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Aurora San Diego

Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker (Full Time)

Aurora San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, 92189

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To provide quality case management, psychoeducation and therapeutic support to patients on our youth/adolescent and adult inpatient psychiatric units. To serve actively and constructively as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team, working closely with the Nursing department and attending psychiatrists to support patients and their families to find success and stability amid their crises. To ensure the safety and well-being of each patient while meeting their biopsychosocial and aftercare needs.

Pay Range: $30/hr. to $46/hr.

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Responsibilities

Develop and coordinate individualized discharge plans for each patient; utilizing treatment teams, patient interactions and attending psychiatrist directives to determine and address the patient’s aftercare needs

Administer biopsychosocial assessments to document patient’s history and identify preliminary issues for treatment focus by interviewing the patients and their family members, when applicable

Work with high acuity patients with chronic mental health, substance use disorder and other comorbid diagnoses

Lead process and psychoeducational groups for patients using various evidence based therapeutic modalities

Conduct family therapy and discharge planning sessions to prepare patients for their safe return to the community after psychiatric stabilization

Attend regular treatment team meetings to provide the social work perspective to the interdisciplinary team and create ongoing, individualized treatment plans for each patient

Report to community/state agencies any patient issues as required by law to appropriate authorities (e.g. CPS, APS, Tarasoff reporting)

Represent the facility in Counselor of Mental Health hearings for patient’s placed on 14-day intensive treatment 5250 legal holds

Familiarity with legal holds (5150, 5250, 5270), temporary and permanent conservatorships, wards of the state and dependents

Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Social Work

BLS (Basic Life Support) Certification for Healthcare Providers - American Heart Association

Knowledge of acute youth, adolescent and adult mental health diagnoses

Preferred Education and Experience

Current LCSW or working towards LCSW

Experience in an acute psychiatric healthcare setting

Benefits

401K Retirement Plan

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Pet Insurance

Healthcare Spending Account & Dependent Care Spending Account

Life Insurance (Supplemental Life, Term, and Universal plans are also available.)

PTO Plan

Holiday Premium Pay

PTO Cash Out option

Sick Pay

Short and Long-Term Disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

ID Theft Protection

Employee Appreciation Events

Employee Appreciation Events

Employee Discount Opportunities

Employee Discount Opportunities

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