Job Details
MSW/LCSW/LICSW clinical social work opportunities at the #1 psychiatric hospital in the US with opportunities amongst multiple populations treating adults and children/adolescents within different levels of care including inpatient, partial and residential. Middleboro MA location. Free parking, supervision, and CEU's provided. Signing bonuses.
Work positions are also located at our McLean Southeast Campus. McLean Southeast is a leader in psychiatric care in southern New England. Centrally located to the communities of southeastern MA, the Cape and Islands, and Rhode
Island, McLean Southeast is a growing satellite program of McLean Hospital. McLean Southeast was established over
20 years ago and has recently added a new site with three inpatient units. There are excellent opportunities for social
workers to join our team and enjoy a rich clinical and training experience.
Sign-on Bonus: Depending upon your experience, you may be eligible for a sign on bonus of up to $7500.00 payable after successful completion of you first 90 days.
General Psychiatric
The Clinical Social Worker Associate is accountable/responsible for the day-to-day treatment, management, disposition,
and aftercare plan for his/her assigned patients with particular attention to taking responsibility for the prudent use of
clinical resources. The Clinical Social Worker Associate position requires flexibility and excellent interpersonal skill
both with internal and external customers. All duties and responsibilities are performed under the supervision of an
independently licensed mental health professional
RESPONSIBILITIES AND STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE
Responsibility
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Provide ongoing assessment and formulation of the patient's needs in order to update the patient's plan of care
including responsibility for the timely completion of a Treatment Plan that will satisfy clinical and regulatory
requirements.
Provide clinical services to patients as appropriate, according to the age of the patient Provide clinical services to family
members, as indicated.
1. Coordinate the delivery of services by the patient's multidisciplinary treatment team.
2. Act as primary liaison with family and significant others, referrers and community agencies and professionals to
develop a timely and comprehensive discharge plan that includes access to services for patients and, where
appropriate, family members.
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS
4. Collaborate with the Utilization Manager to manage the patient's care in a manner that is both clinically and
fiscally sound; where appropriate, be the designated contact with managed care organization
5. Ensure the timely completion of all documentation and other required paperwork needed to facilitate patient
evaluation, transition and billing (e.g., treatment plans, progress notes, discharge summaries, psychosocial
assessment, signed releases, patient care referral forms, etc.).
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
0. Demonstrate a commitment to his/her professional growth and competency in order to enhance patient care and
job performance.
1. Contribute to the efficient operation of the program, the hospital and. where appropriate,
his/her clinical department through teamwork, cooperation and participation in problem solving activities.
Qualifications
Qualifications - External
Education: MSW
License; Attaining Massachusetts LCSW licensure is not required upon hire to perform the essential functions of this job,
however, as a condition of continued employment, it is a requirement to receive LCSW licensure within 12 months of hire,
or upon the one year anniversary of employment-along with the annual review. Failure to attain this licensure will result in
termination of employment-failing to meet a condition of employment.
Exceptions may be made for extenuating circumstances preventing an employee from attaining licensure must be
approved by the Director of Social Work
Skills/Abilities/Competencie
- Broad range of clinical skills including psychiatric assessment, capacity to formulate a case and develop a
therapeutic alliance, and plan treatment and aftercare.
- Crisis stabilization.
- Family support and intervention.
- Clinical privileges or eligibility for privileges in his/her discipline in individual, family and couples' treatment
- Familiarity with the discharge planning process as well as community resources, public service delivery systems^
and consumer entitlement programs.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a rapidly changing system of care.
- Familiarity with computerized clinical data bases.
Experience.
- Experience in providing a range of clinical services including assessment, treatment and discharge planning.
- Experience in a managed care environment and the capacity to work collaboratively with managed care
organizations.
- Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary staff both within the Hospital and the community at
large.
- Required to complete electronic medical records training and demonstrate 80% accuracy on competency test within 30
days of hire.
EEO Statement
It is the policy of McLean Hospital to affirmatively provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants for employment
and existing employees without regard to their race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, ancestry, protected veteran
tatus, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or a condition related to pregnancy
including, but not limited to, lactation or the need to express breast milk for a nursing child, or any other basis that would
be in violation of any applicable law or regulation.