Social Worker/LCSW-Therapy Services

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare • Tallahassee, FL

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH) is a private, nonprofit community-based healthcare system that provides care to a 22-county region in North Florida and South Georgia. TMH is the region's healthcare leader and top provider of advanced care with a 772-bed acute care hospital and the region's only Level II Trauma Center, Primary Stroke Center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care, and Pediatric Intensive Care. The system also includes a psychiatric hospital, multiple specialty care centers, six residency programs, and more than 50 affiliated physician practices.

This role provides evidenced-based clinical treatments to patients and their families to ensure patients’ mental health and/or substance use disorders are stabilized. The Social Worker will provide evidenced-based individual, group, and family therapies to adolescent and adult patients with acute and chronic mental health and/or substance use disorders. They will participate in the interdisciplinary treatment team, providing ongoing assessments and evaluations, treatment planning, and discharge plans for all patients/clients on inpatient units. This position also involves participating in court services for patients on involuntary Florida Mental Health Act of 1971 (“Baker Act”) proceedings, preparing court summaries, and liaising with court personnel. The Social Worker will complete suicide risk assessments, educate patients/clients and families on coping strategies, and serve as the lead clinician for an independent patient case load. They will ensure any suspected and/or stated abuse/neglect is reported appropriately and documented in medical records, and work collaboratively with Nursing and other treatment team members to ensure patients’ concerns are being addressed timely. The role includes conducting evidenced-based dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and other treatment services based on individualized treatment plans. The Social Worker will serve as the point of clinical contact for assigned student interns, observing and monitoring their work quality, and mentoring them regarding work quality and progression. They will also accompany the Manager/Social Services to educational and/or community events as a Behavioral Health Center (BHC) clinical representative and, under direction, lead peers on evidenced-based treatments and best-practices implementations.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in a mental health specialty (e.g., Master of Social Work, Master of Mental Health, Master of Mental Health Counseling, or Master of Marriage and Family Therapy) from an accredited university.
• Two (2) years of relevant post-master's degree work experience in a social work or human services field.
• Licensed as a mental health professional (e.g., Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)) in accordance with Florida Statutes (FS), Title XXXII (Regulation of Professions and Occupations), Chapter 491 (Clinical, Counseling, and Psychotherapy Services).

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in social work.
• Three (3) years of relevant post-master's degree work experience in a social work or human services field in a mental health care setting.
• Knowledge of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
• Knowledge of changes to mental health and substance use disorders in terms of diagnostics.
• Awareness of best practices for treating co-occurring disorders.
• LCSW credential

Responsibilities

• Provides evidenced-based clinical treatments to patients and their families to ensure patients’ mental health and/or substance use disorders are stabilized.
• Provides evidenced-based individual, group, and family therapies to adolescent and adult patients with acute and chronic mental health and/or substance use disorders.
• Participates in the interdisciplinary treatment team; provides ongoing assessments and evaluations, treatment planning, and discharge plans for all patients/clients on inpatient units.
• Participates in courts services for patients on involuntary Florida Mental Health Act of 1971 (“Baker Act”) proceedings; prepares court summaries and liaises with court personnel on the facility’s behalf.
• Completes suicide risk assessments (incorporating suicide risk and self-harm treatment planning) and educates patients/clients and families on coping strategies.
• Serves as the lead clinician for an independent patient case load of patients on the inpatient units; ensures any suspected and/or stated abuse/neglect is reported appropriately and documented in medical records.
• Works collaboratively with Nursing and other treatment team members to ensure patients’ concerns are being addressed timely.
• Conducts evidenced-based dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and other treatment services based on individualized treatment plans.
• Serves as lead clinician on assigned unit; communicates with the Manger/Social Services regarding clinical issues that may arise in treatments or dispositions.
• Serves as the point of clinical contact when assigned student interns; observes and monitors interns’ work quality.
• Mentors assigned student interns and communicates with them regarding work quality and progression; identifies scholastic goals with the Manager/Social Services.
• Accompanies the Manager/Social Services (when needed) to educational and/or community events in which he/she serves as a Behavioral Health Center (BHC) clinical representative.
• Under the Manager/Social Services’ direction, leads peers (based on clinical experience) on evidenced-based treatments and best-practices implementations.

Benefits

• All employment is contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen, background check, reference verification, health assessment, and credential/license verification.

What This Job Offers

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