Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

Principal Job Functions

• Commits to the mission, vision, beliefs and consistently demonstrates our core values.
• Conducts psychosocial interviews of patients, their families, and collateral resources to determine presenting issues, potential causes and how these issues have impacted their functioning and health.
• Utilizes clinical skills to draw from all available information to form a clinical assessment that is both need and strength based.
• Synthesizes information to ensure that all risk factors, acuity, and all treatment options have been considered.
• Effectively utilizes advanced professional skills and insight to work with patients that are in acute psychological crisis and may display one or more of the following: a lack of family support, a lack of community provider network, minimal insight into their situation, or significant deficits in coping with their illness leading to poor follow-through.
• Provides autonomous consultation and makes recommendations to the treatment team regarding the appropriate course of action/treatment.
• Establishes an interdisciplinary psychosocial treatment plan including both short-term and long-term goals.
• Promotes and teaches patients ways to cope with stressful situations while striving for practical and manageable solutions.
• Engages in discharge planning that identifies patients needs; obtains adequate resources for patient discharge; and, provides for a safe post-hospital plan.
• Facilitates group therapy utilizing various counseling approaches that are appropriate for the situation.
• Supervises Masters Social Worker (MSW) students; may supervise Licensed Clinical Social Worker colleagues seeking Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) licensure.
• Utilizes Trauma Informed Care Principles.
• Maintains patient medical records.
• Follows all rules, regulations, laws and standards of oversight agencies; follows all policy and procedures as outlined by Bryan Health.

Education And Experience

• Masters Degree in Social Work (MSW) required.
• Current licensure as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) required.
• Minimum of two (2) years prior acute care psychiatric experience with the client population to be served.