Social Worker MGH SUD Bridge Clinic
Social Worker MGH SUD Bridge Clinic
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BWH Bridge Clinic
LICSW
Generous and broad benefits include: multiple medical plans dental matched 403B cash balance/pension tuition reimbursement transit subsidy Paid Time Off and much more!
GENERAL SUMMARY
The Social Worker is an integral part of the Bridge Clinic a transitional outpatient clinic for addiction care at MGH. This position is a critical member of a collaborative care team that includes a resource specialist recovery coach physicians nurse practitioners psychologists nurses and patient service coordinators.
The primary clinical responsibilities will be to provide psychosocial assessment treatment planning and brief treatment for Bridge Clinic patients particularly those with cooccurring mental health and substance use disorders. This role will also have the responsibility to assist with care coordination for patients with severe dual diagnosis conditions.
Specifically this role will provide brief SUD counseling with expertise in assessment motivational intervention CBT and psychoeducation.
In addition this role will develop and support transition plans for these patients within all levels of the addiction treatment care and mental health continuum.
Job Summary
GENERAL SUMMARYThe Social Worker is an integral part of the Bridge Clinic a transitional outpatient clinic for addiction care at MGH. This position is a critical member of a collaborative care team that includes a resource specialist recovery coach physicians nurse practitioners psychologists nurses and patient service coordinators.
The primary clinical responsibilities will be to provide psychosocial assessment treatment planning and brief treatment for Bridge Clinic patients particularly those with cooccurring mental health and substance use disorders. This role will also have the responsibility to assist with care coordination for patients with severe dual diagnosis conditions.
Specifically this role will provide brief SUD counseling with expertise in assessment motivational intervention CBT and psychoeducation.
In addition this role will develop and support transition plans for these patients within all levels of the addiction treatment care and mental health continuum.
Intake Coordination:
Assess patients who are referred to Bridge Clinic from inpatient ED and community settings with complex mental health and addiction needs to aid with evaluation treatment planning and linkage to most appropriate care placement.
Assist in providing brief assessment for urgent or unscheduled walkin patients to ascertain specific mental health care needs in collaboration with nurses or provider and assist with linkage to care as needed.
Clinical Care:
Provide crisis intervention as needed for patients who present for care.
Provide trauma informed shortterm outpatient individual and/or group counseling utilizing psychoeducation motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to assist patients with treatment readiness recovery stabilization and wellness goals.
Provide clinical support to complex patients on transition planning as they may need clinically informed transfer of care with focus on motivational interviewing and traumabased perspective.
Care Coordination:
Work with the Bridge Clinic leadership team to develop best practices for patient referrals to behavioral health services in the clinic.
Cultivate relationships with external behavioral health services to successfully transition patients in need of ongoing care when appropriate.
In collaboration with Resource Specialist act as initial point person to communicate with outside treaters (e.g hospitals CSS) about care coordination for active Bridge patients with dual diagnosis either verbally or electronically as well as those transitioning to community programs.
Ensure that all new patients to Bridge Clinic are introduced to the model of the clinic and begin working on a transition plan when medically appropriate.
Work collaboratively with patients and Bridge Clinic staff to assist with patients transition to long term communitybased addiction treatment as appropriate. Ensure integration of care and effective utilization of resources through review of documentation discussion with providers and collaboration with patients.
Support patients transfer to all levels of care and interactions with other systems (DCF probation incarceration etc. through the provision of clinical information and documentation to other facilities and systems. This may include drafting letter of engagement and preparing information to fax copying portions of the medical record obtaining releases of information and engaging in collateral contact.
Collaborate with team medical and clinical leadership as appropriate to optimize cooccurring mental health and SUD care including connection to further supports as clinically indicated.
Complete follow up outreach to patients or treatment organizations as needed to ensure a successful transition to the treatment organization in the disposition plan.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Masters of Social Work (MSW) from an accredited program required.
Massachusetts Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) required.
Experience in the mental health care field especially with substance use disorders strongly preferred.
Skills
The position requires a high degree of flexibility independence and willingness to participate in multiple activities that provide support to both patients and caregivers.
The position requires strong communication skills and the ability to converse comfortably with patients and their caregivers as well as with clinical and administrative staff and to communicate with care team effectively via documentation in medical records
Excellent interpersonal collaborative customer service and advocacy skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent organizational and time management skills; ability to multitask in a fastpaced environment.
Excellent judgment and ability to work independently in a unique position.
Flexibility and resourcefulness as well as strong assessment and problemsolving skills.
Strong computer skills.
Familiarity with addiction treatment systems of care and community resources.
Ability to advocate/negotiate systems for/with patients.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Demonstrates a mastery of a range of specialized clinical diagnoses and interventions.
Conducts clinically competent complex and highrisk assessments treatment plans and interventions.
Demonstrates mastery in problem solving abilities conflict resolution efficiency and communication skills.
Formulates advanced psychosocial assessments and treatment plans.
Supports other staff in developing assessments and plans in complex cases.
Demonstrates advanced clinical judgment and innovation in advocating for clients.
Demonstrates advanced working knowledge of internal and external resources and refers appropriately.
Demonstrate ability to identify problems in order of urgency and initiate treatment plans towards timely solutions and appropriate time management skills.
Demonstrates the ability to articulate SW clinical perspective in team meetings effectively collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to comprehensively problem solve and optimize a plan of care.
Escalates to Social Work leadership all operational issues and high risk and complex cases.
May provide clinical supervision based on department need (MSW students and/or social work staff).
Seeks opportunities in the department and hospital or may be asked by SW leadership to participate in initiatives projects quality reviews and committees and participates in these at an entity and Enterprise level.
Creates content for skillbased groups.
Promotes timely and concise collaboration among all disciplines and outside stakeholders to enhance patient care (including but not limited to Ethics Committee SDoH Committee Office of General Counsel Case Management department etc..
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
Physical Requirements
- Standing Frequently 3466
- Walking Frequently 3466
- Sitting Occasionally 333
- Lifting Frequently 3466 35lbs (w/assisted device)
- Carrying Frequently 3466 20lbs 35lbs
- Pushing Occasionally 333
- Pulling Occasionally 333
- Climbing Rarely (Less than 2
- Balancing Frequently 3466
- Stooping Occasionally 333
- Kneeling Occasionally 333
- Crouching Occasionally 333
- Crawling Rarely (Less than 2
- Reaching Frequently 3466
- Gross Manipulation (Handling) Frequently 3466
- Fine Manipulation (Fingering) Frequently 3466
- Feeling Constantly 67100
- Foot Use Rarely (Less than 2
- Vision Far Constantly 67100
- Vision Near Constantly 67100
- Talking Constantly 67100
- Hearing Constantly 67100
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Employment Type
Part-Time
