Per Diem Social Worker (LICSW/LCSW)
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MEADOWS OF WICKENBURG INC
MA
Summary
The social worker is responsible for completing psychosocial assessments, developing initial treatment plans, and providing individual and family interventions for assigned patients. They must also coordinate care with the interdisciplinary team and facilitate discharge planning to ensure appropriate service levels.
Job Description
Job Details: Job Location: Bournewood Hospital - Brookline, MA, Position Type: Part Time, Education Level: Masters Degree, Salary Range: $35.00 - $45.00Hourly, Job Shift: Per Diem, Job Category: Health Care, Job Summary:
Completes assessments of new admission for assigned clients, inclusive of individual and family treatment interventions, case management, disposition planning and care consultation. Is responsible for psychosocial assessments for each patient, along with the initial treatment plan.
Essential Functions:
Meets with patients as indicated to complete the written psychosocial evaluations within 48 hours of case assignment.
Assumes role of social worker for those patients assigned. May be assigned to a unit or may be required to float to units as needed.
Facilities groups for patients/families as assigned on unit and documents patient family participation on group notes.
Communicates findings and progress of individual sessions, family therapy, and disposition planning to treatment team and documents progress in patients' medical record.
Provides consultation to outpatient providers for patient and involved agencies as needed.
Advocates for and educates family about resources and agency involvement to provide recommended levels of services upon discharge. Documents this activity in progress notes.
Meets with patients, on the day of case assignment, and contacts family within one day due to short stays of case assignment. Individual and family interventions will be consistent with the assessment.
Maintains communications with and coordinates information and interventions with team disciplines, including psychiatry, nursing and rehabilitation services as well as other collateral providers across the continuum and documents this contact and collaboration.
Shifts are weekends and holidays with a minimum requirement of one shift every other month.
Essential Competencies:
Knowledge of major mental illness, i.e. schizophrenia and the impact of family
Knowledge of developmental stages and clinical implications regarding trauma informed and patient centered care.
Knowledge and understanding of biological and sociocultural changes influencing the aged (geriatric population), adults and adolescents
Knowledge of substance use disorders and treatment issues
Knowledge of family systems dynamics
Is competent in delivering patient care that is trauma informed and patient centered. As indicated by:
Provides care that is kind, collaborative and compassionate.
Able to defuse power struggles and doesn't need to win.
Appropriate assessment of clients for a history of trauma
Recognize/assess a range of trauma-related behaviors
Implement trauma-sensitive interventions with people served
Minimum Qualifications:
Masters Degree in Social Work or equivalent. Inpatient field placement experience is preferred. Must be licensed or license eligible. If license eligible, licensure application must be filed with the Board of Registration, and proof of this must produced to the Social Work Supervisor upon completion of the initial appraisal period.
Physical Criteria:
Must be able to walk up and down stairs
Must be able to use a telephone
Must be able to sit for up to 8 hours
Reports to: Manager of Social Services
Qualifications:
For nearly a century and a half, Bournewood Health Systems has been a steady presence in New England’s behavioral-health landscape. Our Brookline-based hospital started in 1884 with a single purpose—offering compassionate psychiatric care at a time when empathy was rare—and that purpose still guides us. Today, we provide a full continuum of evidence-based services that meet people where they are and help them move forward with dignity and hope.
Inpatient Hospitalization
When a crisis requires 24/7 support, our 102-bed inpatient units for adults and adolescents deliver round-the-clock medical and therapeutic care in a safe, structured setting. Multidisciplinary teams—psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, and expressive therapists—create individualized care plans that focus on stabilization, medication management, and skill-building so patients can safely transition to the next level of care.
Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHPs)
Sometimes people need intensive treatment without an overnight stay. Our PHPs offer six hours of care, five days a week, blending group therapy, individual sessions, family meetings, and psychiatric oversight. Patients practice coping strategies during the day and return home each evening, allowing them to apply new skills in real time. We run separate programs for adults and adolescents, ensuring developmental and clinical needs are met.
Kaleidoscope: LGBTQIA+ & Gender-Expansive PHP
Inclusive care isn’t an add-on at Bournewood—it’s built in. Kaleidoscope serves LGBTQIA+ and gender-expansive adolescents who need an affirming space that understands the intersection of identity and mental health. Led by clinicians with deep expertise in gender-affirming practice, the program blends cognitive-behavioral, dialectical, and expressive therapies with peer support, helping young people find community and confidence while navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, and self-harm.
Founded
1990
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Mental Health Care
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Wickenburg, Arizona
For nearly a century and a half, Bournewood Health Systems has been a steady presence in New England’s behavioral-health landscape. Our Brookline-based hospital started in 1884 with a single purpose—offering compassionate psychiatric care at a time when empathy was rare—and that purpose still guides us. Today, we provide a full continuum of evidence-based services that meet people where they are and help them move forward with dignity and hope.
Inpatient Hospitalization
When a crisis requires 24/7 support, our 102-bed inpatient units for adults and adolescents deliver round-the-clock medical and therapeutic care in a safe, structured setting. Multidisciplinary teams—psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, and expressive therapists—create individualized care plans that focus on stabilization, medication management, and skill-building so patients can safely transition to the next level of care.
Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHPs)
Sometimes people need intensive treatment without an overnight stay. Our PHPs offer six hours of care, five days a week, blending group therapy, individual sessions, family meetings, and psychiatric oversight. Patients practice coping strategies during the day and return home each evening, allowing them to apply new skills in real time. We run separate programs for adults and adolescents, ensuring developmental and clinical needs are met.
Kaleidoscope: LGBTQIA+ & Gender-Expansive PHP
Inclusive care isn’t an add-on at Bournewood—it’s built in. Kaleidoscope serves LGBTQIA+ and gender-expansive adolescents who need an affirming space that understands the intersection of identity and mental health. Led by clinicians with deep expertise in gender-affirming practice, the program blends cognitive-behavioral, dialectical, and expressive therapies with peer support, helping young people find community and confidence while navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, and self-harm.
Founded
1990
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Mental Health Care
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Wickenburg, Arizona
