Clinical Social Service Director

About the role

The Clinical Social Service Director assumes responsibility for the functioning and communication within the social service department. The Clinical Social Worker participates as an integral professional member of a multi-disciplinary team, implementing and assisting in the supervision of social service interventions to patients.

Responsibilities

• Participates as an integral professional member of a multi-disciplinary team, implementing and assisting in the supervision of social service interventions to patients.
• Oversees the implementation of interventions performed by other disciplines with the social service department.
• Works in collaboration with other clinical departments through consultation with the medical staff, DON, and nursing staff.
• Facilitates resolution of concerns in the patient population identified and ensures that services, programming, and patient’s social needs meet the highest quality of care.
• Demonstrates understanding and interpretation of facility policies to ensure that policies are adhered to.
• Demonstrates a strong knowledge of a wide range of disorders; cognitive, emotional, and developmental, social and behavioral.
• Performs crisis intervention, special case conferences, family communication, and takes a lead role in the treatment team process.
• Maintains performance improvement activities within the department and participates QM activities.
• Facilitates communication to outside agencies to ensure that these patient rights, care, and needs are met.
• Affixes to the highest ethical standards regarding patient care and rights.
• Affixes to the highest ethical standards regarding patient care and rights.
• Affixes to the highest ethical standards regarding patient care and rights.

Qualifications

• Education: Master’s in Social Work from an accredited school of social work, or LPC License: Licensed through the State by the Regulatory Body that is vested to bestow licensure to Social Workers.
• Experience: One-year experience performing duties as a Social Worker or LPC in a Behavioral Health setting.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of a wide range of disorders; cognitive, emotional, and developmental, social and behavioral.
• Understanding and interpretation of facility policies.
• Facilitation of communication to outside agencies.
• Collaboration with other clinical departments.
• Performance improvement activities within the department.

Benefits

• Salary Range: $65,000 – $75,000 (depending on experience) with additional performance bonuses up to $500 a month.