Clinical Social Worker/Behavioral Health

St. Louis County (MO) • Clayton, MO

101d • $55,536 - $66,643

About The Position

The Clinical Social Worker serves as a member of the primary care team and plays an integral role in the Health Centers' integrated health care delivery model. The Clinical Social Worker conducts screenings, provides treatment interventions, and patient education. The role of the Clinical Social Worker is to provide support to resident at the St. Louis County Justice Center in Clayton.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Masters Degree in Social Work or Counseling.
• A minimum of one year of related counseling experience or any equivalent combination of experience and post graduate training.
• Must possess a valid driver's license.
• Licensure by the State of Missouri as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Professional Counselor (LPC) must be obtained prior to completion of a six month probationary period.
• Prefer experience working with adult and pediatric patients.

Responsibilities

• Assists the primary care provider in recognizing, treating and managing mental health and psychosocial issues and acts as a contributing member of the primary care team.
• Provides quality clinical consultation to providers and staff utilizing a 15-30 minute Behavior Health Consultant model to treat a variety of mental health and physical health related disorders.
• Conducts patient intakes, focusing on diagnostic and functional evaluations and utilizing appropriate evidence based assessment tools.
• Conducts comprehensive psychosocial assessment of patient's social, emotional, environmental, financial, and support needs.
• Assesses patient's mental health functioning to determine urgency, risk, suicidality and need for clinical intervention.
• Responds to crisis situations to determine level of intervention required.
• Provides brief counseling and support to help patients cope with the challenges in their lives such as illness, unemployment, personal relationships, parenting, substance abuse, housing, lack of finances and resources.
• Acts as liaison between patient and provider to help interpret, educate and communicate recommendations to improve patient's compliance and health outcomes.
• Provides information and referrals to link patients with needed community resource.
• Provides options counseling and prenatal counseling.
• Provides tubal counseling and consent.
• Provides HIV pre and post-test counseling.
• Consults and collaborates with community providers, agencies and resources regarding patient needs and DPH services.
• Coaches and empowers patient on how to advocate for themselves and develop strategies for getting their needs met.
• Advocates for patient's needs both internally and externally.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Affordable health insurance
• Dental and vision coverage
• 4 weeks of Paid Time Off the first year
• 11 paid holidays
• Deferred benefit retirement plan
• Paid life insurance
• Short and long term disability

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Education Level: Master's degree