What are the responsibilities and job description for the MTS Social Worker Therapist position at Recovery Center of Maryland, LLC?
Job Description
Job Description
Recovery Center of Maryland’s mission is to help individuals reclaim their lives from the disease of addiction to alcohol and other drugs and to reduce the incidence of addiction in future generations. We are an agency committed to quality gender-responsive, trauma-informed care to clients with substance use and co-occurring disorders. The Mobile Treatment Services (MTS) Social Worker provides critical alcohol and other drug counseling, assessment, and referral services to clients in a manner that reflects the agency's mission.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The MTS Social Worker will serve alongside a multidisciplinary team and provide therapeutic services for clients that have a priority population diagnosis and meet the requirements for mobile treatment.
- Counsel clients in individual or group sessions to assist them in dealing with substance abuse, mental or physical illness, poverty, unemployment, or physical abuse.
- Monitor, evaluate, and record client progress with respect to treatment goals
- Interview clients, review records, conduct assessments, or confer with other professionals to evaluate the mental or physical condition of clients or patients.
- Collaborate with counselors, physicians, or nurses to plan or coordinate treatment, drawing on social work experience and patient needs.
- Counsel or aid family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, or supporting the client or patient.
- Refer patient, client, or family to community resources for housing or treatment to assist in recovery from mental or physical illness, following through to ensure service efficacy.
- Modify treatment plans according to changes in client status.
- Educate clients or community members about mental or physical illness, abuse, medication, or available community resources.
- Assist clients in adhering to treatment plans, such as setting up appointments, arranging for transportation to appointments, or providing support.
- Increase social work knowledge by reviewing current literature, conducting social research, or attending seminars, training workshops, or classes.
- Plan or conduct programs to prevent substance abuse, combat social problems, or improve health or counseling services in the community.
- Supervise or direct other workers who provide services to clients or patients.
- Develop or advise on social policy or assist in community development.
Requirements
General Knowledge and Skills (will possess at time of employment or will be expected to learn upon employment)
Knowledge of the dynamics of behavioral health disorders (BHD) and their impact upon persons served; the social factors involved in (BHD); the up-to-date principles / techniques (evidence based / best practices) of services and their application to individuals possessing (BHD); the community resources available to persons with (BHD), to include crisis response, person centered planning, psycho-educational interventions and cognitive and behavioral therapy; knowledge of acceptable billing and service record documentation.
Skill In the application of Person Centered Planning, evidence based / best practices as defined by COMAR 10.47, and / or literature / research, and organizational policy / procedure : skill in. the delivery of services using accepted treatment modalities, to include monitoring, linking, assessing, and coordinating; skill in establishing / maintaining effective therapeutic relationships with persons served and / or their family members; and, skill in accurately documenting services provided and billed.
Ability demonstrated in the application of evidence based / best practices models, interventions and referral techniques of services.
Additional Job Requirements :
Willing to work in a high stress environment that is driven by team performance.
Physical Demands / Work Environment Physical Demands : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use their hands. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use their hands, talk, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, reach with their hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, taste, smell, and lift and / or move up to 20 pounds. There are no specific vision abilities required for the job. Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those employees’ encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential
functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the noise level in the work environment is a moderate noise level.
Job Type : Full-time
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Work Location : In person
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