The information below will help you determine which classification(s) is(are) appropriate for you. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications as stated on this bulletin to compete in this examination.

Open and Open, Non-Promotional Examination(s):

• CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER (HEALTH/CORRECTIONAL FACILITY) - SAFETY - Open

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 6 months:

Exam Code(s):

3308

For CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER (HEALTH/CORRECTIONAL FACILITY) - SAFETY, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 6 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-03308

Submit an Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) to apply for this examination.

Electronic applications can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov.

If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, indicate on your application that you need reasonable accommodation. You will be contacted by a representative of the testing department to make the necessary arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive notification of testing, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

If you are unable to submit your application or complete the test due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.

Unless otherwise stated in the Minimum Qualifications, qualifying experience may be combined on a proportionate basis if the requirements stated below include more than one pattern and are distinguished as "Either" 1, "or" 2, "or" 3, etc. For example, applicants possessing qualifying experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 1 and additional experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 2 may be accepted to an examination as meeting 100% of the overall experience requirement.

Applicants possessing the required license/certificate at the time of application must show the number, title, and expiration date on their Examination Application (Std. Form 678). 

Special Personal Characteristics: An objective and empathic understanding of individuals with mental, developmental, or physical disabilities; flexibility to alter hours as needed; tolerance; tact; emotional stability; and respect for persons from diverse backgrounds.

Special Physical Characteristics: Persons appointed to this class are reasonably expected to have and maintain sufficient strength, agility, and endurance to perform during physically, mentally, and emotionally stressful situations encountered on the job without compromising their health and well-being or that of their fellow employees, patients, or incarcerated persons.

Assignments may include sole responsibility for the control of patients, clients, or incarcerated persons and the protection of personal and real property.

Drug Testing Requirement: Applicants for positions in this class are required to pass a drug-screening test. Testing of current employees who are applicants in an examination or who are transferring is permitted only if the person does not have a current appointment to a class for which drug testing is a requirement.

State Civil Service Out of Class Experience:  A completion of an “out-of-class (OOC) assignment memorandum”, dated within one year of assignment completion, is required to use OOC experience to meet the minimum qualifications for examination purposes.  Employees may obtain this documentation from their Classification and Pay Analyst or institutional Personnel Liaison.  OOC experience without the required documentation cannot be considered for examination purposes.

This examination consists of the following component(s):

A final score of 70% must be attained to be placed on the eligible list.

In addition to evaluating the applicant's relative knowledge, skill and ability as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education/experience, emphasis in each test component will be on measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each applicant's:

Knowledge of:

1. Principles, procedures, techniques, trends, and literature of social work with particular reference to clinical social work;

2. Psycho/social aspects of mental and developmental and physical disabilities;

3. Community organization principles;

4. Scope and activities of public and private health and welfare agencies;

5. Characteristics of mental, developmental, and physical disabilities;

6. Current trends in mental health, public health and public welfare, and federal and State programs in these fields.

Ability to:

1. Utilize and effectively apply the required technical knowledge;

2. Establish and maintain the confidence and cooperation of persons contacted in the work;

3. Secure accurate psycho/social data and record such data systematically;

4. Prepare clear, accurate, and concise reports;

5. Work family and community agencies in preparation for discharge;

6. Develop and implement programs;

7. Provide professional consultation;

8. Analyze situations accurately and take effective action;

9. Communicate effectively.

A Servicewide Open eligible list for the CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER (HEALTH/CORRECTIONAL FACILITY) - SAFETY Classification will be established for:

• State of California

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 12 months after it is established. Applicants must then retake the examination to reestablish eligibility.

Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. Veterans' Preference is an assistance program for veterans, veteran widows and widowers, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans who seek employment with the state. Veterans' Preference is also extended to currently serving military members nearing their retirement or separation date.

You are not eligible for Veteran's Preference if you are:

• A veteran who has been dishonorably discharged or released.
• A veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran who currently has permanent civil service status. (Permanent civil service status is the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his/her position after completion of the applicable probationary period. This does not include limited term).

Veterans' Preference is codified in Government Code Sections 18973 – 18979.

Veteran status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Directions to apply for Veterans' Preference are on the Veterans' Preference Application (Std. Form 1093), which is available at www.CalCareers.ca.gov, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Career Credits are not granted for examination(s) administered on an Open basis or a Promotional basis.

1. Assist patients in accessing and participating in available treatment, casework, and organization/community resources utilizing program guide components, individual/group interventions, etc.
2. Collaborate with other clinicians and treatment units to coordinate and ensure continuity of care for patients.
3. Collect baseline data on patients’ cognitive, social, physical, and psychological behavior to measure their mental health outcomes.
4. Communicate with other disciplines to gather information about patients to help formulate assessments, determine appropriate treatments, and collaborate on the implementation of their treatments.
5. Completed discharge and aftercare processes for patients in coordination with counselors, clinical representatives, etc., to facilitate appropriate transfer of patients’ to other levels of care.
6. Complete various forms and reports (e.g., initial assessment, progress notes, discharge planning) for each patient contact as part of assessment, evaluation, and treatment planning. 
7. Consult with peers and supervisors to address patients with mental illness and behavior management issues to develop treatment solutions.
8. Formulate diagnoses for patients using the most recent edition of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual and apply the fundamentals of psychopathology to identify therapeutic interventions, develop treatment plans, and to place patients in the appropriate level of care. 
9. Formulate individualized safety and treatment plans with patients to address interventions for patients’ symptoms, triggers, risk factors, and protective factors to enhance patients’ mental health stability. 
10. Modify a patients’ treatment plan according to changes in their progress using scales and assessments, along with updating measurable goals to ensure treatment efficacy. 
11. Monitor patients’ participation and progress in comprehensive treatment plans (e.g., education, pre-release planning services, training, vocational/work assignments, group therapy) to achieve individualized treatment goals. 
12. Perform bio-psychosocial assessments (e.g., intake interview) using interviewing techniques to determine patients’ diagnoses, collaborate with patients on individualized treatment goals, determine appropriate level of care, and/or establish discharge plan. 
13. Present case summaries to supervisors and/or care teams to consult and formulate patients’ individualized treatment plans, determine patients’ appropriate level of care, and establish discharge plan. 
14. Provide crisis intervention (e.g., anger management, stress reduction, relapse prevention services, suicide, self-harm risk assessments, evaluations) on patients with grave disability, psychosis, suicidal/homicidal ideation, and are a danger to themselves or others. 
15. Provide individual counseling and group therapy to patients. 
16. Review medical health records as part of patients’ assessment to determine the most appropriate level of mental health care and treatment goals. 
17. Serve as a clinical case manager to formulate diagnoses, treatment plan goals, and/or discharge plan. 
18. Work with patients to develop strategies and individualized goals for aftercare to maintain and increase function.

• California Correctional Health Care Services
• State of California

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

California Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.

Examination and/or Employment Application (STD 678) forms are available at the California Department of Human Resources, local offices of the Employment Development Department, and through your CalCareer Account (www.CalCareers.ca.gov).

If you meet the requirements stated on this examination bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described in this bulletin will be rated against a predetermined job-related rating, and all applicants who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

California Correctional Health Care Services reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all applicants will be notified.

General Qualifications: Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. In open examinations, investigation may be made of employment records and personal history and fingerprinting may be required.

Eligible Lists: Eligible lists established by competitive examination, regardless of date, must be used in the following order: 1) sub-divisional promotional, 2) departmental promotional, 3) multi-departmental promotional, 4) service-wide promotional, 5) departmental open, 6) open. When there are two lists of the same kind, the older must be used first. Eligible lists will expire in one to four years unless otherwise stated on the bulletin.

High School Equivalence: Equivalence to completion of the 12th grade may be demonstrated in any one of the following ways: 1) passing the General Education Development (GED) Test; 2) completion of 12 semester units of college-level work; 3) certification from the State Department of Education, a local school board, or high school authorities that the competitor is considered to have education equivalent to graduation from high school; or 4) for clerical and accounting classes, substitution of business college work in place of high school on a year-for-year basis.

Accepted applicants must provide proof of identification at each in-person test session. Acceptable identification consists of a photo identification card or two forms of signed identification.