LCSW-Case Manager, Social Work - In Patient III Mclean, VA Tysons Corner (16 hrs.)

Job Summary

A unique approach to mental health. Enable extraordinary moments.

Success Profile

• Adaptable
• Compassionate
• Good listener
• Proactive
• Results Driven
• Versatile

Benefits

Our compensation and benefits are designed to help you and your family stay healthy and thrive in and beyond work.

Culture

We offer a mental health environment that's unique both in the way we treat our patients and in the way we support our health care professionals. Here, we practice evidence-based care in a team setting that’s focused on the needs of the individual, the family and the population as a whole. This gives your patients the opportunity to work towards achieving their physical, mental, and behavioral health goals. On our teams, we hold social justice as a shared value and are committed to addressing and eliminating stigma associated with mental health and addiction. Working as part of a team also helps support your own career growth while you provide high-quality strengths-based, brief, solution-focused, and episodic mental health care.

Responsibilities

• Problem identification, psychosocial assessment, financial counseling/referral, accessing community resources, placement for care, guiding the member through health-related legal processes, or consultation and support to other health care professionals.
• Develops and monitors a plan of care designed to promote the members optimal level of functioning and enhance the quality of life.
• Identifies, facilitates, and advocates appropriate organizational and community resources to meet the plan of care and ensures that they are implemented for in a cost effective, efficient, and timely manner.
• Ensures consistent and reliable documentation of case management activities in compliance with all organization and department standards.
• Analyzes patient and program outcomes to identify improvements in program, quality, and cost effectiveness of case management activities.
• Facilitates application process for accessing local, state, and federally funded programs (e.g., Medicaid, Medicare, and Disability) and/or refers to appropriate community agencies in cases of suspected patient abuse/neglect when identified.
• Provides supportive counseling and education to members, families and caregivers, members of the health care team, health plan staff, and the community, including end-of-life issues and Advanced Directives.
• Promotes self-awareness and knowledge of current case management standards in the community and recent innovations in patient care. Maintains current knowledge of laws, regulations, and policies relating to the practice of social work in the local market/local agencies and maintains high social work standards as defined by the NASW Code of Ethics.
• Scheduling and coordinating family meetings as needed.
• Completing guardianship paperwork and providing technology assistance so that patients/family can virtually attend court proceedings, as needed.
• INPATIENT ONLY - Completion of Uniform Assessment Instruments (UAIS) form for long-term care (Virginia Medicaid requirement only).

Qualifications

• Minimum one (1) years of clinical social work experience in a health care setting required.
• Masters degree in social work (MSW) required.
• This job requires credentials from multiple states. Credentials from the primary work state are required at hire. Additional Credentials from the secondary work state(s) are required post hire.
• Independent Clinical Social Worker License (District of Columbia) within 6 months of hire
• Licensed Certified Social Worker (Maryland) within 6 months of hire
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Virginia) within 6 months of hire