Social Worker MGH SUD Bridge Clinic - Part-time

Mass General Brigham • Boston, MA

25d • $70,990 - $103,230 • Onsite

About The Position

The Social Worker is an integral part of the Bridge Clinic, a low-barrier, transitional outpatient clinic for addiction care at MGH. This position is a critical member of a collaborative care team that includes a resource specialist, recovery coach, physicians, nurse practitioners, psychologists, nurses, and patient service coordinators. This position will both provide direct clinical care and associated team-based care coordination. The primary clinical responsibilities will be to provide psychosocial assessment, treatment planning, brief evidence-based treatment, including motivational intervention, CBT, and psychoeducation, for Bridge Clinic patients, particularly those with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. This role will have responsibility for rapid assessment, crisis management and team coordination for patients with acute presentations, as well as responsibility to assist with care planning and coordination for patients with severe dual diagnosis conditions. In addition, this role will collaborate with all team members to develop and support transition plans for these patients within all levels of the addiction treatment care and mental health continuum.

Requirements

• The position requires a high degree of flexibility, independence, and willingness to participate in multiple activities that provide support to both patients and caregivers.
• The position requires strong communication skills and the ability to converse comfortably with patients and their caregivers, as well as with clinical and administrative staff, and to communicate with care team effectively via documentation in medical records.
• Clinical experience in medical setting 0-1 year required (for Social Worker I)
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker [LCSW - State License] required (for Social Worker I)
• Clinical Experience in a medical setting 2-3 years required (for Social Worker II)
• Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker [LICSW - State License] required (for Social Worker II)
• At least 2-3 years of work experience in the mental health care field, especially with patients in acute settings, e.g. emergency mental health care, inpatient psychiatric treatment units, or short-term mental health observation units preferred. Focused training in these areas may be substituted.
• At least 2-3 years of work experience in caring for patients with substance use disorders strongly preferred. Significant training experience in substance use disorders may be substituted.
• Excellent skills in rapid assessment, de-escalation and crisis intervention.
• Excellent interpersonal, collaborative, customer service and advocacy skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills; ability to prioritize and multitask in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent judgment and ability to work independently in a unique position
• Flexibility and resourcefulness as well as strong assessment and problem-solving skills
• Strong computer skills
• Familiarity with addiction treatment, dual diagnosis treatment, systems of care, and community resources
• Ability to advocate/negotiate systems for/with patients

Nice To Haves

• Focused training in acute mental health settings may be substituted for work experience.
• Significant training experience in substance use disorders may be substituted for work experience.
• May provide clinical supervision based on department need (MSW students and/or social work staff).
• Seeks opportunities in the department and hospital or may be asked by SW leadership to participate in initiatives, projects, quality reviews, and committees and participates in these at an entity and Enterprise level.
• Creates content for skill-based groups.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients who are referred to Bridge Clinic from inpatient, ED, and community settings with complex mental health and addiction needs to aid with evaluation, treatment planning, and linkage to most appropriate care placement.
• Assist in providing brief assessments for urgent or unscheduled walk-in patients to ascertain specific mental health care needs, in collaboration with nurses or providers, and assist with developing effective care plans as needed.
• Provide trauma-informed, short-term, outpatient individual and/or group counseling, utilizing psychoeducation, motivational interviewing, harm reduction, and cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to assist patients with change readiness, recovery stabilization and wellness goals.
• Provide clinical support to complex patients on transition planning as they may need clinically informed transfer of care utilizing motivational interviewing and trauma-based perspectives.
• Provide crisis intervention and de-escalation as needed for patients who present for care with acute mental health needs utilizing trauma informed approaches.
• Function effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary, integrated medical and psychiatric health care team. Provide consultation to staff across role groups to help support understanding and effective intervention with patients.
• Work collaboratively with patients and Bridge Clinic staff to assist with patients’ transition to long term community-based addiction treatment as appropriate. Ensure integration of care and effective utilization of resources through review of documentation, discussion with providers, and collaboration with patients.
• Support patients’ transfer to all levels of care and interactions with other systems (DCF, probation, incarceration etc.) through the provision of clinical information and documentation to other facilities and systems.
• Demonstrates a mastery of a range of specialized clinical diagnoses and interventions.
• Conducts clinically competent complex and high-risk assessments, treatment plans and interventions.
• Demonstrates mastery in problem solving abilities, conflict resolution, efficiency, and communication skills.
• Formulates advanced psychosocial assessments and treatment plans.
• Supports other staff in developing assessments and plans in complex cases.
• Demonstrates advanced clinical judgment and innovation in advocating for clients.
• Demonstrates advanced working knowledge of internal and external resources and refers appropriately.
• Demonstrate ability to identify problems in order of urgency and initiate treatment plans towards timely solutions and appropriate time management skills.
• Demonstrates the ability to articulate SW clinical perspective in team meetings, effectively collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to comprehensively problem solve and optimize a plan of care.
• Escalates to Social Work leadership all operational issues and high risk and complex cases.
• May provide clinical supervision based on department need (MSW students and/or social work staff).
• Seeks opportunities in the department and hospital or may be asked by SW leadership to participate in initiatives, projects, quality reviews, and committees and participates in these at an entity and Enterprise level.
• Creates content for skill-based groups.
• Promotes timely and concise collaboration among all disciplines and outside stakeholders to enhance patient care (including but not limited to, Ethics Committee, SDoH Committee, Office of General Counsel, Case Management department, etc.).

Benefits

• SIGN ON BONUS AVAILABLE for eligible Non-MGB employees: $3,000 for LCSW and $10,000 for LICSW
• comprehensive benefits
• career advancement opportunities
• differentials
• premiums
• bonuses as applicable
• recognition programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level