Lcsw III

Sutter Health•Sacramento, CA

About The Position

Provides biopsychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, short-term counseling, resource linkage, and transition-of-care planning for patients of all ages and their families or significant others in any patient care setting. Provides psychoeducation and may facilitate support groups. Practices independently and consults on psychosocial aspects of care as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team. Serves as a liaison to community programs and collaborates with the multidisciplinary team on discharge planning. Supports patients adjusting to illness and facilitates goals-of-care conversations with patients and families. May educate staff and other hospital departments and participate on committees.

Requirements

Master's degree in Social Work.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) certification and licensure.
Two years of recent relevant experience.
Clinical skills in biopsychosocial assessment and interventions, including crisis intervention, patient/family behavioral issues, grief and supportive counseling, adjustment to illness, end-of-life support, behavioral change therapy, motivational interviewing, short-term family counseling, and group facilitation.
Collaboration skills and ability to work effectively on a team; patient and family advocacy skills.
Knowledge of transitions of care, community resources, post-acute levels of care, and discharge-planning resource needs.
Knowledge of abuse and crimes-against-persons reporting requirements and regulations affecting clinical social work practice, including Tarasoff and patient confidentiality.
Behavioral health knowledge and skills to assess mental health functioning, high-risk behaviors, depression, anxiety, and other psychiatric conditions affecting hospitalization or transitions of care.
Knowledge of suicidal behavior and ability to assess lethality and develop and implement an appropriate plan of care.
Knowledge of substance use and ability to assess addiction severity and motivation for change and develop and implement an appropriate plan of care.
Understanding of cultural and spiritual values in social work practice.
Knowledge and skills to provide psychosocial care appropriate to newborns, children, adolescents, adults, and elders.
Knowledge of palliative care, goals-of-care discussions, and psychosocial needs at end of life.
Knowledge of bioethics and legal issues affecting patient care.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Interpersonal and organizational skills to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and competing demands.
Computer proficiency for accurate data entry and extraction, email, calendar appointments, task lists, and use of various software programs.
Knowledge of local county, state, and federal resources for at-risk populations.

Responsibilities

Provide biopsychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, and short-term counseling.
Link patients and families to resources and plan transitions of care.
Provide psychoeducation and may facilitate support groups.
Consult on psychosocial aspects of care as part of the interdisciplinary treatment team.
Serve as a liaison to community programs.
Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team on discharge planning.
Support patients adjusting to illness and facilitate goals-of-care conversations with patients and families.
May provide education to staff and other hospital departments and participate on committees.
Practice independently.