LEAD SOCIAL WORKER

Metropolitan Behavioral Health; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 68,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Compensation

Generous Paid Time Off

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(K) with company match

SoFi Student Loan Refinancing

Job summary

Metropolitan Behavioral Health, a UHS facility in Dearborn, MI, seeks a Lead Social Worker for a full-time role overseeing assessments, treatment planning, and discharge planning across inpatient and outpatient services.

Education: MSW required; Licensure: LLMSW or LMSW; prior behavioral health experience is essential. The Lead will support clinical services, coordinate treatment teams, and mentor staff as needed.

Qualifications

• MSW required and licensure as LLMSW or LMSW.
• Previous behavioral health experience required.

Responsibilities

• Assists with maintaining the daily Assessments Audit, including monitoring new patients and timeliness of psychosocial assessment and master treatment plan.
• Assist with scheduling treatment teams and updating the audit for unit-specific teams.
• Support timely discharge planning, pre-admission activities, and discharge workflows.
• Back up the Director of Clinical Services in their absence and ensure assignments, groups, and discharges are completed.
• Assist in New Hire Orientation when the DSC is unavailable.
• Ensure utilization management requests are completed in chart timely.

Skills

Social Work

Education

MSW

Job description

Metropolitan Behavioral Health (a UHS Facility)

A growing 144-bed behavioral health facility – Metropolitan Behavioral Hospital provides a full continuum of inpatient services across the entire patient population, including specialty programs to serve adolescents, adults and older adults, and perform behavioral health assessments 24 hours a day. Additionally, programs for co-occurring behavioral health and substance use issues are offered to meet the unique needs of this patient population. The facility provides a robust outpatient program utilizing a combination of group, family and individual therapy.

Responsibilities

Lead Social Worker

Full-Time

Metropolitan Behavioral Health (a UHS Facility)

A growing 144-bed behavioral health facility – Metropolitan Behavioral Hospital provides a full continuum of inpatient services across the entire patient population, including specialty programs to serve adolescents, adults and older adults, and perform behavioral health assessments 24 hours a day. Additionally, programs for co-occurring behavioral health and substance use issues are offered to meet the unique needs of this patient population. The facility provides a robust outpatient program utilizing a combination of group, family and individual therapy.

For more information, please visit our website: https://metropolitanbh.com

Position Summary

• Assists with maintaining the daily Assessments Audit, including monitoring the addition of new patients, ensuring timeliness of the Psychosocial Assessment & the Master Treatment Plan, and ensuring timeliness and completion of collateral contacts
• As needed, the Lead will assist with scheduling treatment teams for each unit, and ensuring the audit is updated to reflect master and updated treatment teams were held for respective patients.
• Assists with ensuring a timely and effective workflow with discharges, discharge planning, and pre-admits
• Will back up the Director of Clinical services in their absence, ensuring assignments, groups, and discharges are completed as needed
• Will assist in completing New Hire Orientation for new staff in the event the DSC is not able to.
• Assists with ensuring all utilization management request are completed in the chart in a timely manner

These duties will fluctuate as needed, and additional responsibilities may be added as appropriate, based on the needs of the hospital, individual units, and staff.

Benefit Highlights

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: uhsguest.com

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 99,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, 60 outpatient and other facilities in 39 U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Education: MSW required

Licensure: LLMSW or LMSW

Experience: previous behavioral health experience required

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.