Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Crisis & Triage Management - Hybrid

Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Crisis & Triage Management - Hybrid

• Full-time

CCG Talent Management is not only a business solutions company but a company that believes success starts with the individual. CCG Business Solutions has been consulting and providing talent placement services since 2007. Our team understands the principles of connecting purpose to business. We are currently recruiting for a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

The Licensed Clinical Social Worker will provide ambulatory behavioral health services including evaluation, diagnosis, treatment planning, case management, and psychotherapeutic intervention to individuals, families, groups, and/or Intensive Outpatient Programs.

Responsibilities

• Assists with administration, development, implementation, and evaluation of social work programs and policies.
• Work as part of a team in the Call Center Advice Line, to provide telephonic triage and assessment for members requesting behavioral health services to facilitate the appropriate level of care.
• Provide telephonic crisis management for members seeking behavioral health services.
• Coordinate admissions and discharges for members requiring psychiatric admissions.
• Provide telephonic follow-up for post-hospital and ER discharges.
• Conducts clinical social work consultation. Performs clinical diagnosis, risk assessments, and crisis interventions.
• Provides psychotherapy and counseling for individuals, families, groups, and/or Intensive Outpatient Programs. Utilizes a wide range of evidence-based interventions and modalities. Provides services such as crisis intervention, brief therapy, cognitive and behavioral therapies, skills training, supportive therapy, stress management, and family therapy.
• Interview members and evaluate their psychological and mental status. Utilizes the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) to diagnose patients. Determines if the member is in crisis, at-risk, or suicidal/homicidal. Refers members in need of immediate or urgent care to the appropriate level of services.
• Assess urgent or high-risk clinical situations and makes appropriate interventions. Coordinates referral of the patient to a psychiatrist or other clinician. Assists with admission to hospital or other specialized facilities. Plans and provides services at the appropriate level of care. Assesses needs for mental health treatment and makes appropriate referrals as needed. Performs case management, coordination, and monitoring of social work service plans in areas of personal, social, or economic resources, conditions, or problems.
• Assess treatment and prevention of psychosocial dysfunction, disability, or impairment, including emotional and mental disorders. Conducts preparation and evaluation of psychosocial assessments and development of social work service plans.
• Helps patients enhance or restore their capacities for personal and social functioning and preventing and controlling social problems.
• Gathers information and identifies resource and referral services for patient care. Educates the client regarding behavioral health services. Assists members in using services.
• Participates in or assists with therapeutic and educational group programs. Evaluates outcomes and effects of treatment for individual patients and programs.
• Researches, collects and records data and information relating to the identification and treatment of behavioral and interpersonal problems of patients. Proposes alternatives for interventions and approaches for resolutions.
• Collaborates and consults with physicians and other interdisciplinary clinical team members to support assessments and decision-making. Review difficult cases or quality assurance concerns with the clinical team. Acts as a consultant to team members and others in the organization.
• Maintains a high level of clinical expertise. Is knowledgeable of current clinical conditions, methods, medications, theoretical frameworks, and interventions. Utilizes best practices in the delivery of behavioral health services in accordance with professional and clinical guidelines. Utilizes evidence-based interventions and modalities with a sound theoretical…