Pediatric Behavioral Health Acute Care Center Social Worker

Cleveland Clinic•North Canton, OH

46d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day. We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One. Job Summary Utilizes specialized clinical knowledge and advanced clinical skills in the areas psychotherapy, clinical counseling, diagnostic interviews, assessments and treatment plans to patients ranging in age from 5 to late adulthood. Provides therapy sessions for individuals, groups, or family-oriented basis. Utilizes a clinical focus across the mental health spectrum from anxiety and depression to bi-polar and schizophrenia. Job Details Join our Pediatric Acute Care Center in which you will be working with an interdisciplinary team and providing outpatient assessments, short-term therapy, safety planning, and care navigation to children and teens at risk for suicide, self-harm, or other mental health crisis. Opportunity to work 1 day remotely per week.

Requirements

Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling or related field.
Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW), or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), or Licensed Social Worker (LSW); no record of substantiated ethics or patient abuse reports.
Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work unsupervised or with minimal supervision.
A minimum of three years' experience in a behavioral health setting is required with comprehensive knowledge of current psychotherapeutic techniques, theories, and practices sufficient to evaluate, diagnose and counsel patients.
The ability to concisely document clinical findings and patient needs in an electronic medical record while navigating a multi-specialized behavioral health environment and the ability to communicate across different electronic platforms and across a broad geographic provide base is essential.
A high degree of manual dexterity to produce materials on PC; normal or corrected vision; extensive sitting and frequent walking; occasional lifting or carrying up to 25 pounds.
Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

Responsibilities

Utilizes specialized clinical knowledge and advanced clinical skills in the areas psychotherapy, clinical counseling, diagnostic interviews, assessments and treatment plans to patients.
Participates in development and implementation of an appropriate assessment based interdisciplinary treatment plan.
Consults with team managers, statutory and voluntary agencies and patient relative to ensure compliance with patient treatment plan.
Completes comprehensive psychosocial assessment, participates in interdisciplinary rounds.
Provides individual, group, family and crisis counseling.
Acts as a liaison with patients, families, community support workers and facilities to obtain information and facilitate discharge planning.
Provides education and resources for patients and family members.
Supervises and/or trains lower level social workers, students or interns.
Processes paperwork, telephone calls and completes clinical documentation.
Participates in continuing professional education, departmental meetings and teaching.
Other duties as assigned.