Master's Social Worker

Job Description Summary

The Master"s Social Worker for Pediatric Partial/IOP reports to the Program Coordinator. To provide individual, group and family psychotherapeutic treatment to patients and their families. Provide a wide variety of direct social worker services in an outpatient psychiatric setting for a complex caseload of patients including psychological assessment, active treatment, discharge planning, case management, and related documentation in collaboration with multi-disciplinary treatment team.

Entity

Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Cost Center

CC000682 CHS STAR Children"s Day Treatment Program (Offsite)

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Pay Grade

Health-27

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

General

Responsible for providing therapy, case management services and linkages to community agencies to meet patients" social and emotional needs. Identifies and assesses client patient cases and anticipates their needs related to illness, hospitalization, finances, education and home or community services. Serves as a liaison between health care facilities, community resources and government agencies. Provides individual and group therapy to children and adolescent patients in an outpatient community psychiatry treatment clinic located within an academic medical center. Interviews patient, family and any other providers to assess the patient"s level of functioning, strengths and deficits, and emotional status. Develops a comprehensive picture of the patient's treatment needs. Serves as a member of the treatment team in the diagnostic evaluation of patients and the identification of treatment objectives

Specific

Provide evidenced-based treatment for patients at CDT. Provide group, Family-Based Treatment and individual treatment. Provide therapeutic support. Program therapists develop treatment plans, monitor and document progress and facilitate discharge planning to meet compliance and billing requirements and successfully return the patient to community resources. Program therapists work within a multidisciplinary team of therapists, medical providers and families to ensure comprehensive treatment. Participate in weekly clinical team meetings with multi-disciplinary team of medical providers and therapists. .

Additional Job Description

Education: Master"s degree in a social work or social welfare program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. Credentials: MSW licensure by the South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners. Certification in case management preferred.

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