What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-C) - Refugee Health Program position at BALTIMORE MEDICAL SYSTEM, INC?
If you believe that good medicine has the power to heal our community to its very core, then we invite you to join the Baltimore Medical System (BMS) team, Maryland’s largest federally qualified health center. Here, our teams of professionals are dedicated to delivering something different—healthcare with dignity—a model of care that empowers vulnerable and underserved patients to take control of their health so that they can take control of their lives. Every life you touch here makes our entire community stronger.
Baltimore Medical System (BMS) is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Behavioral Health Therapist to join the Refugee Health Program (RHP) at our Highlandtown location. This is a unique opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of refugees, asylees, and other ORR eligible populations by providing culturally sensitive behavioral health interventions. The Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-C) applies specialized clinical knowledge and advanced clinical skills in the areas of assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, emotional, behavioral, and developmental disorders, conditions, and addictions. The LCSW-C participates as an integral member of the Patient care team, collaborating with physicians, clinical staff, patients/ families, RHP Staff and other referral sources from partner agencies.
Demonstrates and develops specialized knowledge and understanding of the patient and his family to respond to their needs for support, information, autonomy, and performance.
- Student loan repayment eligibility through the National Health Services Corps (NHSC)
- In-house interpreters are available for Spanish, Arabic, Nepali, French, Dari, Haitian Creole, Burmese, etc. at our Highlandtown location
