McLean Hospital, America's top-ranked psychiatric hospital, is inviting applications for a licensed clinical social worker to serve as an integral member of the admissions team and conduct psychodiagnostic and psychosocial assessments for partial hospital and outpatient levels of care. The clinical social worker will also have opportunities to provide individual and group treatment at both levels of care.

The Trauma Continuum of Care

Who We Serve

McLean Hospital's Trauma Continuum Partial Hospital and Outpatient Program offers psychiatric and psychological services for adults (18 years of age or older) who have histories of trauma, and are diagnosed with a trauma-related disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or dissociative disorders, including Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).

Partial Hospital Services

The focus of partial hospital treatment includes establishing stability through the acquisition and application of grounding techniques, education, and connection with others who share lived experience. Treatment is informed by evidence-based therapies and interventions designed for treating PTSD and related problems. The group-based treatment program is designed for individuals who need more structure and intensive treatment than can be received from outpatient treatment alone. Additionally, the program serves as an adjunct to individual therapy or as a support during transition from inpatient hospitalization to one's home environment.

Outpatient Services

Our Outpatient Program offers adjunctive, time-limited, evidence-based, individual and group psychotherapy as well as medication management services. Outpatient services focus on processing and improving trauma-related thoughts, feelings, and behaviors as well as reconnecting with important relationships and resuming meaningful activities. A prerequisite for trauma-focused treatment at the outpatient level is the ability to maintain safety and stability and the effective use of grounding and self-regulation skills.

The licensed clinical social worker for the Trauma Continuum provides time-limited evidence-based services for trauma-related and dissociative disorders among adults at the partial hospital and outpatient levels of care. Duties may include psychodiagnostic assessment, individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, and case management per Trauma Continuum program needs. The clinical social worker will be expected to collaborate and participate in peer consultation with a multidisciplinary team of trauma treatment providers and experts.

This person will have the responsibility to provide clinical services for assigned patients, as well as to participate in the activities of the Trauma Continuum. This person may also have opportunities to participate in hospital community service, research and teaching as indicated by interests, training, and experience.

Qualifications

Education: Social Work: MSW

Licensure: LICSW

Skills:

• 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 his/her 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:

• A minimum of 1 year post degree experience or equivalent in an inpatient or outpatient setting.

• 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 collaborate

It is the policy of McLean Hospital to affirmatively provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants for employment and existing employees without regard to their race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, ancestry, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis that would be in violation of any applicable law or regulation.

EEO Statement

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