Social Worker, Per Diem

TaraVista Behavioral Health Center; Harvard (MA); On-site; USD 64,000 - 83,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Per diem opportunities

Job summary

TaraVista Behavioral Health Center in Devens, Massachusetts, is seeking a Social Worker for per diem opportunities. You will be a key member of a multidisciplinary team, providing direct care and supporting patients and families, while coordinating with physicians, nurses, and therapists to plan comprehensive discharge strategies and aftercare.

The role requires a clinical master's degree, LICSW/LMHC licensure eligibility, and CANS certification within 30 days of hire.

Qualifications

• LICSW or LMHC licensure eligibility required; inpatient work preferred.
• Clinical Master’s Degree required.
• CANS certification required within 30 days of hire.
• Inpatient behavioral health or acute care experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of clinical behavioral health treatment and family systems.
• Proficient typing and EHR skills (MedSphere/Vista).

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and indirect care to patients, families, and guardians.
• Provide clinical social work services with physicians and care staff.
• Administer biopsychosocial assessments, treatment planning, case management, and family therapy.
• Assist with insurance utilization review and coordinate care with community agencies and programs.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary treatment team to develop, implement, and document goals and interventions.
• Support discharge planning and aftercare planning.

Skills

Licensure eligibility

Inpatient experience

Clinical knowledge

EHR proficiency

Bilingual EN/ES preferred

Education

Clinical Master’s Degree

CANS Certification

Tools

MedSphere/Vista EHR

Job description

Join us as a Social Worker!

Per Diem Opportunities Available!

As a Social Worker for TaraVista in Devens, Massachusetts, you’ll bring your experience and knowledge where your voice matters. A Social Worker is an integral part of our multidisciplinary treatment team. You will provide direct care and support not only to our patients but also their families and make decisions that impact the lives of your peers, your patients, and your community. In exchange, we will care for you as much as you care for our patients.

As a Social Worker:

• You will be an active participant in the health care team who provides direct and indirect care to patients, families, and legal guardians.

• Provide clinical social work services in partnership with physicians, nurse practitioners, and direct care staff.

• Administer biopsychosocial assessments, multidisciplinary treatment planning, case management, individual and family therapy, and systems interventions directed towards comprehensive discharge strategies and aftercare planning.

• Assist with insurance utilization review and provide liaison services to patients and their family/guardians, the hospital, and outside community agencies and programs as needed for care coordination.

• You will work collaboratively as a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team and contribute to each patient’s treatment plan by helping develop, implement, and document appropriate goals and interventions, informed by patient strengths and presenting psychiatric problems.

The Social Worker will have the following:

• LCSW or license eligibility for LMHC required. LICSW or LMHC with prior experience working within an inpatient behavioral health or acute care settings preferred.

• Clinical Master’s Degree, required

• Child & Adolescent Needs & Strengths (CANS) Certification, required within 30 days of hire

• Prior experience working within an inpatient behavioral health setting, short-term treatment and/or acute care preferred.

• Advanced level knowledge and experience in the application of clinical behavioral health treatment and family system modalities for patients with psychiatric illnesses, as well as risk and safety assessment

• Sufficient typing and computer skills to facilitate use of Electronic Health Record required; experience with Electronic Health Record, including Medsphere/Vista preferred.

• Possess advanced level knowledge and experience in the application of clinical behavioral health treatment and family system modalities for patients with psychiatric illnesses.

• Possess an understanding of appropriate community support and systems available to patients after discharge. Demonstrate competency and possess the knowledge base, skill, and ability to work in an acute inpatient setting.

• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

Pay Range:

Compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s relevant experience and licensure.

$64,000 - $83,000

TaraVista is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.