LCSW, LPCC, LMFT Case Manager/Critical Care - FT - Downey

Kaiser Permanente; California (MO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Psychiatric Social Worker to join an interdisciplinary team providing direct assessment, treatment planning, and psycho-education to members and families. The role involves working across age groups with diverse treatment modalities, prioritizing timely and evidence-based care in a busy clinical setting.

The position emphasizes direct patient care, documentation, and collaboration with community resources while maintaining licensure and adherence to guidelines.

Qualifications

• Two years of post-graduate mental health therapy experience required.
• Knowledge of DSM nomenclature.
• Ability to provide culturally sensitive service.

Responsibilities

• Conduct initial interviews and assess psychological and social factors.
• Determine urgency and provide appropriate treatment recommendations.
• Provide therapy to adults, adolescents, and children.
• Deliver crisis intervention and short-term therapy when needed.
• Maintain accurate documentation in member charts and reports.
• Coordinate with community resources and social agencies.
• Provide clinical consultation in an integrated health care setting.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Diagnosis formulation

Treatment planning

Documentation of clinical encounters

Communication with members and staff

Education

Master's degree in Social Work or related field

Job description

Description:

Job Summary:

The Psychiatric Social Worker is a member of an interdisciplinary team who provides direct assessment, diagnosis formulation, treatment planning, treatment intervention and psycho-education to members and/or family members. Must be familiar with all aspects of psychopathology and recognize the appropriate and timely clinical treatment intervention needed. The Psychiatric Social Worker may work with specific age group as is determined by training and certificate. Must be familiar with and have expertise in a variety of treatment modalities. The majority of the position will be spent in direct patient care.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Competencies:
  
• Timely and appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and treatment intervention of members.
  
• Appropriate selection of treatment modality to members presenting problem.
  
• Is an effective communicator of clinical material to member and clinical staff
  
• Provides high internal and external customer/patient satisfaction.
  
• Demonstrates expertise in a variety of treatment methodologies.
  
• Provides appropriate and timely documentation of clinical encounters in members charts.
  
• Is knowledgeable of KP and community resources.
  
• Adheres to all mandated guidelines for patients clinical care and license.
  
• Maintains license.
  
• Conduct initial interview with Members by eliciting and interpreting the psychological and social meaning of complaints.
  
• Determines urgency of members need.
  
• Provides a professional interpretation of members presentation and recommends a course of therapeutic action, selects appropriate treatment modality.
  
• Provides treatment to adults, adolescents and children.
  
• Renders appropriate and immediate guidance & therapy for members in crisis or in need of clinical services.
  
• Maintains written record of therapy, prepares reports and letter; phones, writes and visits (with member permission) social agencies, schools relatives, friends to obtain pertinent information.
  
• Provides clinical consultation in an integrated health care environment regarding family interactions, sociocultural determinants and community resources.
  
• Provides telephone assessment, counseling, resource information and referrals.
  
• Proficient in identifying and treating the span of developmental stages.
  
• Proficient in various treatment modalities including, but not limited to individual, group family & child therapy.
  
• Complies with organizational, departmental, state/federal guidelines & all regulatory agency policies and procedures.
  
• Participates in QM & CQI activities.
  

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• Two (2) years of post graduate mental health therapy experience within the last five (5) years required.
  

Education

• Masters degree in a Social Work, Psychology, Sociology or other field related to behavioral health required.

License, Certification, Registration

• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (California) OR Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (California) OR Licensed Clinical Social Worker (California)

• National Provider Identifier

Additional Requirements:

• Knowledge of and ability to utilize current DSM nomenclature required.
• Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.

Preferred Qualifications:

• N/A