Social Worker, LCSW, Various locations
Social Worker, LCSW, Various locations
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The Social Services Department at UHealth has several LCSW positions at various locations: North Miami Coral Gables and Downtown.
Sign On Bonus: $5000
CORE JOB SUMMARY
The Social Worker LCSW works with clients in order to help them deal with issues involving mental and emotional health. This position provides emotional support mental health evaluations and therapy and case management services.
CORE JOB FUNCTIONS
1. Advocates for and helps clients gain access to resources while confronting their personal issues.
2. Counsels and provides crisis intervention for patients including assessment and treatment of behavioral problems.
3. Coaches patients on how to manage ongoing health conditions.
4. Provides therapy to help patients make positive behavior changes.
5. Assists patients and their families through individual group and education conferences to understand accept and follow treatment recommendations.
6. Refers patients and their families to specialized treatment programs in accordance with their needs and monitors and evaluates their progress.
7. Collaborates with the other departments to integrate care where needed.
8. Maintains current and appropriate documentation in patient chart.
9. Acts as a mandated reporter in suspected child abuse cases.
10. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.
CORE QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
Masters degree in Social Work
Experience:
Minimum 1 year of relevant experience preferred
Certification and Licensing:
Valid State of Florida licensed Clinical Social Worker
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures technologies and protocols and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software technology and relevant computer applications.
Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.
This is a core job profile description and is not reflective of all duties that may be assigned to a specific position in each individual department. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and primary responsibilities of this core job profile. Specific duties and tasks may vary based upon departmental needs. Other duties may be assigned to the above consistent with the knowledge skills and abilities required for the job.
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The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental tuition remission and more.
UHealth-University of Miami Health System South Floridas only university-based health system provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center we are proud to serve South Florida Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching research and patient care. Were the challenge youve been looking for.
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Job Status:
Full timeEmployee Type:
StaffPay Grade:
H11Employment Type
Full-Time
