Social Worker, Mental Health

Harborview Medical Center – Social Work has an outstanding opportunity for a Social Worker with the Ambulatory Care Clinics.

• Per Diem
• Day Shift

• Provide social services to the more than 50 medicine/surgery clinics physically located on Harborview’s campus
• Work with immigrant and refugee communities, including use of interpreter services with many patient/family interactions
• Provide direct social work services to HMC patients within assigned service area while adhering to the parameters of HMC policies and procedures and NASW Code of Ethics.

• Maintain working knowledge of community resources, processes, interventions, and requirements pertaining to assigned service area, including but not limited to:
  • Mental health crisis intervention
  • Suicide risk assessment
  • Interpersonal violence
  • Abuse/neglect of children and vulnerable adults
  • Crisis intervention
  • Substance abuse
• Provide skilled social work services to clinic patients of all ages, including but not limited to:
  • Comprehensive psychosocial assessment
  • Focus on harm reduction and trauma informed care
  • Systems advocacy and intervention
  • Brief interventions
  • Care management across multiple service providers as indicated
  • Grief counseling
  • Crisis intervention
  • Information and referral to appropriate community resources

• A Master of Social Work Degree from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
• One year of full-time social work experience in a health care setting or equivalent is preferred. Experience can include a practicum placement as part of a social work training program and/or employment experience.

• Within 90 days of hire must hold one of the following credentials issued by the state of Washington:
  • Agency Affiliated Counselor
  • Licensed Social Work Associate
    -Advanced
  • Licensed Social Work Associate - Independent Clinical
  • Licensed Advance Social Worker
  • Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the most vulnerable residents of King County. It provides exemplary patient care in leading-edge centers of emphasis, including emergency medicine, trauma and burn care, neurosciences, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse care.

Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region.

Challenge. Collaboration. Compassion.

Pay Range Minimum: $41.32 hourly

Pay Range Maximum: $64.66 hourly

Other Compensation: -

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First Shift (United States of America)

This is a temporary position

SEIU 1199NW HMC Social Worker and Dietitian

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