Social Worker, Per Diem
About The Position
Join us as a Social Worker! Per Diem Opportunities Available!! As a Social Worker, do you aspire to be a part of a cohesive and compassionate team that makes a meaningful impact on the lives of patients? Are you looking for an opportunity to grow your career and work for a young and vibrant organization that is expanding? If you are, then look no more! MiraVista is the perfect place for you. As a premier mental health facility in Holyoke Massachusetts, we are seeking motivated, reliable, and committed caregivers who will be responsible for providing direct care and support to our patients. If this sounds like the right place for you then keep reading and learn more about why MiraVista is the perfect place to work! As a Social Worker: You will be an active participant in the health care team who provides direct and indirect care to patients, families, and legal guardians. You will provide clinical social work services in partnership with physicians, nurse practitioners, and direct care staff. You will administer biopsychosocial assessments, multidisciplinary treatment planning, case management, individual and family therapy, and systems interventions directed towards comprehensive discharge strategies and aftercare planning. You will assist with insurance utilization review and provide liaison services to patients and their family/guardians, the hospital, and outside community agencies and programs as needed for care coordination.
Requirements
- LCSW or license eligibility for LMHC required
- Clinical Master's Degree, required
- Child & Adolescent Needs & Strengths (CANS) Certification, required within 30 days of hire
- Sufficient typing and computer skills to facilitate use of Electronic Health Record required
- Possess advanced level knowledge and experience in the application of clinical behavioral health treatment and family system modalities for patients with psychiatric illnesses.
- Possess an understanding of appropriate community support and systems available to patients after discharge.
- Demonstrate competency and possess the knowledge base, skill, and ability to work in an acute inpatient setting.
Nice To Haves
- LICSW or LMHC with prior experience working within an inpatient behavioral health or acute care settings preferred.
- Prior experience working within an inpatient behavioral health setting, short-term treatment and/or acute care preferred.
- experience with Electronic Health Record, including Medsphere/Vista preferred.
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
Responsibilities
- active participant in the health care team who provides direct and indirect care to patients, families, and legal guardians
- provide clinical social work services in partnership with physicians, nurse practitioners, and direct care staff
- administer biopsychosocial assessments, multidisciplinary treatment planning, case management, individual and family therapy, and systems interventions directed towards comprehensive discharge strategies and aftercare planning
- assist with insurance utilization review
- provide liaison services to patients and their family/guardians, the hospital, and outside community agencies and programs as needed for care coordination
