Social Worker Prn

Responsibilities

Inpatient Social Worker
- Per Diem

Dover Behavioral Health System is a 104-bed acute care psychiatric hospital located in the beautiful Dover, Delaware area. Dover Behavioral Health System features individual units for adolescents and adults and offers inpatient acute care, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs. On average, over 10,000 patients receive care from our compassionate health care team each year at Dover Behavioral Health System. This opportunity offers working at a hospital known for its outstanding patient satisfaction, including ranking 6th for highest patient satisfaction in 2020 compared to over 200+ psychiatric hospitals.

We attribute this success to our talented and dedicated staff. We are the best at what we do!

Dover Behavioral Health System is seeking a dynamic and talented Inpatient Social Worker
- Per Diem for our inpatient psychiatric hospital. The incumbent will be responsible for providing quality case management and psychotherapeutic services to acute child, adolescent, and adult patients.

• In an inpatient hospital setting conducts psychosocial assessments to document patient history and identify issues for treatment by interviewing the patient and their family members.
• Deliver high quality clinical services to acute child, adolescent and adult patients.
• Participate in the development and implementation of treatment plans, ensuring that concise, realistic care plans are carried out.
• Provide individual, group and family process-oriented therapies as well as conduct other didactic groups using various professional treatment modalities.
• Document treatment provided to patient in medical record legibly and in a timely manner.
• Act as the patient’s and family's primary contact during the patient's stay at the facility, as well as their advocate with the treatment team.
• Report any incidents or suspected incidences of sexual/physical abuse or other issues to community/state agencies, and represent the facility in any legal proceedings.

Minimum:

• Master's degree in Social work or a related Social Services field.

Preferred:

• LMSW or a related Counseling license.
• One year with direct experience in family and group therapies, crisis intervention, treatment and/or clinical assessment skills.

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.