Social Worker | 40 hours per week | Care Continuum

Minimum Hiring Wage:

From $26.89 per hour

Job Details:

Scheduled Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm, every 6th - 8th weekend rotation

Job Description:

This position will work in Social Work and Behavioral Health Assessment Team.

Provide patients and their families, including vulnerable populations, with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses.  Services address their social, emotional, and financial needs.  Services provided include clinical assessment, crisis intervention, brief therapy, case consultation with the healthcare team and collaboration with other professionals in the community.  These services advise family caregivers, provide patient education and counseling, and make necessary referrals to community resources for continuity of care.

Responsible for providing direct support to people with varying degrees of mental illnesses and other related issues.  Utilize intervention strategies to assist with rapid stabilization, de-escalation and therapeutic mediation.  Conduct a thorough, accurate, clinically sound Triage/Psychosocial comprehensive mental health screening for qualifying patients presenting to the Health System as well as via tele-medicine. Gather collateral information from family, other providers, etc. in order to provide a more thorough screening of immediate needs. Actively coordinate care, identify and address gaps in service needs and make appropriate recommendations. Utilize efficient use of psychiatric and medical resources, and facilitate safe and appropriate discharge planning. 

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited program is required with 5 years of experience in mental health/social work settings required; OR specific training related to crisis.

Benefits:

We are excited to offer an aggressive compensation and benefits package for qualifying positions, which includes:

• Competitive base pay

• Matching retirement programs

• Health, Dental and Vision plans

• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts

• Employee discounts including car rental, cell-phone plans

• Employer-paid, Long-Term Disability, Life, and AD&D

• Paid time off (PTO)

• Education Assistance Program

• Employee Assistance Program

• Employee Referral Bonus Program

• Discounted cafeteria meals

• Paid Parental Leave

• Employee Service Recognition program  

• Voluntary plans including: Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity

 

Great River Health and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.