Social Worker, Behavioral Care, FT, Days

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary Promotes optimal social and emotional functioning of patients and their families through direct and indirect services to include, but not limited to discharge planning, development of psychosocial assessments, community resource linkages and referrals for discharge planning. Performs individual, group and family counseling. Assists in the development and implementation of multi-disciplinary treatment plans.

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference

• Participates in policy/procedure development for the psychiatric social work program

• Provides direct and indirect clinical social work services to patients and families

• Participates in the planning, implementation and evaluation of the therapeutic treatment program

• Develops measurable treatment goals related to patients’ problems while in program

• Participates as an active member of the multi-disciplinary treatment team

• Participates in Q.A. peer review audits and other performance development activities and improves practice based on outcomes

• Maintains appropriate and timely documentation of clinical services in the medical record

• Exhibits competency in facilitating process and psycho-educational individual, family and group therapy

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibility

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive.

Minimum Requirements

• Education - Master’s degree in Social Work from an accredited school

• Experience - Two (2) years of experience in a psychiatric setting preferred.

In Lieu Of

• Team members employed in this job prior to July 1, 2020, are grandfathered under prior educational and experience requirements. In addition, team members must be certification eligible and will have one year to obtain required certification.

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

• LMSW, within two (2) years of hire date, (LISW preferred)

• Heart saver certification

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• NA

Work Shift Day (United States of America)

Location Baptist

Facility Richland Hospital

Department Clinical Services

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