Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW (Hybrid)

MASC Medical•Riverside, CA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

This full-time, hybrid position is for a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in the Inland Empire, California (San Bernardino). The LCSW provides behavioral health assessment, counseling, crisis intervention, and care coordination for patients with behavioral, social, and medical complexity. Services are delivered where patients are, including in their homes, in the community, and in healthcare facilities, as part of an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, care managers, and community health workers. The role focuses on improving patient management and satisfaction, promoting cost-effectiveness, and addressing healthcare disparities. The organization specializes in engaging and caring for high-utilizing Medicaid patients and seeks empathetic professionals who approach care from each person's perspective.

Requirements

Master's degree in Social Work from an accredited program.
Current, active, and unrestricted California LCSW license.
Working knowledge of behavioral health assessment, crisis intervention, and care coordination.
Comfort using electronic health records, care-management platforms, and telehealth tools.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Medi-Cal, Medicare, dual-eligible, or other high-risk populations.
Experience in Enhanced Care Management, complex care management, integrated behavioral health, or population health.
Experience providing home- or community-based behavioral health services.
Experience with patients affected by housing instability, substance use, serious mental illness, or frequent hospital use.
Bilingual Spanish.

Responsibilities

Complete behavioral health, psychosocial, functional, and social-needs assessments.
Build and update individualized behavioral health and psychosocial care plans with patients and the care team.
Provide counseling, supportive therapy, motivational interviewing, behavioral activation, and crisis intervention within LCSW scope.
Assess and respond to safety concerns, including suicide risk, abuse, neglect, and domestic violence, and escalate to a higher level of care when needed.
Coordinate with physicians, psychiatric providers, nurses, care managers, health plans, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and community organizations.
Support transitions of care after emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and skilled nursing stays.
Identify social determinants of health that interfere with treatment and connect patients to appropriate resources.
Educate patients, families, and caregivers on behavioral health needs, coping strategies, and community resources.
Participate in interdisciplinary case conferences and care-team meetings.
Complete clinical documentation accurately and on time, in line with HIPAA, mandatory-reporting, payer, and program requirements.