Counselor-Grief Senior

Baptist • Collierville, TN

10d

About The Position

Provides a wide array of social work/counseling services to patients and families of all ages, including performing psychosocial assessments, and providing supportive counseling to enhance coping with grief and loss, and developing and coordinating discharge plans to ensure continuity of care. Instrumental in developing and implementing services, education, and special projects. May be asked to resolve issues occurring on all shifts, 7 days a week.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in a medical/clinical setting.
• 8 years of experience in clinical social work/counseling.
• MSW or Master's in Counseling
• LPC or LCSW
• Advanced communication, conflict management, organizational and planning skills.
• Basic computer literacy skills.
• MSW
• LCSW; LPC

Nice To Haves

• Marriage & Family Therapy Certification
• Play Therapy Certification
• Thanatology Certification

Responsibilities

• Utilizes social work skills by conducting psychosocial assessments of patients and families of all ages to determine support needs.
• Provides supportive counseling to individuals, families and groups to address identified concerns and to enhance understanding of, coping with, and adjustment to illness/hospitalization.
• Maintains current knowledge of and accessibility to community resources, placement facilities, and financial agencies to meet patient and family needs.
• Complies with policies that support patient's fundamental right to considerate care, protect their personal dignity and respect their cultural, psychosocial and spiritual values in an effort to meet patient's care needs and preferences.
• Takes a lead in program development and implementation of services to individuals, groups, and camps.
• Provides education and guidance on therapeutic interventions to team members.
• Manages special projects and events as assigned by Executive Director.
• Completes all assigned goals.

What This Job Offers

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