Social Worker, Full Time, Psychiatry - Paradise

Adventist Health • Paradise, NV

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About The Position

Adventist Health Clear Lake is a healthcare provider in Lake County, Northern California, comprising a 25-bed critical access hospital and clinics throughout the area. The Social Worker provides psychosocial assessments, diagnosis, and treatment, along with discharge planning and consultation for patients and families. The role helps patients, families, and the healthcare team cope with hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, treatment, and life situations, including emotional, mental, and substance abuse disorders. The position also functions in a supervisory role as a team leader.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in social work.
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the state of practice.
• Receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable; medical and religious exemptions may apply.

Nice To Haves

• Three years of experience with clinical responsibility, including crisis intervention and individual and group psychotherapy.
• Experience working with behavioral health clients, providing direct assessment, diagnosis formulation, treatment planning, treatment intervention, and education to members and/or family members.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to diagnosis, illness, treatment, or life situation.
• Formulate, develop, and implement comprehensive psychosocial treatment plans using appropriate clinical social work treatments and interventions.
• Provide crisis intervention; brief and long-term individual, marital, family, and/or group therapies; and grief and bereavement work.
• Participate in multidisciplinary healthcare teams and provide leadership by representing the clinical social work perspective and serving as a liaison with patients and families.
• Document assessments, plans, interactions, and interventions according to departmental, hospital, and/or health system guidelines and standards.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
• Function in a supervisory role as a team leader.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level