Social Worker MSW

MyMichigan Health • Midland, MI

94d

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Social Worker MSW plays a pivotal role in carrying out the mission of the organization providing high quality care including treatment planning, discharge planning, and utilization review to patients hospitalized on the mental health unit. This role is responsible for assessing psycho-social needs, educating, counseling, along with planning, coordinating, and implementing care across the continuum while contributing to patient outcomes and length of stay. Behavioral Health MSW works closely with other professionals (i.e., nursing, counselling staff, occupational therapy, psychiatry, psychology) Communicates teamwork, caring, and compassion with all internal and external healthcare team members.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) required.
• Licensure as a Master's Social Worker in the State of Michigan (or actively working towards).
• Mandatory Recipient Rights training within 30 days of hire and annually is required.
• Mandatory nonviolent crisis intervention and physical management training (CPI) within 90 days of hire and annually thereafter.
• Training and experience, and/or demonstrated competency in casework principles, including diagnosis, assessment, crisis intervention, treatment and transition planning.
• Techniques in motivational interviewing and short-term, solution-focused therapy.
• Awareness of community resources, public assistance and entitlement programs.
• Knowledge of social work practices and processes related to the care of the behavioral health patients.
• Interpersonal skills needed to communicate successfully with individuals and groups.
• Must adhere to the National Associate of Social Workers’ Code of Ethics.
• Must follow MyMichigan Health and The Michigan Mental Health Code policies and mandatory educational competency requirements.
• Demonstrate competency in Microsoft® Windows.

Nice To Haves

• Membership in at least one professional organization (i.e. NASW, SSWLHC-MI Chapter, national SSWLHC, etc.) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Complete and document a standard social work psycho-social assessment by eliminating barriers to treatment, increasing patient/family satisfaction, improving appropriate utilization of resources, creating safety plans to address ethical and legal concerns, discharge and transitional care needs, trauma, financial problems, treatment compliance issues, substance use and other psychosocial barriers to maximizing health status.
• Provide social work intervention as it relates to hospitalization including crisis management, mental health and suicide resources, health care decision-making, illness, ethical/legal concerns, discharge planning, and transitional care needs abuse, domestic violence, capacity, financial problems, compliance issues, as well as other psychosocial barriers to maximizing health status.
• Actively participate in care coordination efforts to successfully identify high-risk factors and respond appropriately so that key information along with the ability to co-lead daily care coordination meetings with care team.
• Work with the healthcare team, patient, family and/or significant others to continually transition the patient to the appropriate level/place of care and avoidable days are captured, documented, advocate, mediate, and negotiate, with an emphasis on self-determination for the patient system.
• Formulate a cohesive plan for maintaining the patient’s health status, improving social supports, and moving the patient safely into less restrictive, less costly levels of care according to available resources.
• Meet the comprehensive needs of the patient in their environment to avoid readmission.
• Integrate relevant theories of family dynamics, crisis intervention, strengths based, solution focused and meaning of illness into every work with patients.
• Participate in care coordination efforts to identify high-risk factors and respond appropriately so that key information is captured and documented.
• Participate in daily team meetings.
• Collaborate care with outside agencies, set follow-up appointments, work with CMH for additional resource assistance with placement and discharge plan.
• Build professional relationships with patient, families and the treatment team to address conflict resolution with positive outcomes.
• Communicate teamwork, caring and compassion.
• Provide excellent customer service in accordance with the mission, vision and values of the health system.
• Assume responsibility for continuing professional development and maintains licensure.
• Provide for the age specific needs of the population served according to evidence based standards and organizational policies/procedures for the adult and older adult populations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Exposure to stressful situations, including those involving public contact, as well as trauma, grief and death.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks, get along with others, work independently, regular and predictable attendance and ability to stay awake.
• Overall dexterity is required including handling, reaching, grasping, fingering and feeling.
• Physical Demand Level: Light.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees