Social Worker - MSW Per Diem

Responsibilities

• Completes clinical assessments of bio-psychosocial needs, provides information and short-term therapeutic counseling to patients and their families in relation to social, psychological, financial, and family situations and prepares an intervention plan.
• Obtains, interprets, and communicates to staff and physicians necessary information regarding patients and families, including bio-psychosocial history information.
• Identifies possible or actual patient/family crises, providing crisis intervention and emotional support, and creating and facilitating effective plans for resolution.
• Develops and maintains good working relationships with outside community health and social agencies.
• Reaches out to the community to learn of and utilize new resources for meeting patient needs.
• Affords patients and families with obtaining community assistance by referral to proper resources.
• Documents group therapy and other care activity in patient charts according to department policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
• Licensed to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Provisional (LCSW-P) in the state of North Carolina.