MH Social Worker

SUMMARY

The Social Worker is responsible for providing high-quality patient care, displaying good skills in assessment, psycho diagnosis, treatment planning, group treatment, individual treatment, family treatment, and discharge planning. Additionally, he/she is expected to function well as a member of the multidisciplinary team and participate in the unit community relations program. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done.

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

• Ensures patient dignity and respects patient rights and values.
• Operates within ethical and compliance standards.
• Ensures all regulatory standards and requirements are met (DMH, DPH, CMS, Joint Commission etc.).
• Participates in the assessment of potential admissions to Geri Psych Unit, facilitating decision in timely manner.
• Able to assess and reassess the needs of the patient.
• Properly documents assessments.
• Able to communicate the needs of patients.
• Completes psychosocial evaluations on assigned patients in a timely fashion. Displays good interviewing, diagnostic, and report‑writing skills.
• Conducts therapies in accordance with patient diagnosis and needs.
• Provides efficient discharge planning throughout treatment process.
• Completes progress notes and assessments according to program procedures.
• Completes individualized treatment plans for each patient.
• An active member of the interdisciplinary team.
• Conducts individual psychotherapy sessions in accordance with state/regulatory standards, displaying good theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and good treatment technique.
• Conducts family therapy sessions in accordance with state/regulatory standards, displaying good theoretical knowledge of family therapy principle and good treatment technique.
• Conducts group therapy sessions in accordance with state/regulatory standards, displaying good theoretical knowledge of group therapy principles and good group therapy technique.
• Engages in timely, efficient discharge planning. Works in close conjunction with patient, family, nursing staff, and attending physician. Shows good knowledge of referral/placement process and available community resources.
• Functions cooperatively as a member of the treatment team.
• Provides ongoing education to patient and family as needed.
• Conducts educational group sessions, displaying good theoretical knowledge of subject matter and effective communication skills in presenting material.
• Communicates effectively with families and agencies, conveying a positive, professional image.
• Provides resources and support for patient before, during, and after treatment of patient.
• Actively involved in measuring patient performance.
• Communicate results and trends to supervisor.
• Provides feedback to supervisor on ongoing basis in regards to concerns, improvements, changes, etc.
• Identifies areas needing improvement and utilizes the facility performance improvement process. Actively participates in department processes as required.
• Brings to the Program Director's attention significant issues related to program functioning.
• Utilizes feedback regarding performance and uses supervision to improve performance.
• Ensures facility is safe and reports deficiencies to supervisor.
• Completes all required competencies per program regulations.
• Attends all in‑services, seminars, etc. to promote learning.
• Keeps current on CEU requirements to maintain licensure status.
• Completes work assignments within an acceptable time frame.
• Uses time and resources to the best possible advantage for successful completion of job responsibilities.
• Develops and maintains efficient working relationships.
• Is reliable in respect to attendance and attendance.
• Recognizes the importance of team efforts and partners with others to achieve positive outcomes.
• Is part of a team…