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a. Amend Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-15 Health Department Budget 4000, HEA012-8410 to add 1.0 FTE Psychiatric Social Worker IIs, 1.0 FTE Social Worker III;
b. Amend FY 2014-2015 Health Department Budget 4000, HEA012-8410 to reallocate 3.0 FTE
Alcohol & Drug Counselor IIs to 3.0 FTE Psychiatric Social Worker II; and
c. Authorize the County Administrative Office to incorporate positions changes in the FY 2014-15 Budget.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Amend Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-15 Health Department Budget 4000, HEA012-8410 to add 1.0 FTE Psychiatric Social Worker IIs, 1.0 FTE Social Worker III;
b. Amend FY 2014-2015 Health Department Budget 4000, HEA012-8410 to reallocate 3.0 FTE Alcohol & Drug Counselor IIs to 3.0 FTE Psychiatric Social Worker II; and
c. Authorize the County Administrative Office to incorporate positions changes in the FY 2014-15 Budget.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Behavioral Health requests 2.0 FTE additional staff and 3.0 FTE reallocated staff to provide clinical assessments, case management, referrals to treatment, interventions, and other behavioral services.
A Psychiatric Social Worker II and a Social Worker III will be added to the CalWORKs team to provide assessment, treatment, and case management services to individuals receiving CalWORKs support and need behavioral health or substance abuse services to remove barriers to employment that will lead to financial independence.
The 3.0 FTE reallocated to Psychiatric Social Workers will create a Mobile Crisis Team to enhance the Crisis Team services that are stationed at Natividad Medical Center. These positions will be responsible for psychiatric evaluation and assessing clients in psychiatric crisis in the community and at other hospitals. These positions will work closely with the psychiatrist and hospital staff to determine the most appropriate level of care for each client.
These added positions will enable the Bureau ...
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