Behavioral Health Specialist - Crisis, LCSW

Saint Mary’s Hospital a member of Trinity Health Of New England is looking for an experienced Behavioral Health Specialist, Social Worker LCSW to come join our team of highly specialized integrated behavioral health professionals.

The Behavioral Health Specialist is a Licensed Social Worker, LCSW who provides psychiatric evaluations for pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in the Emergency Room and Behavioral Health Unit. The Social Worker provides psycho-social services to adult, child and adolescent nd serves as the driver of a collaborative, interdisciplinary process, which coordinates, monitors, and plans behavioral health care services throughout the episode of illness to meet the individual needs of our patients in order to improve the quality of care.

What you will do:

• Builds caring relationships with target population to promote positive health and social service outcomes.
• Provides consultation and recommendations to the Emergency Department (ED) providers and other healthcare providers to assist in determining the appropriate plan of care for patients.
• Triages, assesses, diagnoses, determines the most appropriate level of care, and coordinates appropriate referrals for behavioral health patients requiring crisis assessments in the Emergency Department and inpatient units,
• Coordinates and/or completes all assessments and goals that are strength-based, solution-oriented in order to build treatment plans from admission to discharge, with family and service providers. Ensures implementation of the treatment plan with all providers.
• coordinates a discharge plan, referral, or admission to an inpatient level of care, which may also include insurance precertification.
Demonstrates problem solving, conflict resolution, and positive communication through teamwork. Support team as needed to fulfil clients needs.

Minimum Requirements:

• Education: Master’s degree in a social work field including, Social Work; Marriage and Family Therapy; Psychology; and/or Mental Health Counselor
• Licensure: CT Licensure at a LCSW, LPC or LMFT level required.
• Experience: Requires two years of clinical experience working with at risk populations.
• Understanding of consult-liaison, crisis intervention, and integrated care models; can assess the patient with a medical/behavioral health perspective.
• Work requires analytical ability to design comprehensive treatment plans and knowledge of professional literature and resources. Computer typing is necessary.
• Ability to integrate diverse behavioral health interventions in collaboration with professionals from different disciplines to achieve holistic health goals in complex cases.

Highlights

• Full Time – 32 hours
• *Sign On Bonus*
• Excellent Benefits
• Engaged leadership.
• Mission Drive Team

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