Job Description
Job Description
To provide quality case management, psychoeducation and therapeutic support to patients on our youth / adolescent and adult inpatient psychiatric units. To serve actively and constructively as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team, working closely with the Nursing department and attending psychiatrists to support patients and their families to find success and stability amid their crises. To ensure the safety and well-being of each patient while meeting their biopsychosocial and aftercare needs.
- Pay Range : $30 / hr. to $46 / hr.
Work Schedule : Monday to Friday from 8 : 30 a.m. to 5 : 00 p.m.
Responsibilities :
Develop and coordinate individualized discharge plans for each patient; utilizing treatment teams, patient interactions and attending psychiatrist directives to determine and address the patient’s aftercare needsAdminister biopsychosocial assessments to document patient’s history and identify preliminary issues for treatment focus by interviewing the patients and their family members, when applicableWork with high acuity patients with chronic mental health, substance use disorder and other comorbid diagnosesLead process and psychoeducational groups for patients using various evidence based therapeutic modalitiesConduct family therapy and discharge planning sessions to prepare patients for their safe return to the community after psychiatric stabilizationAttend regular treatment team meetings to provide the social work perspective to the interdisciplinary team and create ongoing, individualized treatment plans for each patientReport to community / state agencies any patient issues as required by law to appropriate authorities (e.g. CPS, APS, Tarasoff reporting)Represent the facility in Counselor of Mental Health hearings for patient’s placed on 14-day intensive treatment 5250 legal holdsFamiliarity with legal holds (5150, 5250, 5270), temporary and permanent conservatorships, wards of the state and dependentsRequirements
Master’s Degree in Social Work or other Board of Behavioral Sciences accredited disciplineBLS (Basic Life Support ) Certification for Healthcare Providers following the American Heart Association guidelinesKnowledge of acute youth, adolescent and adult mental health diagnosesPreferred Education and Experience
Current licensure or working towards licensureExperience in an an acute psychiatric healthcare settingBenefits
401K Retirement PlanHealth InsuranceVision InsuranceDental InsurancePet InsuranceHealthcare Spending Account & Dependent Care Spending AccountLife Insurance (Supplemental Life, Term, and Universal plans are also available.)PTO PlanHoliday Premium PayPTO Cash Out optionSick PayShort and Long-Term Disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)Tuition ReimbursementEmployee Assistance ProgramID Theft ProtectionEmployee Appreciation EventsEmployee Discount Opportunities