Social Worker (Broughton Hospital)

About the role

Join our team of caring and compassionate healthcare professionals. We assist individuals in creating opportunities to recover from mental illness and substance use disorders by instilling hope, facilitating choice, promoting healing and supporting their personal journeys of wellness.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with the completion of 24-hour intake documents assigned to social work;
• Identifying the linkage to social services and resources based on patients' needs while considering clinical assessments/recommendations and natural supports;
• Identifying appropriate private or residential placement resources;
• Completing residential placement referral applications and arranging pre-discharge site visits and appointments;
• including completing applications and visiting facilities or service providers to obtain services and placement;
• Referring those with housing needs to TCLI and coordinating with In-Reach activities;
• Working within the multidisciplinary team and taking part in associated meetings;
• Providing written updates to assigned unit social worker and supervisor regarding progress or barriers toward goals;
• Contacting patients, advising them about available resources and arranging appointments;
• Performing direct functions, such as psychoeducation, maintaining documentation in patient records, or arranging meetings and aftercare services;
• Collecting information and preparing reports concerning patient progress;
• Updating the treatment team regarding resource development and discharge efforts;
• Tracking and documenting the outcome of placement inquiries in the patient record to demonstrate consistent discharge planning efforts;
• Serving as a liaison with social and health service providers, legal and/or housing resources, and others, in the coordination and development of aftercare services/resources.

Requirements

Knowledge Skills And Abilities/Management Preferences:

• Experience providing case management;
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with the interdisciplinary treatment team and/or other various departments;
• Recruitment Range: $45,431.00 - $79,504.00;
• A Sign-on bonus of $4,000 may be offered to the successful applicant(s) of this posting, contingent on the 2025-2026 Budget Approval.

Conditional Requirements:

• Selected applicants must be able to pass a State Bureau of Investigation Criminal History Check, and complete and pass BLS/CPR training and Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) training during orientation.

Qualifications

Minimum Education And Experience:

• Master’s degree in social work from an appropriately accredited institution; or
• Bachelor’s degree in social work from an appropriately accredited institution and one year of directly related experience; or
• Master’s degree in a human services field from an appropriately accredited institution and one year of directly related experience; or
• Bachelor’s degree in a human services field from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of directly related experience; or
• An equivalent combination of education and experience.