Social Worker - Per Diem

Alvarado Parkway Institute•La Mesa, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Alvarado Parkway Institute (API) is a free-standing psychiatric hospital in La Mesa, California with three Intensive Outpatient/Partial Hospitalization Programs. API provides comprehensive adult inpatient behavioral health and addictive disorders services in a 66-bed hospital setting. API is San Diego County's leading provider of comprehensive mental health and substance abuse care, offering a variety of Outpatient Services, Partial Hospitalization services, and Intensive Outpatient services designed to assist patients in functioning at the highest level. These programs emphasize symptom management, community integration, and prevention of hospitalization or re-hospitalization. API is currently seeking a qualified individual to join their team as a Per Diem Social Worker. Social Workers provide quality case management and psychotherapeutic services to adult psychiatric patients (age range approximately 18 and up) and their families, spouse, significant other. They serve as a member of the interdisciplinary team supporting the organization's treatment program and philosophy and assure the deliverance of quality treatment to adult psychiatric patients and their families. This position is hiring for the weekend shift (Friday, Saturday & Sunday).

Requirements

Written and oral communications skills
Skills in case management, time management, and crisis intervention common to acute psychotic as well as to non-violent crises intervention practice.
Knowledge of acute adult psychological disorders; advanced principals of abnormal psychology as specifically applied to adults.
Familiarly with follow-up resource services available to adults.
Skills in conducting marital and family group therapy.
Skills in maintaining information as highly confidential.
Must demonstrate the ability to treat other age populations as needed or have the capacity to develop skills through the organization's cross-training, orientation program.
Ability to clearly summarize pertinent clinical information via written correspondence and medical records documentation.
Master’s degree in social work or equivalent master’s degree in a recognized mental health field.
Background/Reference Check & Licensure/Certification
Completion of a satisfactory background and reference checks.
Employee signed employment non-compete/confidentiality agreement
Individuals whose position may require licensure, registration or certification must maintain such as current and valid.
Covid-19 and Flu Vaccinations; Medical
Provide a copy of COVID-19 Vaccination OR have an Exemption Request (Deferred Pregnancy, Medical, or Religious) approved by the API HR Director; and those who have an approved Exemption must undergo weekly COVID-19 testing and observe all other infection control requirements, including face coverings.
Annual Flu vaccination is required as a condition of hire and ongoing employment.
Pass drug and alcohol test performed by Concentra.
Clear TB skin test or Chest X-Ray at Concentra.
Complete a satisfactory physical examination at Concentra designed solely to determine your ability to perform the duties of the position being offered.

Nice To Haves

Experience in inpatient setting preferred.

Responsibilities

Conducts psychosocial assessments to document history and identify preliminary issues for treatment focus by interviewing the patient and their family members.
Provides family and collateral meetings to include process-oriented therapies as well as crisis intervention, psycho-education, discharge and aftercare planning and advocacy interventions for patients and family members.
Develops and coordinates an individualized discharge plan for the patient by utilizing treatment team and chart information to determine the patient's aftercare needs.
Identifies and assesses family or community resources, such as group homes or mental health practitioners, to meet patients' aftercare needs.
Attends regular treatment team meetings to provide social work perspective to total case management of the patient by reading and discussing written progress notes from charts and communicating any state or local agency legal requirement for case management with the interdisciplinary team.
Reports to community/state agencies any patient issues required and represents facility in any legal proceedings.
Other duties as assigned.