Social Work - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - $38 per hour

Mass General Brigham is seeking a Social Work Licensed Clinical Social Worker for a job in Boston, Massachusetts.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty : Licensed Clinical Social Worker
• Discipline : Social Work
• Duration : Ongoing
• 40 hours per week
• Shift : 8 hours, days
• Employment Type : Staff

At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization.

When determining base pay, we take a comprehensive approach that considers your skills, relevant experience, education, certifications, and other critical factors.

The pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications, but it does not encompass all the elements that contribute to your total compensation package.

$3,000 Sign On Bonus Schedule : Full Time (40 hours), Sunday-Thursday, for inpatient Addiction Recovery Program (ARP) The Clinical Social Worker is responsible for the assessment and treatment of selected patients and their families in the Inpatient Addiction Recovery Service.

The Social Worker will ensure provision of appropriate, timely, and effective addiction recovery treatment for patients on a Level IV Detox Unit.

Employs a range of clinical interventions such as individual, group, and family treatment. Collaborates with and provides social work consultation to other disciplines within the setting.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES : · Conducts psychosocial assessment of patients to evaluate addiction / behavioral health history / emotional issues / coping style, understanding of illness / adjustment / compliance, barriers to care, cultural issues, abuse / neglect and domestic violence.

Meets with patients daily to provide emotional support, aftercare planning, referrals for programs, and community resources.

Identifies patients’ psychosocial, financial, legal, dual diagnoses that effect patient care. · When indicated, provides brief family systems work to provide psychoeducation, emotional support, and guidance around aftercare planning.

This includes coordinating family / team meetings as needed, providing emotional support and community resources to patient / family management.

• Facilitates hour-long group sessions on various evidence-based topics, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), behavior change, and relapse prevention.
• Provides mandated assessments when abuse is suspected (child, disabled adult, elder) and safety assessment when domestic violence is reported.

Files reports as indicated. · Works effectively as part of the interdisciplinary health care team, communicating regularly with the team and other members on cases and as issues arise.

Documents timely and relevant information. · All work is documented in the patient’s electronic medical record in a timely manner.

• Maintains high level of confidentiality for all patients in compliance with HIPAA and Federal guidelines. · Facilitates the appropriate and efficient use of hospital and community resources.
• Participates in formal and informal clinical case reviews, clinical supervision, and educational seminars and other tasks as assigned by direct supervisor or Social Work Manager.

About Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, an affiliate of Mass General Brigham, is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community.

We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve.

At Mass General Brigham, we believe in equal access to quality care, employment and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum of human diversity : race, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital is a 171- bed non-profit, community teaching hospital located in Jamaica Plain directly across the street from the Arnold Arboretum.

Founded in 1900, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital offers comprehensive care in a wide variety of specialties. Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital is a designated Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a recognition that fewer than nine percent of all US hospitals receive.

At Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, we believe that everyone should have the chance to live a healthy life. From creating breakthroughs that have paved the way for treatments around the globe to training the next generation of providers, our patients, and those we may never meet, are at the center of everything we do.

If you’re looking formore than a career, join Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital. Our patients call it better care. Our employees call it home.

• Master’s Degree in Social Work from an accredited program. · Current professional licensure in Massachusetts (LCSW required, LICSW preferred).
• Minimum of one year experience working with substance use disorders and effective treatment planning and discharge planning.
• Internship / field placements in substance use treatment programs considered. · Knowledge of specific medical / psychiatric illnesses, procedures and treatments.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including negotiation skills necessary to work within a team. · Ability to provide rapid clinical psychosocial assessments and interventions with individuals, families, couples and / or groups.
• Advanced crisis intervention skills. · Ability to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team · Knowledge of community agencies / resources.

Ability to advocate / negotiate systems for / with patients. · Tolerance for ambiguity. · Cultural sensitivity. · Adheres to all C.A.R.E. Standards.

Recruiter : Katsoulis, Elizabeth Susan

Mass General Brigham Job ID #3303653. Posted job title : Clinical Social Worker, Lcsw - Full Time

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Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Life insurance
• Employee assistance programs
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