Psych Social Worker-Senior Behavioral Health Full Time 40 hours

BRISTOL HOSPITAL GROUP • Bristol, CT

7d • $30 - $51 • Onsite

About The Position

The Psych Social Worker provides assessment and psychosocial care to adult patients on the Adult Behavioral Health Unit. Using intake data, interviews, patient history, and other clinical information, the social worker assesses needs for psychiatric and other mental health services, selects appropriate therapeutic modalities, and develops and implements treatment plans intended to relieve symptoms and support patient and family well-being.

The role works closely with a multidisciplinary team to plan, deliver, reassess, and coordinate care. It includes direct individual and group interventions, crisis response, family engagement, discharge planning, referrals, and coordination with community agencies. The social worker maintains timely documentation, supports program and quality improvement, contributes to staff orientation and education, and remains accountable for professional development and adherence to hospital and regulatory standards.

This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week position based at Bristol Hospital’s main campus in Bristol, Connecticut. The regular schedule is Monday through Friday, with occasional Saturdays based on intake data.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW).
• At least an internship in a psychiatric setting as part of a Master of Social Work program.
• Connecticut state social work licensure: LMSW or LCSW.
• Ability to provide group leadership and psychotherapeutic interventions.
• Attendance of at least 75% at both group supervision and clinical supervision.
• Excellent comprehension and written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to organize, synthesize, and use data.
• Highly developed ability to assess, analyze, and interpret complex patient information and formulate it within a theoretical framework for treatment.
• Ability to make professional and ethical judgments.
• High emotional stability and maturity.
• Ability to use dictating equipment, fax machines, and copiers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other disciplines in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of adult patient care.
• Complete clinical and psychosocial assessments of assigned patients within 24 hours of admission or within unit guidelines.
• Complete a family assessment for each assigned patient within one week of the treatment team’s recommendation.
• Share crisis information with the team immediately and non-crisis information within 24 hours, and collaborate on treatment plans in an ongoing, timely manner.
• Participate in development, reassessment, and revision of patient-specific treatment plans, communicating changes when patient status changes.
• Coordinate other disciplines’ treatment approaches with the current treatment plan.
• Provide direct therapeutic and supportive care to adult patients to relieve symptoms, support independent functioning, and restore family and social functioning.
• Evaluate interventions and communicate their effects to the treatment team.
• Individualize treatment to patient and family needs; provide assigned group interventions and appropriate milieu-based interventions.
• Evaluate patients daily for needed interventions and maintain continuity of care with other disciplines.
• Respond appropriately and effectively to crises and develop therapeutic, supportive relationships with patients and families.
• Use a variety of therapeutic modalities based on patient needs and community contacts.
• Implement discharge planning involving patients, families, and community contacts.
• Coordinate inter-agency transfers, follow-up appointments, transportation, instructions, and resource referrals to meet patient and family needs.
• Maintain records and documentation in accordance with policy and procedure, documenting assessments, interventions, group sessions, and treatment-plan recommendations at the time they occur.
• Follow unit, hospital, and regulatory policies, procedures, and standards; work independently and remain accountable for actions and performance.
• Adjust schedules to workload and evaluate the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of patient care.
• Recommend monitoring or evaluation tools and procedures; assist with orientation and training of new or inexperienced staff.
• Stay informed about departmental and unit changes through meetings and review of policies, procedures, and notices.
• Assist with program management development, propose solutions to problems, help implement changes, and take part in special projects, studies, or work groups.
• Keep supervisors informed about assigned projects, studies, and work groups, and provide in-service education when program changes require additional staff knowledge or skills.
• Support multidisciplinary teamwork, promote cooperation, help resolve conflicts, and communicate with coworkers tactfully and constructively.
• Maintain professional development by evaluating strengths and weaknesses, planning learning needs, attending available workshops and training within budget limits, and staying current in the field.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off (PTO) and paid leave
• 403(b) retirement savings plan with company matching
• Company-paid life insurance
• Employee assistance programs
• Wellness programs
• Additional perks, with eligibility and coverage varying by role and employment status

What This Job Offers

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