Social Worker, Inpatient PRN

Newport Healthcare • Brooklyn Park, MN

17h

About The Position

The Inpatient Social Worker works as part of the primary treatment team, collaborating daily with Psychiatrists and Therapists. The role provides psychosocial services to patients during an average length of stay of 7–10 days and supports patient-centered, culturally appropriate, and age-appropriate care. The position includes discharge planning, patient and caregiver education, coordination with external providers, and group therapy for children, adolescents, and young adults. The social worker also completes Think: Kids Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) training and uses the CPS Assessment and Planning tool to help children develop skills for challenging behaviors.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work.
• Minnesota licensure: LGSW required; LICSW preferred.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products, including Word, Outlook, and Teams.
• Effective and efficient written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate care with relevant staff.
• Ability to shift smoothly and rapidly between dissimilar tasks.
• Ability to make effective decisions in stressful situations and circumstances.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of experience in a mental health care setting preferred.
• Experience working with children, adolescents, and their families strongly preferred.
• Experience using electronic health records preferred.
• LICSW licensure preferred.

Responsibilities

• Apply clinical knowledge and understanding of emotional and behavioral health practices and principles.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate psychosocial services for patients, sharing social work expertise with the treatment team within the average 7–10-day length of stay.
• Develop and revise treatment and complex hospital discharge plans, communicating them to patients, caretakers, the treatment team, and direct care staff.
• Provide psychoeducation on diagnoses, symptom management, recommendations, discharge plans, safety plans, patient rights, financial impact issues, and other patient care matters; lead discharge meetings.
• Communicate with external providers, agencies, and government and private payer networks to develop relationships and refer patients to appropriate levels of care after hospitalization.
• Lead child, adolescent, and young adult therapy and process groups on inpatient units.
• Complete Think: Kids Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) training and participate in using the CPS Assessment and Planning tool to help children develop skills for challenging behaviors.
• Provide and advocate for ethical, patient-centered, culturally appropriate, and age-appropriate care.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level