Job Description
Join us as a Social Worker!
Per Diem Opportunities Available!!
Requirements: 3 days per month
As a Social Worker, do you aspire to be a part of a cohesive and compassionate team that makes a meaningful impact on the lives of patients? Are you looking for an opportunity to grow your career and work for a young and vibrant organization that is expanding? If you are, then look no more! MiraVista is the perfect place for you.
As a premier mental health facility in Holyoke Massachusetts, we are seeking motivated, reliable, and committed caregivers who will be responsible for providing direct care and support to our patients. If this sounds like the right place for you then keep reading and learn more about why MiraVista is the perfect place to work!
As a Social Worker:
- You will be an active participant in the health care team who provides direct and indirect care to patients, families, and legal guardians.
- You will provide clinical social work services in partnership with physicians, nurse practitioners, and direct care staff.
- You will administer biopsychosocial assessments, multidisciplinary treatment planning, case management, individual and family therapy, and systems interventions directed towards comprehensive discharge strategies and aftercare planning.
- You will assist with insurance utilization review and provide liaison services to patients and their family/guardians, the hospital, and outside community agencies and programs as needed for care coordination.
The Social Worker will have the following:
- LCSW or license eligibility for LMHC required. LICSW or LMHC with prior experience working within an inpatient behavioral health or acute care settings preferred.
- Child Adolescent Needs Strengths (CANS) Certification, required within 30 days of hire
- Prior experience working within an inpatient behavioral health setting, short-term treatment and/or acute care preferred.
- Advanced level knowledge and experience in the application of clinical behavioral health treatment and family system modalities for patients with psychiatric illnesses, as well as risk and safety assessment
- Sufficient typing and computer skills to facilitate use of Electronic Health Record required; experience with Electronic Health Record, including Medsphere/Vista preferred.
- Possess advanced level knowledge and experience in the application of clinical behavioral health treatment and family system modalities for patients with psychiatric illnesses.
- Possess an understanding of appropriate community support and systems available to patients after discharge. Demonstrate competency and possess the knowledge base, skill, and ability to work in an acute inpatient setting.
- CANS Certification, Preferred
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
MiraVista is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.]]>
Job Tags
Full time, Temporary work, Local area, Immediate start, Flexible hours,