Licensed Clinical Social Worker Comp Behavioral Health

Licensed Clinical Social Worker - FT
- Days
- Comp Behavioral Health - 21589

US:

TX:

Edinburg | Behavioral Health | Full Time

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DHR Health - US:

TX:

Edinburg
- Days

Summary:

Our Mission is to improve the well-being of those we serve with a commitment to excellence: every patient, every encounter, every time.

Our Vision is to create a world-class health system to advance medicine and increase access for the communities we serve by empowering caregivers to heal through compassion, knowledge, innovation, integrated care and excellence.

The Licensed Clinical Social Worker is responsible for providing high quality patient care, displaying good skills in completion of psychosocial assessments, group therapy, individual therapy, family therapy, treatment and discharge planning. The Therapist is expected to function as a member of the multidisciplinary team and participate in the units community relations program.

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker. If licensed in another state, it must be transferable to a Texas license.
• Master’s Degree in social work from an accredited university
• Current BCLS or Certification within 3 months of hire date
• CPI training within 30 days of hire date
• Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Competency Training (ANE)
• Must be able to be sensitive to cultural and bilingual issues.
• Good written and verbal communication skills required.
• Ability to read, write and speak English
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels of nursing, administration, and physicians
• Prefer hospital experience

• One (1) year experience working with child; adolescent, adult and geriatric psychiatric patients
• Ability to work productively and effectively with minimal need for supervision.
• Ability to function well as a member of a multidisciplinary team
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Actively seeks opportunities for professional growth by attending educational seminars
• Basic computer knowledge

• Must have excellent customer service skills.
• High degree of competency/experience in general.
• Requires good communication and organizational skills.
• Requires reasoning ability and good independent judgment.

Responsibilities:

• Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practices
• Documents findings accurately and in a timely manner and formulate the plan of care based on findings
• Ability to represent the program well in interactions both inside and outside the hospital
• Complete family session within 24 hours of patient admission unless adequate justification for delay is documented.
• Completes discharge plans for patients with existing support systems.

(Chain-of-command)

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including:
Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirement relative to his or her age.

A. Essential Duties:
Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.

The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position:

Light/moderate lifting up to 20 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height.

Yes

Kneeling

Yes

Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 20 lbs.

Yes

Walking

Yes

Light/moderate carrying up to 20 lbs.

Yes

Yes

Straight pulling

Yes

Yes

Pulling hand over hand

Yes

Pushing

Yes

Repeated bending

Yes

Yes

Reaching above shoulder

Yes

Yes

Yes

Climbing Ladders

No

Dual simultaneous grasping

Yes

Depth Perceptions needed

Yes

Ability to see

Yes

Yes

Operating office equipment

Yes

Twisting

Yes

Operating mechanical equipment

Yes

No

Ability to read and write

Yes

Ability to Count

Yes

Ability to hear verbal communication without aid

Yes

Operating Personal Vehicle

Yes

Ability to…