Master Social Worker (LMSW OR LLMSW)

Patient Assessment and Treatment

• Provide individual psychotherapy and case management for patients in the inpatient setting.
• Sympathetic and patient-centered care.
• Communicate with patient family, guardian, or other care team members involved in the patient's care.
• Cook up care across settings and connect patients to community resources.
• Establish follow-up after care appointments, utilizing providers for referral requests as needed.
• Cook up discharge planning.

Documentation and Communication

• Completes all necessary paperwork thoroughly, accurately, and promptly, as specified by the Service’s operating procedure, also defined by insurers, HIPPA, MDHHS, NASW standards for clinical social work, MI Mental and Public Health Codes, and best practice.
• Completes required documentation for record keeping and reimbursement according to the Service’s operating procedures.
• Maintain documentation and adhere to hospital policies and evidence-based practice standards.

Teamwork

• Initiates and participates in team interdisciplinary communication.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with patients, families, co-workers, and other professionals.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, and supportive therapy staff.
• Exercises independent judgment but utilizes appropriate consultation when indicated.

Qualifications

• Ability to demonstrate authorization to work in the U.S. for any employer.
• Master’s degree from an approved school of social work (accredited by the Council of Social Work Education) is required.
• Active LCSW license preferred.
• One year of social work in a health care setting is required.
• Experience in inpatient behavioral health and substance use preferred.
• Strong individual psychotherapy skills.
• Proficiency with electronic health records and basic computer tasks.
• Comfortable collaborating in multidisciplinary teams.
• Communicates effectively and accurately, verbally and in writing.