Behavioral Health Social Worker

Holy Cross Hospital West Valley•Layton, UT

1d•$30 - $45

About The Position

As a Behavioral Health Social Worker, you participate in patient assessment, counseling, support, and resource linkage. You provide counseling to patients and families and organize and lead support groups. Working closely with physicians and other medical staff, you help patients understand treatment options and facilitate decision-making. You provide casework services in acute care areas, outpatient settings, and the community. The role calls for empathy, strong communication, and collaborative problem-solving to support patients and families navigating mental health challenges. You contribute to comprehensive patient care by assessing patient and family needs, providing counseling and support, and connecting them with resources. You assess psychosocial history and cultural and spiritual needs through observation, interviews, and clinical data; identify needs and available resources; provide social casework as part of an interdisciplinary approach; advocate for patients; build trusting relationships; and educate patients and families about illness, health maintenance, treatment options, and appropriate levels of care.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a related field.
One year of related clinical experience.
Current state license as a Clinical Social Worker (CSW), Licensed Social Worker (LSW), or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC).
Current Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ psychosocial history and cultural and spiritual needs through observation, interviews, and clinical data.
Identify patient needs and available resources, including financial resources, patient rights, insurance, and family support.
Provide social casework services as part of an interdisciplinary approach.
Advocate for patients by communicating with patients, families, and staff about ethical dilemmas; identify needs unmet by current resources and explore alternatives.
Build trusting relationships with patients and families to support adjustment to illness and loss, and decision-making about treatment and care.
Provide education to increase patient and family knowledge of illness, health maintenance, treatment options, and appropriate levels of care.
Provide counseling and support to patients and families.
Organize and lead support groups.
Work with physicians and other medical staff to help patients understand treatment options and facilitate decision-making.
Provide casework services in acute care areas, outpatient settings, and the community.
Link patients and families with resources.