Clinical Social Worker Inpatient Per Diem

What Will you Do?

As a Clinical Social Worker at Pine Rest, you'll be part of tight-knit team that believes in the healing power of your expertise and compassion. You'll be responsible for a group of patients, directing their care by crafting an individualized treatment approach which includes discipline-specific interventions. You will ensure each patient receives the appropriate level of service, and will communicate with families, referral sources, and insurance providers as you coordinate world-class care.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Assesses and prioritizes patient/client treatment needs including discharge needs.
• Implements plan of care and collaborates with the clinical team to assure a uniform plan of care.
• Provides individual, group, and family therapy or interventions; psychosocial assessment, including assessment of co-occurring disorders (group therapy is not provided on the Neurodevelopment Disorder unit).
• Provides input to the interdisciplinary treatment plan, functioning as a team member.
• Establishes therapeutic relationship with assigned patients/clients including engaging, deescalating, screening, and managing crises.
• Serves as a liaison between community resources, family, patient/client, and hospital- or clinic-based providers of care.
• Assures appropriate length of stay based on continual reassessment of patient's/client's progress towards goals.
• Responsible to monitor for and report to the manager, attending physician, or appropriate team leader any potential risk to patient safety that could lead to an adverse outcomes.
• Responsible to role model the mission and values of the organization, presenting a professional image that is projected in appearance, attitudes and behaviors, time management and communication skills. Provides spiritual, emotional, social, mental and physical support to patients.
• Responsible to uphold the healing ministry of Christ through relationships that honor integrity, stewardship, empowerment, the promotion of diversity and professional excellence.

What Does Role Require

• Master's degree required in social work, LLMSW or LMSW.
• For Substance Abuse programs: A Master's degree required in behavioral health sciences and two years post graduate work in substance use disorder treatment. Additional experience of two years post graduate mental health work preferred.
• Must hold current Michigan licensure in the field of social work
• One-year mental health experience, to be able to independently assess patient's needs and to implement and evaluate effective plans of care and acquire and effectively utilize knowledge of policies and procedures.
• One-year mental health experience, to be able to independently assess patient's needs and to implement and evaluate effective plans of care and acquire and effectively utilize knowledge of policies and procedures, is preferred.