Behavioral Health Social Worker - Crisis & Therapy (FT)

Universal Health Services; Fort Washington (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Universal Health Services in Fort Washington, PA, seeks a Social Worker at Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital, a 146-bed facility serving adolescents and adults. The Social Worker will perform biopsychosocial assessments, provide crisis intervention, family therapy, and group therapy, and coordinate discharge planning and interagency referrals.

Applicants should have a Master’s in Social Work and at least two years in a psychiatric health care setting, with strong communication skills and

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years in a psychiatric health care facility with direct therapy experience.
• Strong clinical assessment skills required.
• Experience with individual, family and group therapies, crisis intervention.

Responsibilities

• Provide social services to meet biopsychosocial assessment needs and support emotional health.
• Deliver crisis intervention, short-term family therapy and group therapy.
• Facilitate interagency meetings, treatment planning and discharge planning.
• Offer referral information to patients and families as part of care.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Crisis intervention

Communication skills

CPR training

CPI training

Education

Master's Degree in Social Work

Job description

Universal Health Services in Fort Washington, PA, seeks a Social Worker at Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital, a 146-bed facility serving adolescents and adults. The Social Worker will perform biopsychosocial assessments, provide crisis intervention, family therapy, and group therapy, and coordinate discharge planning and interagency referrals.

Applicants should have a Master’s in Social Work and at least two years in a psychiatric health care setting, with strong communication skills and