Social Worker MS - Mental Health 378

Qualifications

• A Master’s Degree in Social Work from an accredited graduate school and working towards licensure and registered with the Board of Behavioral Science
• One (1) year of direct service experience with individuals with severe mental illness in an inpatient or outpatient setting is required

Shifts

Full-Time
Shifts: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Days: Monday - Friday

Pay

Expected starting wage is $71,760.00.
This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement and is subject to union membership requirements upon hire.

Benefits

Telecare applies geographic differentials to its pay ranges. The pay range assigned to this role will be based on the geographic location from which the role is performed. Starting pay is commensurate with relevant experience above the minimum requirements.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrates the Telecare mission, purpose, values, and beliefs in everyday language and contact with internal and external stakeholders
• Provides safe, effective, and efficient implementation of direct care in accordance with established policies, procedures, and standards of care
• Works with members served and multidisciplinary treatment teams to design, implement, and evaluate the Recovery Plan
• Establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with members served
• Maintains provision of needed clinical services to assigned members served; coordinates ongoing treatment within the program and with outside agencies
• Documents all treatment provided in a thorough and consistent manner
• Collaborates with other staff in the discharge planning process and makes linkages to community services for members served
• Participates in multidisciplinary team meetings and recovery planning meetings
• Demonstrates knowledge of de-escalation techniques and crisis communication and management
• Serves as a clinical consultant to recovery team members
• If employed at Inpatient program, must assist with restraint of members served in the event of assaultive behavior and pass assault crisis/crisis prevention training
• If employed at Outpatient program, must evade members served in the event of assaultive behavior and pass assault crisis/crisis prevention training

Physical Demands

The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee is occasionally required to sit, stand, walk, bend, push, pull, squat, kneel, and lift and carry items weighing 25 pounds or less as well as to frequently reach, twist, and do simple and power grasping. The position requires manual deviation, repetition, and dexterity.