Case Worker - PROS - Per Diem

Trinity Health•Troy, NY

6d•$23 - $34

About The Position

The Case Worker joins the multidisciplinary Samaritan PROS team within Samaritan Hospital’s Behavioral Health Department. PROS provides person-centered, holistic, recovery-oriented care to help individuals achieve their life goals. The role provides direct care and advocacy for a diverse and vulnerable population, with treatment approaches including trauma-informed care and integrated mental health and substance use treatment. This per diem role facilitates groups and assists with individual caseload coverage when team members are out of the office. It also provides crisis intervention, de-escalation, and risk assessment for participants who need immediate assistance. The Case Worker delivers group, supportive, and goal-directed counseling and services based on each participant’s treatment needs, and assesses safety and health-related needs to support appropriate interventions and referrals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Psychology or Social Work.
Mental health experience preferred.

Nice To Haves

Master’s in Social Work preferred.
Mental health experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide direct care to people diagnosed with Serious Mental Illness (SMI).
Facilitate groups and assist with individual caseload coverage when team members are out of the office.
Provide crisis intervention, de-escalation, and risk assessment to participants requiring immediate assistance.
Provide group, supportive, and goal-directed counseling based on each participant’s treatment needs, including vocational services, dual recovery services, creative and expressive arts services, and clinically appropriate interventions such as CBT, DBT, and ACT.
Deliver group services including basic living skills training, benefits and financial management, community living exploration, crisis intervention, engagement, individual recovery planning, self-help information and education, structured skill development and support, ongoing rehabilitation and support, coping skills training, disability education, dual disorder education, problem-solving skills training, relapse prevention planning, integrated dual disorder treatment, intensive rehabilitation goal acquisition, intensive relapse prevention, and family psychoeducation.
Assess participant safety using suicide risk assessment, CSSRS, and violence risk assessment to evaluate suicide and homicide risk and determine interventions to mitigate harm to the patient and community.
Assess determinants of health and help participants obtain appropriate referrals, including housing, transportation, medical providers, and care management.
Adhere to OMH, Joint Commission, Department of Health, Medicaid, and Medicare regulations.
Perform other duties as assigned.