What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW or LPC or LSW), Newark, NJ position at Mitchell Martin Healthcare?
Job Description:
Our client is seeking for a Bilingual Spanish OR Portuguese Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Social Worker (LSW) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). Mon to Fri - 5 days 8 hours shifts available.
Description:
- The LSW/ LCSW/ LPC will develop a plan for social work intervention that is consistent and congruent with the medical treatment, considering the patient's overall psychosocial status, physical and emotional needs.
- The LSW/ LCSW/ LPC will establish and maintain a therapeutic relationship with the patient, family and/or significant others and with their participation, formulates treatment goals that address identified needs or problems and a plan of action for achievement of these goals.
Responsibilities:
- Provides social services and assistance to improve the physical, social and psychological functioning of patients and their families.
- Identifies psychosocial status, economic and physical needs of patients; assesses and reassesses patient's support systems, available community resources and other factors to plan, develop, and implement an appropriate plan of care.
- Provides psychosocial assessments, intervention, and care plan to patients of the Health Center and assists them and their families in coping with their illness, diagnosis, and/or life situation and meet the continuing health care needs.
- Identifies emotional or behavioral issues and diagnose disorders in accordance with ICD-10 codes, using information obtained from screening tools, interviews, records and reference materials.
- Counsel individuals and groups (if applicable) in order to modify behavior to improve personal, social and vocational adjustment.
- Develop and implement individual treatment plans specifying type, frequency and duration of therapy
- Facilitates patient care across a multidisciplinary care continuum which includes interacting with Clinic Providers, and other health care providers to facilitate movement of the patient through the system and arrangement of an appropriate plan of care.
- Utilizing the EMR system, maintains records and statistics in accordance with department policies.
- Attends and participates in staff committees, departmental clinical collaboratives and other administrative meetings.
- Is highly accountable for one's own productivity. Performs other related duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Required NJ Licensed - must be Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) OR Licensed Social worker (LSW) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
- Bilingual in Spanish or Portuguese required.
- 1 year working of 1x1 therapy Epic experience preferred
Please email: jisha.thomas@itmmi.com
Salary : $70,000 - $85,000