
Clinical Social Worker, Inpatient Child/Adolescent Psychiatry
Job Description
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
Job Summary
Counsel and advise children, adolescents and their families with behavioral health concerns including mood disorders, anxiety, school refusal, family conflict and trauma. May counsel individuals, families, or groups or engage in prevention programs. Provide support, training and education to mental/behavioral health care and case management staff as needed.Does this position require Patient Care?
Yes
Essential Functions
• Individual, family and group counseling utilizing evidence-based treatments such as DBT, CBT and ACT.
• Collaborate with team members to develop and execute a multi-disciplinary treatment plan.
• Collaborate with community partners to coordinate care.
• Evaluate children and adolescents at risk for harm to self or others and triggers to these behaviors.
• Complete documentation using Epic, an electronic medical record.
• Ensure safe discharge including referral to other levels of care, safety planning and ensuring aftercare appointments.
• Participate in staff meetings.
• Train new staff as needed.
• Understanding and maintaining the confidential nature of all client and program related activities.
Qualifications
Education
Master's Degree Related Field of Study required
Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree?
No
Licenses and Credentials
Licensed Clinical Social Worker [LCSW - MA] - preferred
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker [LICSW - MA] - preferred
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist [MA] - preferred
Licensed Mental Health Counselor [LMHC - MA] - preferred
Licensed Mental Health Counselor [LMHC - MA] - preferred
Experience
Demonstrated experience working successfully with people of various backgrounds and lifestyles in a manner that engages on-going self-reflection and continual learning preferred.
Experience negotiating, advocating, and navigating systems preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrates proficient clinical judgment and application of professional values and ethics. Integration of prior clinical experience into current practice.
- Demonstrates proficiency to formulate assessment of risks, crisis intervention, psychosocial assessments, treatment plans, and the documentation of both in a timely manner.
- Demonstrates proficient working knowledge of internal and external resources and refers appropriately.
- Ability to advocate , coordinate, and continuously communicate with treatment plans with patients, family and the interdisciplinary team.
- Utilizes supervision and consultation regularly and appropriately.
- Engages in quality improvement projects, uses data to measure progress.
- Facilitate skill-based groups.
- Demonstrate capacity to effectively communicate findings with a broader audience.
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
Remote Type
Work Location
Scheduled Weekly Hours
Employee Type
Work Shift
Pay Range
$67,537.60 - $98,238.40/Annual
Grade
7
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