Clinical Social Worker

Description

For over a century, the Austen Riggs Center has been a leading psychiatric hospital and residential treatment center, specializing in the care of adult patients with complex psychiatric conditions in a fully open and voluntary setting. Our patients come from across the country and internationally. As a vital member of the medical staff and interdisciplinary team at the Austen Riggs Center, the Clinical Social Worker provides comprehensive, patient-centered care through a psychodynamic systems approach.

This approach emphasizes understanding underlying issues and making meaning of patients’ struggles within their three-generation family history and their broader psychosocial context, rather than solely focusing on symptom reduction.

Core responsibilities of the Clinical Social Worker include participating in admissions consultations, conducting patient and family psychosocial assessments, providing family consultation, patient-centered family meetings, family therapy, and dynamic casework services, including discharge planning. Beyond providing direct clinical care, social workers are immersed in an intellectually stimulating environment that values and promotes their ongoing professional development. They benefit from clinical supervision and peer consultation, as well as numerous opportunities to expand their expertise—whether through group work, interdisciplinary committees, research, conference presentations, writing for publication, or attending seminars.

While flexibility is at times necessary to accommodate patient and family needs, the primary work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

• Health Insurance:
  Medical, Dental, and Vision (starting day
  1)
• Disability and Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account and Health Reimbursement Account
• Retirement Plan: 403(b) with Generous Employer Contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off and 12 Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave (9 weeks)
• Weekly Individual Clinical Supervision
• Weekly Peer Consultation Group
• Opportunities to Supervise Social Work Interns
• Stipend for External Continuing Education and Conference Attendance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Onsite Library

* As a 501(c)(3) time worked in the clinical social work position qualifies as time worked towards the PSLF loan forgiveness program.

Requirements

• MSW with LCSW or LICSW;
  Massachusetts license or eligibility.
• Two years post-MSW experience.
• Specific training and clinical experience as a family therapist preferable.
• Clinical social work experience from a psychodynamic perspective preferable.
• Demonstrated commitment to engaging issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion and working with diverse populations.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills that result in effective information exchange and productive collaborations with patients, families, and other health professionals.
• Ability to work independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to concentrate for long periods of time and to maintain emotional equilibrium.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Willingness to promote patients' rights as per Center policy and always demonstrate respect for confidentiality.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite of products, including Outlook and Excel, and comfortable working in EHR databases.