Social Worker, Inpatient PRN

Newport Healthcare•Brooklyn Park, MN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

As an Inpatient Social Worker, you will be at the heart of our treatment efforts, collaborating daily with Psychiatrists and Therapists as part of the primary treatment team. Your responsibilities will include upholding and applying clinical knowledge and understanding of emotional and behavioral health practices and principles, assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the psychosocial services for patients and sharing social work expertise with members of the treatment team within the average length of stay of 7-10 days. You will develop and revise treatment and complex hospital discharge plans and communicate these with patients, caretakers, the treatment team, and direct care staff. You will provide psychoeducation to patients, caretakers, the treatment team, and direct care staff regarding diagnosis, symptom management, recommendations, discharge plans (including leading discharge meetings), safety plans, patient rights, financial impact issues, and other pertinent patient care matters. You will communicate effectively with external providers, agencies, and government and private payer networks to develop relationships and refer patients to the next appropriate levels of care following hospitalization. You will lead child, adolescent, and young adult therapy/process groups on the inpatient units. Within the training process, you will complete Think: Kids: Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) training and recognize that Kids Do Well If They Can. You will participate in using the CPS Assessment and Planning tool to help kids develop skills for their challenging behaviors. You will be oriented to ethically provide and advocate for patient-centered, culturally appropriate, age-appropriate care.

Requirements

Requires a Master’s Degree in Social Work
Requires licensure in the State of Minnesota, LGSW required, LICSW preferred
Ability to communicate in written and verbal form effectively and efficiently
Ability to coordinate care with relevant staff
Ability to shift between dissimilar tasks smoothly and rapidly
Ability to make effective decisions while in stressful situations and circumstances

Nice To Haves

Two years' experience in a mental health care setting preferred
Experience working with children, adolescents and their families strongly preferred
Experience using electronic health records preferred
Knowledge of Microsoft Office products including Word, Outlook, and Teams

Responsibilities

Uphold and apply clinical knowledge and understanding of emotional and behavioral health practices and principles
Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the psychosocial services for patients and share social work expertise with members of the treatment team within the average length of stay of 7-10 days
Develop and revise treatment and complex hospital discharge plans and communicate these with patients, caretakers, the treatment team, and direct care staff
Provide psychoeducation to patients, caretakers, the treatment team, and direct care staff regarding diagnosis, symptom management, recommendations, discharge plans (including leading discharge meetings), safety plans, patient rights, financial impact issues, and other pertinent patient care matters
Communicate effectively with external providers, agencies, and government and private payer networks to develop relationships and refer patients to the next appropriate levels of care following hospitalization
Lead child, adolescent, and young adult therapy/process groups on the inpatient units
Complete Think: Kids: Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) training and recognize that Kids Do Well If They Can
Participate in using the CPS Assessment and Planning tool to help kids develop skills for their challenging behaviors
Ethically provide and advocate for patient-centered, culturally appropriate, age-appropriate care