Clinical Social Worker (D)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts • Worcester, MA

11h • 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 units, 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.

Please Note: 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 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.
• 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 supervisory, management, and programming skills
• Knowledge of community service network in Region II area.
• Given the population served, bilingual or multilingual fluency is preferred. ASL preferred. Candidates must be able to read, write and otherwise communicate in English.

Responsibilities

• Provides highly skilled clinical services to patients and families including psychosocial assessments, diagnosis and current psychosocial histories. This involves conducting 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

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits
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What This Job Offers

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