Licensed Social Worker or Counselor - Psychiatry Biobehavioral Medicine

Medical University of South Carolina • Charleston, SC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Psychiatry, Biobehavioral Medicine Clinic is seeking a licensed Social Worker or Licensed Counselor to provide a wide variety of direct social worker services in a specialty psychiatric setting for a complex caseload of patients with comorbid medical and psychiatric illness including psychosocial assessment, active treatment and psychotherapy, discharge planning, case management, and related documentation in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary treatment team.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in a social work or social welfare program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education or from a social work program or social welfare program offered by a regionally accredited institution.
• Master's degree in counseling offered by a regionally accredited institution.
• Licensed by the State of South Carolina to provide diagnostic evaluations and psychotherapy.

Nice To Haves

• Three years professional social work or counseling experience.
• Hospital experience in the area of Psychiatry is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team in the diagnostic evaluation of clients and the identification of treatment objectives.
• Collaborates with medical specialties at MUSC for coordination of care.
• Interviews patient, family and any other providers to assess the patient's level of functioning, strengths and challenges, and emotional status, and generates written reports and ongoing progress notes for care.
• Develops a comprehensive picture of the client's service and treatment needs.
• Provides individual and group therapy to adult and adolescent patients with comorbid medical and psychiatric illness in an outpatient psychology/psychiatry treatment clinic located within an academic medical center.
• Collaborates with medical specialties at MUSC for coordination of care.

What This Job Offers

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