Social Worker, Mental Health

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Provides social work services to patients, their families and/or significant others through counseling, emotional support, assisting with environmental needs, crisis intervention, and group leadership.
** EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:
** 1. Master's degree in social work or related field
** PA:
** No state licensure required
1. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.  
2. Ability to work collaboratively with health care professionals at all levels to achieve established goals and improve quality outcomes.  
3. Basic computer knowledge and ability to operate standard office software.
** Additional

Job Description:

**** Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

** 40
* * Shift:
**** Exempt/Non-Exempt:
** United States of America (Exempt)
** Company:
** STJ St. Joseph's Hospital
** Cost Center:
** 10 STJ Nursing Medical Surgical CAH
** Address:
** 1 Amalia Drive Buckhannon West  Virginia
** Equal Opportunity Employer
** West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.
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* MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

** 2. Current social worker licensure as required by the state where services are being performed:
** WV
* *** OR
* * Licensed Independent Social Worker (LICSW) through the West Virginia Board of Social Work :
Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW), Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW)
** OH:
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* * Licensed Independent Social Worker-Supervision (LISW-S) through the Ohio Board of Social Work  Licensed Social Worker (LSW), Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW),
** MD:
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* * Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LISW-C) through the Maryland Board of Social Work  Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW), Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW),
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* PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

**** EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:
** 1. Certification in Case Management
2.
** PA:
** Licensed Social Worker (LSW)
** OR
* * Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) through the Pennsylvania Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors   
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* EXPERIENCE:

** 1. Two (2) years' social work experience.
** CORE

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

** The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position.  They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties.  Other duties may be assigned.
1. Provide psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and community strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation.  
2. Participates as an integral professional in a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team led by physician.  
3. Formulate, develop, and implement comprehensive treatment plans utilizing appropriate and evidence based treatments and interventions. Interventions may include crisis intervention, solution focused brief intervention, and any other.  
4. Screens, educate on diagnosis, and provide therapy and interventions to individuals with a variety of presenting problems including substance abuse, depression, and anxiety, thought disorders, trauma, and autism spectrum. May perform these functions independently or as part of a team. (if under the supervision of LICSW)  5. Provide consultative services to health care team members within scope of care definitions as needed.

Maintain a working knowledge of relevant medical/legal issues that impact on patient care, e.g., advance directives, child and elder abuse.  
6. Provide education to patients and families around issues related to adaptation to the patient's diagnosis, illness, treatment and/or life situation.  
7. Participate in multi-disciplinary health care teams and represent clinical social work perspective/liaison with patient and family.  8. May formulate,…