Clinical Social Worker (D)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts•Worcester, MA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital is seeking a qualified Senior Clinical Social Worker (D) to cover the Director of Clinical Social Work as needed, participate in hospital wide committees, provide administrative oversight to units / staff, clinical support / coverage for each unit, and clinical supervision for the Clinical Social Work C and A/B staff. Provides direct clinical care to patients, which includes completing timely initial assessments, participating in treatment team planning, providing individual / family therapy, co-leading hospital wide and milieu groups, and developing / coordinating discharge plans with forensic evaluators, court liaisons / clinicians, probation officers, and community services with includes case managers, outpatient psychiatric treatment agencies / providers, substance abuse programs, and primary care agencies / providers. This is a full-time, 40-hour position. The hours are 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, with Saturday and Sunday as the days off.

Requirements

Supervise Social Work Staff and students, and knowledge of supervisory methods and techniques.
Develop policies and procedures.
Implement, develop and evaluate treatment programs.
Thorough knowledge of clinical social work methods, including psycho-social diagnosis and individual, group and family treatment.
Provide clinical leadership to interdisciplinary treatment team.
Evaluate professional clinical performance of social workers.
Teach social work methods and techniques.
At least three years of full-time, or equivalent part-time, professional experience as a clinical social worker after earning a Master's degree in social work.
Based on assignment to second-level supervisory positions, at least one year of experience must have been in a supervisory capacity.
A Doctorate in social work, psychology, sociology, counseling, counseling education, or human services may be substituted for the required nonsupervisory experience on the basis of two years of education for one year of experience.
A Master's or higher degree in social work is required.
Licensure as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Social Work is required.
Candidates must be able to read, write and otherwise communicate in English.

Nice To Haves

Refinement of supervisory, management, and programming skills
Knowledge of community service network in Region II area.
Bilingual or multilingual fluency is preferred.
ASL preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides highly skilled clinical services to patients and families including psychosocial assessments, diagnosis and current psychosocial histories.
Conducts clinical interviews with patients, their families and significant others.
Initiates a clinical leadership role in the interdisciplinary treatment team for the purpose of developing, implementing and revising patient treatment plans.
Implements treatment by providing a flexible array of highly skilled interventions including individual, family and group therapy as designated in the current treatment plan.
Assumes a leadership role in planning, developing, and coordinating the patient’s discharge plans in collaboration with the treatment team and case manager.
Documents initial psychosocial history and/or update, progress notes and aftercare treatment plan in the patient’s record according to the Dept. of Clinical Social Work and DMH standards and time frames.
Assesses patient’s eligibility for entitlements and assists patients in making applications.
Initiates leadership in identifying, developing and implementing the therapeutic milieu of the ward.
Provides clinical supervision to clinical social workers and graduate students as assigned by the Chief of Clinical Social Work.
Provides highly skilled clinical social work consultation and training to other disciplines and community agencies as assigned by Chief of Clinical Social Work.
Participates in supervision, ward and discipline meetings.
Assists in department and hospital committees as assigned by the supervisor/ Director of Social Work.