Social Worker – Inpatient Behavioral Health

Cleveland Clinic • Vero Beach, FL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Cleveland Clinic’s Social Work team provides caring, patient and family-focused social work services to meet basic human needs, enabling clients to reach their optimal level of psychosocial functioning and enhance well-being. This position is critical to the delivery of quality psychosocial care and management of patients receiving treatments for complex psychosocial needs. In this role, you will provide psychotherapeutic and care management support to patients who are admitted to the Behavioral Health Center. This is a great stepping-stone position where you will get to work with a variety of disciplines.
A caregiver in this position works PRN (as needed) shifts from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., including weekends and night shifts as needed.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling or related field
• No record of substantiated ethics or patient abuse reports
• High degree of manual dexterity to produce materials on PC

Nice To Haves

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the treatment and discharge planning needs for psychiatrically acute patients.
• Participate in the development and implementation of an appropriate assessment based interdisciplinary treatment plan.
• Complete comprehensive psychosocial assessments and participate in interdisciplinary rounds.
• Communicate with interdisciplinary team regarding the discharge planning status of all patients assigned to them.
• Supervise and/or train social work graduate students and interns.
• Communicate with and advocate for patient and family members.
• Intervene in cases involving abuse and neglect and with families exhibiting complex behaviors and dynamics.
• Coordinate legal resources to ensure protective services and guardianship as necessary.
• Provide consultation to medical floors, ER and outpatient areas, as needed, for patients with complex psychosocial needs.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level