LCSW - Adolescent Psychiatry (IOP)

About the Role

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values—integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion—must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

The clinical social worker will provide evidence-based and solution-focused treatments to patients in the context of routine outpatient and/or intensive outpatient programming, collaborating with psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, psychologists, and other providers in a multidisciplinary setting at Greenwich Hospital.

Responsibilities

• Interact professionally with persons of all ages and from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, and ethnic backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, lifestyles, and physical abilities.
• Complete comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and/or psychiatric evaluations.
• Develop and maintain a treatment plan responsive to patient/family concerns, problems, and clinical impressions.
• Use a patient- and family-centered approach to engage individuals and families in a plan of care that addresses their identified needs.
• Provide education and counseling to individuals and families.
• Utilize recognized best practices to provide individual, couples, family, and/or group psychotherapy and/or crisis intervention as indicated.
• Consult and collaborate with external providers/agencies/organizations including but not limited to protective services, court systems, outpatient therapists, work/education settings, and housing supports.
• Provide referrals to community-based services for individuals and families as indicated.
• Provide information, consultation, and professional support to interdisciplinary team members and colleagues within the hospital and community.
• Facilitate and/or participate in interdisciplinary rounds and other patient-related discussions to promote integrated care and improve patient outcomes.
• Demonstrate initiative and leadership in developing services and programs to enhance patient and family care, including development of evidence-based practices.
• Contribute to individual, team, departmental, and organizational quality assurance and performance improvement.
• Document timely, accurate, and clinically relevant entries of social work activities in the electronic medical record.
• Mentor/supervise and/or participate in projects/work groups as assigned by supervisor.
• Navigate systems and provide advocacy for patients and families as indicated.
• Maintain and enhance knowledge base and skill set through educational opportunities and meet expectations set forth by State licensure, Hospital, and departmental standards.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree from an accredited school of social work.
• License (LCSW) to practice as a clinical social worker.

Qualifications

Individuals with experience treating a broad spectrum of psychiatric conditions with adolescents and working in a collaborative, multidisciplinary clinical setting are encouraged to apply. Preferred qualifications include training in cognitive-behavioral interventions, a commitment to a biopsychosocial model of understanding and treating behavior and mental health, and dedication to program development.

Skills

• Empathy
• Active listening
• Critical thinking
• Strong organizational and computer skills
• Ability to effectively communicate with and advocate for patients and families

YNHHS Requisition ID: 189594