Lgsw​/License Social Worker

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Full Time Baltimore, MD, US

3 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $70,000.00 To $75,000.00 Annually

Reporting to Director of Medical Services, the Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C), This position requires an experienced, skilled clinician with experience with the behavioral health population, triage, trauma treatment, emotional disturbance, chronic and severe psychopathology. Experience working with adults.

This person must have a broad understanding of how a program operates and how each client moves along in the Maryland Crisis Stabilization Center.

Work is performed in accordance with established regulations,policies and procedures, but employees are expected to exercise significant initiative and independent judgment in discharging duties.

• Provide supervision to the LSSW, peer specialists and intake specialists and ensures work is coordinated among the staff who are direct reports.
• Assists staff with planning needs of clients and assist them in utilizing internal and external resources.
• Perform brief bio-psycho-social diagnostic assessments and mental status exams. Ensure that each individual has a well-developed discharge plan.
• Make referrals to the specialty mental health or other community mental health or substance abuse agencies as needed
• Apply evidence-based interventions and treatment to patients with general behavioral problems.
• Demonstrated understanding of diagnostic evaluation methods, mental status exams, and use of the current DSM.
• Respond to the patients’ clinical needs using differential diagnosis and treatment approaches.
• Provide crisis intervention services when required.
• Provide referrals to community agencies as needed.
• Participate in the interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Maintain clinical documentation in EMR as required by Tuerk House, Inc.
• Complete all required documentation for insurance and established clinic policies and procedures.
• Participate in regularly scheduled clinical supervision. The LGSW is supervised, according to their discipline regulations, by an LCSW-C.
• To maintain clinical records in accordance with insurance regulations and established clinic policies and procedures.
• To comply with clinical productivity standards of the Stabilization Center.
• Serve as a liaison between the somatic care sites and the mental health specialty clinic providing the link between psychiatrists, mental health providers, and primary care providers if urgent consultation is required for patients seen in the triage process.
• Participate in departmental or agency meetings as required by supervisor.
• Maintain statistical and tracking database of patients seen and the outcome of service delivery
• Ability to work collaboratively with other community agencies on behalf of clients and/or the agency.
• Demonstrated understanding of sound ethical practice in conjunction with the established and defined ethics of one’s training and discipline.
• Ability to effectively organize time and responsibilities.
• Include all outside community resources into the treatment planning
• Initiate discharge plans as needed and coordinate the transfer of patient care to appropriate provider, if required.
• Maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Provide immediate crisis intervention and resolution, as necessary and appropriate.
• Obtain and maintain appropriate training and continuing education as mandated by Tuerk House and discipline licensing agency.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

The LCSW-C is a Licensed Clinical Social…