PD Investigator Interview
not sure if this is the best place for my to post, so please tell me if not.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with recent experience working in the hospital where I worked with unhoused populations, people with severe and persistent mental health and substance use needs. My partner is a public defender and I watch them in trial and at court sometimes. Public defenders and hospital social workers share clients' from the same demographic background ( low income, unhoused, dually diagnosed MH and SUD) and this work interested me.
I have an interview for a PD investigator role and I really want to articulate that there is quite a bit of overlap between what hospital clinical social workers and investigators do. For example, I regularly assess ( interview) patients presenting with mental health symptoms to gather their demographic, housing, medical, legal involvement, current connection to treatment and services, history of sexual abuse, assault, etc. then I collect collateral information from medical charts, medical providers, family members, friends, etc. to verify facts. Sometimes, I have to conduct interviews with people who are disclosing detailed assault, are not forthcoming, resistant. I have had to conduct shelter outreach to unhoused clients to connect them to services, and I have to document everything objectively. Also, I have to advocate relentlessly for clients within healthcare, social service and other systems regardless of if I like them or not.
So my question is, what are hiring committees looking for during an interview? Does anyone here have experience in social work and public defense investigating?
Much appreciated!