Licensed Social Worker - Outpatient
Program Description
Chambersburg Outpatient serves children, adolescents, and adults in Franklin County by providing personalized outpatient behavioral health care. Services include comprehensive assessments, individualized treatment planning, and a broad range of therapeutic supports. Our therapists offer individual, family, and group therapy to help patients achieve their treatment goals and improve overall well‑being.
Position Function
Under the supervision of a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or designated licensed professional (e.g., LPC), the role performs clinical interventions with patients (children through older adults), families/significant others, staff, outside organizations, and providers to coordinate patient care, implement treatment, and perform discharge planning. Provides psychosocial assessments and clinical therapies (individual, couples, group, play, and family) to patients of Behavioral Health Services. May be required to travel between clinical sites to assist in provision of care.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrates service excellence and patient‑ and family‑centered care by showing respect, honesty, fairness and a positive attitude toward all customers.
- Maintains confidentiality.
- Demonstrates dependability, including attendance and punctuality.
- Is accountable—takes initiative and ownership of issues.
- Displays a professional demeanor and represents the hospital positively.
- Establishes compassionate working relationships with patients and families.
- Assumes personal responsibility for two‑way communication.
- Communicates and listens effectively with patients, families, coworkers, other departments, physicians/providers and the community.
- Supports coworkers, initiatives and a patient‑ and family‑centered philosophy; pitches in, does own part and helps others.
- Works to continuously improve the work environment/processes (Performance Improvement) and considers a patient‑ and family‑centered focus when developing improvement solutions.
- Demonstrates willingness and enthusiasm to create, embrace and facilitate change.
- Develops self and others; supports a learning environment; leads by example.
- Encourages patients and families to give feedback and suggestions for improvement.
- Develops working relationships critical to the organization, including patients,