Lead Social Worker (LCSW) (Outpatient) | Full Time Regular | Dayshift | Vallejo

Adventist Health • Vallejo, CA

23h • $58 - $79 • Onsite

About The Position

Provides psychosocial assessments, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as discharge planning to and consultation about patients and families to assist them and the health care team in coping with patient's hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, treatment, and/or life situation, including emotional, mental, and substance abuse disorders. Functions in a supervisory role as a team leader.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in social work: Required
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in state of practice: Required

Nice To Haves

• Five years' post-master's experience in a healthcare or social service agency: Preferred
• Two years' leadership experience: Preferred

Responsibilities

• Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation.
• Formulates, develops, and implements a comprehensive psychosocial treatment plan utilizing appropriate clinical social work treatments and interventions.
• Provides crisis intervention, and supportive counseling to patients and their families as needed.
• Refers to outpatient resources as appropriate.
• Participates in multi-disciplinary health care teams and provide leadership in representing clinical social work perspective/liaison with patient and family.
• Documents assessment plans, interactions, and interventions according to departmental, hospital and/or health system guidelines and standards.
• Provides clinical and administrative supervision for social workers and clinical social workers on the team.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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