Social Service Clinician Per Diem

Overview

Job Description:
Social Services per diem

Position: Social Services Clinician

Organization: Butler Hospital

• Provides a well-focused psychosocial and discharge planning assessment of patient and family to develop a treatment plan and goals, appropriate to the age of the patient.
• Engages and communicates with patients and families in a direct, empathic manner adapting approaches as necessary according to their age specific sensory, cognitive, and social abilities/needs.
• Gathers, assesses, and interprets psychosocial data demonstrating awareness of age specific factors such as signs of abuse, educational needs, functional deficits, etc.
• Completes discharge planning and psychosocial assessment resulting in an identification of the patient’s current and, as appropriate, past life crisis and probable discharge plan needs.
• Completes appropriate intervention plans on the interdisciplinary treatment plan within 72 hours.

• Demonstrates thorough knowledge base of clinical practice through written documentation and contributions at team meetings and patient related meetings.
• Advocates and communicates the family’s expectations and perspectives and the impact of stress and illness on their individual and family functioning.
• Identifies and contributes knowledge of the impact of ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic, gender and sexual orientation on treatment and well-being.
• Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of different therapy modalities depending on the age of the patient by written and verbal contributions to treatment and discharge planning.

• MSW or master’s degree in counseling.
• Training and
  
  Experience:
  
  Training and clinical experience in behavioral health required and necessary case management experience.

• BSW Education:
  Bachelor’s degree in social work or other behavioral health specialty.
• Training and
  
  Experience:
  
  Training and clinical experience in behavioral health required and necessary case manager experience.

• Mental Demands:
  Able to tolerate the stress of multiple demands of working in a fast-paced environment and dealing with multi-disciplinary staff and difficult patient population.

Care New England Health System (CNE) and its member institutions, Butler Hospital, Women & Infants Hospital, Kent Hospital, VNA of Care New England, Integra, The Providence Center, and Care New England Medical Group, and our Wellness Center, are trusted organizations fueling the latest advances in medical research.

EEOC Statement:
Care New England is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Ethics Statement:
Employee conducts himself/herself consistent with the ethical standards of the organization including, but not limited to hospital policy, mission, vision, and values.

Americans with Disability Act Statement:
External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled must be able to perform the essential job-specific functions either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation, to be determined by the organization on a case-by-case basis.