What are the responsibilities and job description for the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) position at West River Health Services?
Primary focus on mental health issues. Comprehensive assessment and decision-making about the care needs of individuals, families and groups.
Excellence in Practice :
- Primary focus on mental health issues. Includes all ages across the lifespan from the community and other areas. Assessment, interventions, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation of treatment plan, psychotherapy, care management, consultation and health promotion within the healthcare system, to include but limited to inpatient, outpatient, assisted living and long term care. Provide one on one counseling and social services for identified patients with special emphasis on treatment.
- Health promotion is conducted by providing in-service to staff and patients, public speaking on health related issues and attending health fairs.
- Comprehensive assessment and decision making about care needs of individuals, families and groups.
- Assists with planning, maintaining and evaluating education needs for patients and community.
- Competent with clinical counseling skills. Is knowledgeable in the assessment, treatment and care of specific populations such as neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatrics and developmentally disabled as appropriate to level of licensure and responsibilities.
- Seeks timely consultations. Informed consents complete and appropriate. Coordination of care and advocating for patient in the all areas of the health care setting. Medical records completed in a timely manner. Assessment focusing on psychological, sociological and spiritual aspects.
- In collaboration with the physicians will provide services to patient requiring continuing care (extended care) including follow-up visits after the initial treatment by the physician.
- Collaborates in covering the needs of the satellite clinics and hospital.
- Exhibits strong communication skills, especially during therapy sessions.
- Displays ethical decision making.
- Comfortable in stressful situations.
- Additional duties as assigned.
Essential Job Requirements :
