public service career, we encourage you to apply today!

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice as a Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW) or a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) plus:

A master's degree in social work followed by five years of social services experience.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

+ Provides advanced-level social work services for Children’s Special Healthcare Services-Clinical Services such as: behavioral health assessments completed in the EHR, diagnoses, individual and/or family therapy, if needed. Compiling correspondence containing medical information and releasing it to other agencies and/or community organizations when approved by the patients.

+ Provide and oversee the direction/performance of Public Health social work services in Region 6 in collaboration with the regional Administrator/Medical Director, and other regional staff as needed.

+ Interpret LDH/OPH policies and procedures for staff and clients as needed. Participate in interviews, orientation, training of new employees regarding the role of the social worker in LDH/OPH and regarding the impact of relationships, and behavioral, emotional, social, and cultural factors on the course of illness and recovery process, in conjunction with the Regional Administrator/Medical Director, upon request.

+ Provides social work consultation/input on multi-disciplinary teams within and outside of the agency and serves as the LDH/OPH representative for social services on various boards, committees, coalitions, etc. locally, regionally and statewide if assigned. Provides support services to other programs within OPH. Participate in meetings with the Families Helping Families Agency, health fairs and distribution of health promotion materials. Keeps the Regional Administrator/Medical Director abreast of ongoing functions, activities, planning, and opportunities for collaboration.

+ Participates in emergency/disaster planning and training throughout the year and providing assigned and appropriate services in times of disaster particularly in the MSNS. Availability for assignment to the Medical Special Needs Shelter/Behavioral Health Section to provide social work services during a disaster is mandatory.

+ Performance of other duties as assigned by Regional Administrator or other individuals in a Supervisory or an Authoritative position over Regional Social Worker.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probationary appointment

Cost Center: 3262109006

Position Number(s): 50354032

LDH supports Louisiana’s commitment to being a State as a Model Employer (SAME) by promoting the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

Staff Name: Stephanie Gilmore

[email protected]

LA Department of Health (LDH)

Division of Human Resources

PO Box 4818

Baton Rouge, LA 70821

225-342-6477

This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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Do you possess a current Louisiana license to practice as a Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW) or a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)?

+ Yes

+ No

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Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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