Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Coordinates the treatment and discharge planning needs for psychiatrically acute patients.
- Participates in the development and implementation of an appropriate assessment based interdisciplinary treatment plan.
- Completes comprehensive psychosocial assessment, participates in interdisciplinary rounds.
- Communicates with interdisciplinary team regarding the discharge planning status of all patients assigned to them.
- Supervises and/or trains social work graduate students and interns.
- Intervenes with families exhibiting complex behaviors and dynamics. Communicates with and advocates for patient and family members. Intervenes in cases involving abuse and neglect.
- Coordinates legal resources to ensure protective services and guardianship as necessary. Provides consultation to medical floors, ER and outpatient areas as needed for patients with complex psychosocial needs.
- Utilizes core social work competencies.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education:
- Master's Degree in social work, counseling or related field.
Certifications:
- Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Social Worker (LSW); no record of substantiated ethics or patient abuse reports.
Complexity of Work:
- Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work unsupervised or with minimal supervision.
- Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
Work Experience:
- Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work unsupervised or with minimal supervision.
- Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
Physical Requirements:
- A high degree of manual dexterity to produce materials on PC; normal or corrected vision, extensive sitting and frequent walking, occasional lifting or carrying up to 25 pounds.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.
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