Clinical Social Worker (A/B)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts • Worcester, MA

15d • Onsite

About The Position

The Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital (WRCH), under the direction of the Department of Mental Health (DMH), is seeking an experienced, dynamic, and compassionate candidate to serve as a Clinical Social Worker (A/B). The selected candidate will provide clinical casework assessment, treatment and discharge planning to patients and their families, provides clinical social work consolation to treatment teams, other disciplines, and community agencies. This is a full-time 40-hour position with a schedule of 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The days off are Saturday and Sunday.

Requirements

• A Master's or higher degree in social work.
• Current and valid licensure as a Licensed Certified Social Worker or Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Social Work.
• Based on assignment, travel may be required. Those employees who elect to use a motor vehicle for travel must have a current and valid Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Operator's license or the equivalent from another state.

Nice To Haves

• Refinement of treatment, discharge planning and programmatic skills
• Knowledge of community service network
• Experienced supervisory skills
• Bilingual or multilingual fluency is preferred.
• ASL preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical social work assessments of patients, this involves conducting clinical interviews with patients, families, and significant others to formulate a psychosocial assessment.
• Participates in the interdisciplinary treatment team by developing and implementing patients’ treatment plan.
• Implements treatment by providing individual, family and group therapy as indicated in the treatment plan.
• Plans and coordinates discharge planning, in collaboration of the treatment team, case management and the vendor community.
• Documents assessments, reports, and notes as is required by the Department of Social Work and DMH standards.
• Supervises social work graduate students as assigned by the Coordinator of the Internship program/Director of Social Work.
• Attends and participates in supervisor, ward, and discipline meetings.
• Provides social work consultation and training to hospital staff and community agency staff as assigned by supervisor/ Director of Social Work.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits
• Outstanding suite of employee benefits that add to the overall value of your compensation package.
• Work experience that supports you, your loved ones, and your future.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level