Behvioral Health Unit Social Worker, PD

Join us at Holy Family Hospital

Not many healthcare professionals have the opportunity to build a career with a great job and robust benefits while also caring for friends, family and neighbors.

You can when you work at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen and Haverhill. As part of the Steward Health Care System, our goal is to offer low-cost, high-quality healthcare to the people who live and work near our hospital, so they don’t have to travel far for great care.

Our two campuses in Methuen and Haverhill have a total of 320 beds and we are a full service, acute care hospital offering comprehensive inpatient medical / surgical units, outpatient care, and 24 / 7 emergency services.

We have three behavioral health units, cardiac telemetry, and critical care service lines. Our Haverhill campus offers all private rooms, and our Methuen campus offers a new state-of-the-art catheterization suite and Joint Center of Excellence named as a Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction+ Center for Knee and Hip Replacement.

Position Summary : MSW / LCSW / LICSW BHU Social Worker- Per Diem

Job Description :

The Master Social Worker provides social services to patients of the Holy Family Behavioral Health Units. The MSW provides social services and supportive counseling services to BHU patients.

Additionally, coordinating treatment plans and treatment meetings, psychosocial assessments, and discharge planning. This position reports to the Director of Behavioral Health.

Responsibilities :

• Provides crisis intervention for patients in need of immediate social work assessment according to Social Work Department guidelines within 24 hours of referral, assuming a reasonable caseload size, as periodically monitored and interpreted by Supervisor.
• Provides psycho-social assessment, treatment and / or disposition, referring to outside agencies as indicated according to Social Work Department guidelines within 24 hours of the time of referral, with no more than one formal verbal counseling around noncompliance per year.
• Documents assessment and plan in medical record within 24 hours of the time of referral, with no more than one formal verbal counseling around noncompliance per year.
• Collaborates with medical, nursing, and other personnel as needed per patient with no more than one to two legitimate complaints (as determined by supervisor) per year.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education : Master’s Degree in Social Work from an accredited institution.
• Certification / Licensure : master's level license (LCSW or LICSW) preferred.
• Experience : Prefer 3 years work experience in mental health, substance abuse, developmental disability, or human services field.

Benefits

We have many plans with various deductibles, which can cover individuals or families, so you can customize a plan that will work for you! Steward Health Care works with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts to provide affordable health insurance for our employees in benefit eligible positions.

Our Health Plans Highlights are :

• Deductibles will not apply to services provided by a Steward provider (Tier 1).
• Office visits copays will be $0 when a member uses a Steward Provider (Tier 1).
• Mental Health and Substance Abuse office visits will be $0 for all In-Network providers (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3).

Other Benefits provided :

Dental, Vision, Health Care Savings Account, Life Insurance, Short Term and Long-Term Disability, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Time Off, Shift Differential, Tuition Reimbursement, and more.

About Steward Health Care

Nearly a decade ago, Steward Health Care System emerged as a different kind of health care company designed to usher in a new era of wellness.

One that provides our patients better, more proactive care at a sustainable cost, our providers unrivaled coordination of care, and our communities greater prosperity and stability.

As the country’s largest physician-led, tax paying, integrated health care system, our doctors can be certain that we share their interests and those of their patients.

Together we are on a mission to revolutionize the way health care is delivered - creating healthier lives, thriving communities and a better world.

Steward is among the nation’s largest and most successful accountable care organizations (ACO), with more than 5,500 providers and 43,000 health care professionals who care for 12.

3 million patients a year through a closely integrated network of hospitals, multi-specialty medical groups, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities and behavioral health centers.

Based in Dallas, Steward currently operates 39 hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

Steward Health Care is proud to be a minority, physician owned organization. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are at the foundation of the care we provide, the community services we support and all our employment practices.

We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and or expression or any other non-job-related characteristics.