Social Worker

UHS•Sacramento, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Heritage Oaks Hospital is part of the UHS Family of Providers, a highly regarded mental health system in the greater Sacramento and Northern California area since 1988. Located in northern Sacramento, Heritage Oaks is an accredited 125-bed acute psychiatric hospital offering a comprehensive range of tailored treatment services for adolescents, adults, and seniors, including substance abuse and chemical dependency issues. As a Medicare provider with contracts with most commercial health insurance plans, Heritage Oaks is dedicated to service excellence and ensuring patients receive optimal care for their health and recovery. The Social Worker utilizes therapeutic treatment skills to perform social services functions. This includes conducting comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, developing individualized treatment plans, providing brief consultations for patients and families preparing for discharge, and creating safe discharge plans with referrals for continued treatment and housing when necessary. The social services clinician also delivers therapeutic group-based interventions and crisis interventions to support patients in achieving their optimal level of emotional health.

Requirements

Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Social Work or Marriage and Family Therapy, or related discipline.
Incumbent to be licensed, license-eligible, or registered with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Minimum of one (1) year experience in a psychiatric health care facility.
Direct experience in family and group therapies, crisis intervention, and treatment skills.
Strong clinical assessment skills.
Handle With Care training within 30 days of employment and prior to assisting in a restraining procedure.
Current CPR certification is required.
Must be able to pass a department competency exam upon hire.

Responsibilities

Assess and identify psychosocial, educational, developmental and behavioral functioning of the patient/family system through established case finding mechanisms.
Document assessment update when there are significant changes in patient’s condition or readmission in the last thirty days.
Consult with families on emotional, social and financial aspects of care.
Utilizing therapeutic treatment skills, the Social Worker performs social services functions to include a full biopsychosocial assessment, individualized treatment plan, brief consultation for patients and families preparing for discharge and the development of a safe discharge plan including referrals for continued treatment and housing when appropriate.
The social services clinician also provides therapeutic group based interventions and crisis interventions to assist the patient in achieving his/her optimal level of emotional health.