STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: ADMINISTRATOR, PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL
SERVICES
Class Code: 0062-30
Date Established: 11-02-92
Occupational Code: 7-7-5
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To administer the operation and
management of comprehensive, hospital-wide psychiatric social service
activities.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Administers, directs
and manages psychiatric social service activities to ensure services are
provided to patients and their families.
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Develops standards of
professional practice for all clinical social workers involving developing and
updating a policy and procedures manual.
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Recruits professional
and para-professional staff involving developing and maintaining liaison
relationships with various universities.
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Directs a quality
assurance program to assure accountability per specific professional role
functions and quality of social work services.
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Evaluates and
appraises the work performance of all professional social workers with regard
to specialized clinical competencies.
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Allocates various
human and financial resources to meet the needs of the treatment programs for
the department.
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Provides clinical
social work services and direct therapeutic care as required.
·
Communicates and
contracts with various community and agency representatives in management and
administrative levels to provide for continuity of patient care
services/follow-up, and outpatient services.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in analyzing and
interpreting data, policy and procedures OR in using equipment in order to
arrive at logical conclusions or recommendations.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific
expertise to resolve problems of a specialized or professional nature in a wide
range of applications.
Impact: Requires responsibility for achieving
major aspects of long-range agency objectives by planning short- and long-term
organization goals, reviewing recommendations for procedural changes, and
developing or revising program policies.
Errors at this level result in incorrect decisions at an administrative
level, and are detected subsequent to implementation in an overall evaluation
process.
Supervision: Requires delegating supervisory or
program responsibilities to subordinate managers, with overall accountability
for hiring employees and approving program policies. The supervisor in this position assumes responsibility for
an organizational unit, including developing long-range plans, analyzing
staffing requirements, and formulating systemwide policies and procedures.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job
elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires acting as the official
representative of the agency, including explaining and defending current and
long-range goals or objectives which directly affect public policy decisions
regarding major state programs and services.
Complexity: Requires evaluating a combination of
wide-ranging job functions to determine work procedures, to solve problems, and
to reach conclusions by applying analytical, technical, or scientific thinking. This level also requires planning
policies and long-term strategies, drawing conclusions based on available
criteria, and evaluating the effectiveness of program objectives.
Independent Action: Requires administrative decision-making
in authorizing and monitoring the implementation of major departmental policies
and procedures.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Master's degree in psychiatric social
work from a college or university accredited by the Council on Social Work
Education.
Experience: Seven years' experience in psychiatric
social work which shall have included two years in supervising social workers
and/or social work students in the second year of graduate school and two years
with administrative responsibility in a team-oriented all purpose psychiatric
clinic. Supervisory and
administrative responsibilities may have been concurrent.
License/Certification: Possession of A.C.S.W. certification.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Thorough knowledge of the principles of
psychiatric casework in the care and treatment of emotionally disturbed,
mentally ill and developmentally disabled persons of all ages. Considerable knowledge of the basic
principles and facts underlying psychiatric diagnosis and treatment. Ability to teach and supervise
psychiatric social workers and social work students. Ability to organize, develop and implement new and changing
programs. Ability to create and
maintain harmonious relationships with professional and clerical staff. Ability to speak before public groups,
give consultations to professional groups and to represent the hospital on
committees. Must be willing to
maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as
determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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