Behavioral Health Social Worker
About The Position
As a Behavioral Health Social Worker at Holy Cross Hospital - West Valley, you will participate in patient assessment, counseling, support, and resource linkage. You will counsel patients and families and organize and lead support groups. Working closely with physicians and other medical staff, you will help patients understand treatment options and facilitate decision-making, while providing casework services in acute care, outpatient, and community settings. The role requires empathy, strong communication, and collaborative problem-solving to support patients and families navigating mental health challenges. You will contribute to comprehensive patient care by assessing psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs; identifying needs and available resources; providing interdisciplinary social casework; advocating for patients; building trusting relationships; and educating patients and families about illness, health maintenance, treatment options, and appropriate levels of care.
Requirements
- Master's degree.
- One year of related clinical experience.
- LCSW, LSW, or LPC license.
- Basic Life Support.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients' psychosocial history, cultural needs, and spiritual needs through observation, interviews, and clinical data.
- Identify patient needs and current 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 alternative ways to meet them.
- Build trusting relationships with patients and families to support adjustment to illness and loss, and decision-making about treatment and care.
- Educate patients and families to increase their knowledge of illness, health maintenance, treatment options, and appropriate levels of care.
- Provide counseling 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, outpatient, and community settings.
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Job Type
Full-time
