McLean's Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is recruiting LCSWs for our new Child Partial Hospital Program--a new program for 7-13 year olds struggling with irritability, suicide, and self-injury. This program is a unique "collaboratory"--striving to provide evidence-based therapy and medication management--while also catalyzing new research about these 3 problems--to improve care and outcomes.

LCSWs are a critical part of this multi-disciplinary team in this novel and important program.

The Clinical Social Worker Associate works in a Partial program and is accountable/responsible for the day-to-day treatment, management, disposition, and aftercare plan for their assigned patients with particular attention to taking responsibility for the prudent use of clinical resources. The Clinical Social Worker Associate is a key member of the interdisciplinary team, providing effective care including clinical evaluation, intervention and planning for patients with complex psychosocial risks. The position requires flexibility, excellent interpersonal skills, and clinical experience with children and/or adolescents. Experience in the delivery of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is strongly preferred. All duties and responsibilities are performed under an independently licensed mental health professional's supervision.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE

Responsibility

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provide ongoing assessment and formulation of the patient's needs in order to update the patient's plan of care including responsibility for the timely completion of a Treatment Plan that will satisfy clinical and regulatory requirements.

Provide clinical services to patients as appropriate, according to the age of the patient Provide clinical services to family members, as indicated.

2. Coordinate the delivery of services by the patient's multidisciplinary treatment team.

3. Act as primary liaison with family and significant others, referrers and community agencies and professionals to develop a timely and comprehensive discharge plan that includes access to services for patients and, where appropriate, family members.

ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS

4. Collaborate with the Utilization Manager to manage the patient's care in a manner that is both clinically and fiscally sound; where appropriate, be the designated contact with managed care organization

5. Ensure the timely completion of all documentation and other required paperwork needed to facilitate patient evaluation, transition and billing (e.g., treatment plans, progress notes, discharge summaries, psychosocial assessment, signed releases, patient care referral forms, etc.).

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

6. Demonstrate a commitment to their professional growth and competency in order to enhance patient care and job performance.

7. Contribute to the efficient operation of the program, the hospital and. where appropriate, their clinical department through team work, cooperation and participation in problem solving activities.

Qualifications

Education: MSW

License; Attaining Massachusetts LCSW licensure is not required upon hire to perform the essential functions of this job, however, as a condition of continued employment, it is a requirement to receive LCSW licensure within 12 months of hire, or upon the one year anniversary of employment-along with the annual review. Failure to attain this licensure will result in termination of employment-failing to meet a condition of employment.

Exceptions may be made for extenuating circumstances preventing an employee from attaining licensure must be approved by the Director of Social Work

Skills/Abilities/Competencie

• Broad range of clinical skills including psychiatric assessment, capacity to formulate a case and develop a therapeutic alliance, and plan treatment and aftercare.
• Crisis stabilization.
• Family support and intervention.
• Clinical privileges or eligibility for privileges in their discipline in individual, family and couples treatment
• Familiarity with the discharge planning process as well as community resources, public service delivery systems^
  
  and consumer entitlement programs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a rapidly changing system of care.
• Familiarity with computerized clinical data bases.

Experience;

• Experience in providing a range of clinical services including: assessment, treatment and discharge planning.
• Experience in a managed care environment and the capacity to work collaboratively with managed care organizations.
• Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary staff both within the Hospital and the community at large.
• Required to complete electronic medical records training, and demonstrate 80% accuracy on competency test within 30 days of hire.

EEO Statement

McLean is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.