Clinical Social Worker LICSW Outpatient - 40 hours Days
Clinical Social Worker LICSW Outpatient - 40 hours Days
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Are you an internal caregiver student or contingent worker/agency worker at UMass Memorial Health CLICK HERE to apply through your Workday account.
Exemption Status:
ExemptSchedule Details:
Monday through FridayScheduled Hours:
8am5pmShift:
1 Day Shift 8 Hours (United States of America)Hours:
40Cost Center:
Outpatient Two HThis position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.
Everyone Is a Caregiver
At UMass Memorial Health everyone is a caregiver regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care academic excellence and leadingedge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients community and each other. And everyone in their own unique way plays an important part every day.
Performs a variety of duties involving patient assessment psychotherapy and coordination of services. Collaborates as a member of interdisciplinary treatment team for the development and delivery of treatment plan and discharge plans for patients.I. Major Responsibilities:
1. Conducts intake interviews with patients and families to develop psychosocial evaluations.
2. Participates in team planning of treatment during initial interview and coordinates team meeting on a daily basis.
3. Provides psychosocial assessments and treatments individual and group education/therapy to include dual diagnosis cases and all associated social work services.
4. Serves as a primary clinician for individual therapy couples and family therapy.
5. Works with outpatient providers to coordinate treatment planning.
6. Documents all information obtained in evaluation assessment consultation referral and disposition to comply with regulatory requirements as well as ensuring best possible patient outcome.
7. Coordinates discharge planning which includes the assessment of housing benefits and treatment needs. Plays key role in case management.
8. Acts as liaison with community and government agencies and develop referral network as directed.
Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:
1. Complies with established departmental policies procedures and objectives.
2. Attends variety of meetings conferences seminars as required or directed.
3. Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
4. Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
5. Respects diverse views and approaches demonstrates Standards of Respect and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism tolerance civility and acceptance toward all employees patients and visitors.
6. Maintains regular reliable and predictable attendance.
7. Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.
All responsibilities are essential job functions.
II. Position Qualifications:
License/Certification/Education:
Required:
1. Masters degree in Social Work.
2. Current Massachusetts Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) licensure.
Experience/Skills:
Required:
1. One to three years of social work experience
2. Demonstrated ability in psychosocial assessment knowledge of community resources crisis intervention skills ability in discharge planning and ability to work with a multidisciplinary team.
3. Data compilation and analysis skills.
4. Excellent written and communications skills.
5. Basic computer skills.
Unless certification licensure or registration is required an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.
Departmentspecific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.
III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions:
Position requires work indoors most often in an office environment. However work may also include monitoring patients movements and activities resulting in the need for rapid physical response to unsafe patient movements. This includes standing walking running reaching bending lifting and stooping.
ADDENDUM FOR FORMER CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER OUTPATIENT POSITION
Position Summary:
Provides psychosocial assessment and a full range of social services to patients with chronic diseases and their families. Assists in planning development implementation and evaluation of funded programs.
Major Responsibilities:
1. Provides psychosocial assessment crisis intervention and counseling to patients and their families. Documents evaluations and interventions in medical record.
2. Facilitates referral for psychiatric services. Facilitates access to and coordinates delivery of social services including financial assistance health insurance medication reimbursement transportation housing extended care home care hospice and communitybased services.
3. Provides information and referral to specialized intervention programs including substance abuse detoxification and rehabilitation.
4. Organizes and facilitates family meetings interagency conferences and groups/workshops for patients and their families as well as staff psychosocial and multicultural development programs
5. Provides social service consultation information and education to medical psychiatric and social service providers within the medical center and community.
6. May represent clinic as member of communitybased advocacy and funding programs.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.
Were striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health for our patients our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge Listen Communicate Be Responsive Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone every day.
As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin age disability gender identity and expression protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability please contact us at We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.
Employment Type
Full-Time
