Clinical Social Worker/Unlicensed – Dual Recovery Services – Part Time – Variable Shift

Clinical Social Worker/Unlicensed – Dual Recovery Services – Part Time – Variable Shift

Requirements

• Master’s Degree In Social Work from an accredited graduate program.
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) – American Heart Association -REQUIRED
• California BBS Associate Clinical Social Worker (ASW) – CA Board of Behavioral Sciences -REQUIRED
• Applicants must provide evidence of California BBS Associate Clinical Social Worker (ASW) application upon hire. The ASW is required within 90 days of hire date.

Responsibilities

• To assist patients and families with behavioral health and environmental resources to reach the maximum level of functioning during the current episode of care.
• Conducting behavioral health psychosocial assessments and clinical interventions, inclusive of individual, group, and family therapy.
• In collaboration with the interdisciplinary treatment team, coordinates patient care and provides case management for assigned patient under clinical supervision.
• Collaborates with clinical supervisor and interdisciplinary team to develop competency and acquire technical skills.
• Communicates with appropriate supervisor in a timely manner all patient safety issues (e.g., suspected abuse, possible Tarasoff reporting, suicidality, clinical or ethical concerns).
• Requests and accepts feedback and evidences self as a lifelong learner.
• Attends and actively participates in required treatment team meetings and clinical supervision.
• Communicates with the members of the health care team and court officers, conservator’s office and/or patient advocates as appropriate to expedite patient progress, while upholding patient rights and facility safety.
• Maintains ongoing communication with multi-disciplinary team members regarding patient status and follow-up.
• Consults with team members in development of treatment plans.
• Attends treatment team and staff meetings in-services and case presentations as designated by unit/department/program.
• Arranges and facilitates patient care conferences for difficult/high-risk psychosocial cases to enhance resolution of identified issues.
• Identifies Bioethical dilemmas and initiates appropriate response.
• Testifies at Certification Review and Reise hearings regarding patient’s current mental health status as appropriate.
• Consults, coordinates, and intervenes in crisis situations while assisting staff in de-escalating volatile situations and facilitating Code Green and critical incident debriefings.
• Develops interdisciplinary education to increase staff knowledge.
• Utilizes appropriate community resources on behalf of patients and families.
• Develops an appropriate and timely discharge plan.
• Educates patient and family of options for discharge based on patient’s mental health/legal/insurance status.
• Provides continuity of care referrals to patients and families for ongoing community services/support upon discharge.
• Schedules follow up appointment with psychiatric provider within 7 days of discharge.
• Provides discharge information to next level of care.
• Completes thorough safety planning with patient and family including gun removal as an appropriate measure.
• Assesses, evaluates, and documents the psychosocial needs of the patient and family.
• Performs appropriate patient assessments (psychosocial, SI/HI, safety, DC planning) as related to the clinical services provided.
• Formulates plan of care based on clinical assessment.
• Develops and implements treatment goals which address identified patient needs.
• Completes all documentation elements as appropriate, including, but not limited to, assessments, treatment plan, consultations, recommendations and interventions.
• Documentation is performed in a timely, complete, legible, concise and accurate manner, in accordance with Sharp HealthCare and professional license guidelines, meeting third-party payor and regulatory requirements.
• Provides therapeutic interventions within the scope of care with patient and family that are appropriate to the patient’s diagnosis, developmental milestones, age, culture, and ethnic diversity.
• Demonstrates knowledge and safe use of therapeutic procedures, appropriate clinical boundaries, and treatment modalities.
• Demonstrates effective crisis intervention, problem solving techniques in individual/family therapy, and therapeutic process groups and is a resource to others in these areas.
• Reports all mandatory protective concerns such as Elder Abuse, Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Tarasoff as required by law and Sharp HealthCare policies and procedures.
• Serves as a patient advocate through encouraging patient and family participation in decision making and acts to uphold individual rights.
• Informs, educates, supports, and evaluates patient/family response to therapeutic interventions via collateral calls, conjoint therapy sessions, utilization review process, and/or referrals and revises care plan as necessary.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 Year One year of acute/psychiatric hospital experience, discharge planning/case management experience.