Social Worker - Mountains Behavioral Health - Casual

The Social Worker maintains a commitment to service excellence with the ability to identify and intervene to meet the needs of adults who are mentally ill. tomer service standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

In this role you will be:

• Utilizing knowledge of social work, the aging process, care and treatment of persons who are mentally ill, case management, community resources.
• Knowledgeable about Chapter 5100 of the Mental Health Procedures Act, as well as CMS and CIHQ regulations in planning and providing therapeutic individual, group, and family interventions.
• Performing pre-admission screenings when necessary.
• Providing case management, initiating discharge planning at the time of admission, and coordinating a continuum of care.
• Functioning as a member of an interdisciplinary and intradepartmental treatment team.
• Completing required Social Work assessment in specific timeframe after admission to the BH unit.
• Exemplifying the IRMC mission, vision, and values, acting in accordance with IRMC policies and procedures to ensure quality care is provided.
• Utilizing excellent interpersonal communication skill to effectively communicate with patients, family, and members of the organization.
• Formulating, coordinating, and facilitating meetings and public presentations in a professional manner.
• Providing therapeutic daily groups to BH patients.
• Initiating discharge planning and coordinating a person’s transition from inpatient to outpatient status while functioning as an effective member of the interdisciplinary team.
• Utilizing basic computer skills and collecting, maintaining, and analyzing performance improvement data.
• Will be required to float to all units, including geropsych, adult, and adolescent.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• EDUCATION: A master’s degree in social work (MSW) (a person with a bachelor’s degree must work under the supervision of the MSW).
• EXPERIENCE: Minimum of 1-year clinical experience
• LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:
  • BLS required or attained within 1 month of hire.
  • Licensure