Director of Social Services
About The Position
Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital (LBHH) is a 126-bed, inpatient psychiatric hospital and start-up joint venture between Lancaster General Health/Penn Medicine and Universal Health Services. In addition to a general adult unit and dedicated adolescent unit, the facility offers services for treating those with co-occurring disorders on the psychiatric-medical unit, an intensive adult unit to care for those with severe conditions, as well as a women’s trauma unit. How will you make a difference at LBHH? The Director of Social Services at Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital is responsible to direct and manage an effective organization-wide clinical service delivery system.
Requirements
- Master’s or doctoral degree in Social Work.
- Five years clinical supervisory and inpatient experience.
Responsibilities
- Identify and oversee the development of the programs and clinical services necessary to meet key mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of the community.
- Monitor, evaluate and modify the clinical programs, utilizing the input and skills of the hospital’s clinical management team.
- Serve as member of LBHH’s management team.
- Supervises staff to ensure effective utilization of clinical employees across services, including scheduling employees, identifying and addressing training needs and implementing a system of on-going employee performance monitoring.
- Perform personnel management duties including screening and selection of counseling staff, providing department orientation and training, completing performance evaluations and giving feedback to Human Resources office.
- Serve as department fiscal manager and adhering to FTE standards.
- Develop and implement clinical policies and procedures, ensuring program quality improvements.
- Ensure that patient and program, departments, or clinical services documents and records are maintained as necessary.
- Analyze Assessment and Referral information with the department head and identify and implement measures to improve the delivery of clinical services.
Benefits
- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
- Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
- Robust tuition reimbursement
- 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
- Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
- An opportunity to make a difference every single day.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
