SOCIAL WORKER (MA/MSW)

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

Responsibilities

Full Time Social Worker Opportunity!

Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital has been providing psychiatric services to the Philadelphia area for more than 40 years. Located in Fort Washington, PA, our 146-bed facility provides a peaceful setting for those seeking treatment for mental illness. Brooke Glen offers unique and individualized programming for adolescents and adults that sets us apart from many other treatment facilities, and our tenured leadership team includes a seasoned nursing department.

Visit us online at: https://www.brookeglenhospital.com/

TheSocial Workerperforms social services functions to include assisting patients in meeting their biopsychosocial assessment needs while enabling them to achieve their optimal level of emotional health. This includes providing basic consultations, teaching, and specialized clinical social work services for patients/families receiving care. Crisis intervention, short-term family therapy, group therapy, the facilitation of interagency meetings, treatment planning, & discharge planning and the provision of referral information is also provided by Social Workers.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $13.4 billion in 2022. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 94,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com.

Masters Degree from an accredited college or university, in Social Work or a clinical related mental health field.

EEO Statement

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Job Type: Full-time

Qualifications

Experience:Requires a minimum of two (2) years in a psychiatric health care facility or equivalent, with direct experience in individual, family and group therapies, crisis intervention, and treatment skills; must have strong clinical assessment skills.

Additional Requirements:Must possess good verbal and written communication skills. Successful completion of CPR/AED training and successful completion of Crisis Prevention (CPI) training including de‑se​l​a​tion and appropriate use of seclusion and restraint required prior to assisting in the procedures including restraint and seclusion policies within thirty )30) days of employment, and prior to assisting in restraining procedures. May be required necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patient served on his or her assigned program. The individual must demonstrate knowledge f the principles of growth and development over the lifespan and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age‑specific need