Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

Responsibilities

Monday through Friday position with no on-call or weekend hours required.

InnovAge PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) is an alternative to nursing facilities. It provides customized healthcare, social engagement, and exercise to older adults to help them stay independent and in their homes. PACE participants receive most of their healthcare and social support at an InnovAge center in their community. Each person in the program has a team of healthcare experts and a personal care plan that is focused on providing a personalized experience.

The Behavioral Healthcare Provider (BHP) is an integral part of developing and delivering a personal care plan ensuring high quality, clinically appropriate, team-based behavioral health care. Provides initial assessments, clinical intervention, referrals for participants and families, and treatment recommendations.

Physical attendance at an InnovAge center is essential to performing the job duties with the ability to travel to meet participants outside of center as needed.

• Confidently navigate ambiguous situations
• Multitask, be flexible, and comfortable in transforming environment
• Adapt interpersonally to meet participant and Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) clinical needs in real time with insight into personal strengths

Requirements

• Familiarity with Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Dialectal Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Be open to feedback and able to reflect productively

Qualifications

• Clinical Care – 70%
• Completes mental health assessments and document in the EMR (diagnosis, recommendations, team-based care planning, and other regulatory requirements)
• Provides solution-focused (monitoring, therapeutic, or crisis) intervention to participant and/or caregiver(s)
• Consults with team members regarding clinical findings, provide interventions, and case conferencing
• Collaborates with IDT/external providers/caregivers to support participants at risk for inpatient psychiatric hospitalization (e.g., referral and coordination with outside resources to promote stabilization)
• Makes sure response to psychotropic medications and coordinate with psychiatric consultant to ensure continuity of care

Skills

• Education: Required minimum of Master’s degree in behavioral health, social work, or psychology
• Experience: 1+ year working in an integrated care setting
• Licenses/Certifications: Licensed Mental Health Professional Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Psychologist (PsyD or PhD) or Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
• Training/Experience: Working with geropsychiatric populations, training or experience with group and family interventions, experience with conflict management, mediation, de-escalation, and crisis mitigation, knowledge of the chronic disease management and its psycho-social implications
• Language: Bi-lingual

Benefits

• Salaries are determined by various factors such as qualifications, experience, and location, and do not include potential bonuses or benefits.
• Our extensive benefits package includes medical/dental/vision insurance, short and long-term disability, life insurance and AD&D, supplemental life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) savings, paid time off, and company-paid holidays.

Additional Information

• Attention Florida Applicants: This position requires a background screening through the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. For more information, please visit the Clearinghouse Education and Awareness website: https://info.flclearinghouse.com
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