PER DIEM MASTERS LEVEL SOCIAL WORKER (BROOMALL CHILD/ADOL PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION PROGRAM

UHS•Springfield Township, PA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Horsham Clinic is seeking a dynamic, compassionate, and flexible Masters Level Social Worker for its Broomall, PA Child/Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program. This is a PER DIEM role. The Social Worker provides clinical social work services on a designated unit in a manner consistent with the philosophy and objectives of The Horsham Clinic and the NASW. The Social Worker is responsible for psychosocial assessments, individual, group and family therapy, participation in treatment team planning, processing commitments, and discharge planning/case management service, crisis intervention and liaison services with referral sources and other departments within the hospital. The Adult Partial Hospitalization Program Social Worker's essential duties are to provide direct care under the supervision of a Program Coordinator, Attending Psychiatrist, or designee. Primary responsibilities include the provision of a safe and therapeutic milieu, crisis intervention, activities of daily living and communication with referral sources and families. The Horsham Clinic is a 206-bed, private behavioral healthcare facility located on a beautiful 55-acre suburban campus in Montgomery County. We are minutes from Philadelphia and serve patients and families from Southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The Horsham Clinic provides comprehensive behavioral health services to children, adolescents, adults, and their families. In addition to our main campus in Ambler, we have two satellite partial hospitalization programs in Chester County and Delaware County. Our program diversity reflects the needs of the community and the expertise of our board-certified Medical Directors that offer a combined 40-year of tenured experience at Horsham Clinic.

Requirements

Master's degree in social work REQUIRED
3-5 years prior experience working with a psychiatric mental health population required
Knowledge of case management, discharge planning, group leadership skills, age specific growth and development, crisis and behavior management
Experience running group therapy
Flexibility for reassignment to units providing care to varied populations including children, adolescents, adults, older adults and dually diagnosed patients in an inpatient hospital setting.
Must be a team player
Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication

Nice To Haves

Inpatient psychiatric population experience preferred

Responsibilities

Provides clinical social work services on a designated unit.
Conducts psychosocial assessments.
Provides individual, group, and family therapy.
Participates in treatment team planning.
Processes commitments.
Performs discharge planning/case management services.
Provides crisis intervention.
Serves as a liaison with referral sources and other departments within the hospital.
Provides direct care under the supervision of a Program Coordinator, Attending Psychiatrist, or designee.
Ensures a safe and therapeutic milieu.
Communicates with referral sources and families.