PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKER

$34.14/hour - $46.63/hour Summary Provides clinical social work services in an acute inpatient psychiatric setting. Delivers therapeutic interventions to patients, families, guardians, and significant others, including individual and group psychotherapy, psychoeducation, support services, advocacy, and discharge planning. Applies strong clinical social work skills, including diagnostic assessment, treatment planning, and therapeutic intervention, as well as comprehensive knowledge of psychiatric disorders, crisis management, and the community based mental health system in New Hampshire. Responsibilities Conducts comprehensive and sensitive psychosocial assessments, gathering information from patients, families, other supports, service providers, schools, legal professionals, guardians, and existing clinical records. Develops individualized treatment goals and therapeutic interventions based on in depth psychosocial assessments. Collaborates closely with interdisciplinary team members and assumes primary responsibility for ensuring ongoing discharge planning discussions throughout the patient's course of care. Provides individual, group, and family therapy, utilizing a broad range of established, evidence based therapeutic techniques. Aligns services with the needs of assigned patients and broader programmatic demands, applying the National Association of Social Workers code of ethics, DSM 5 TR diagnostic standards, trauma informed care principles, and systems theory. Monitors and documents the effectiveness of interventions in the clinical record in accordance with professional, departmental, and hospital standards. Monitors and manages legal matters related to patient care, including guardianship, court hearings, involuntary commitments, and conditional discharges, initiating and supporting these processes in collaboration with treatment teams. Provides direct support and clinical modeling to hospital staff to promote therapeutic engagement and professional, courteous interactions with patients, offering coaching in effective trauma informed interventions. Establishes and maintains sensitive and strategic relationships with community agencies, advocates for patients to ensure access to necessary supports, and facilitates optimal discharge outcomes. Minimum Qualifications Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree and 1.5 years of experience or equivalent combination of 5.5 years of education and experience after high school. Must include at least 30 credits of graduate level study in social work with 450+ field hours of clinical experience. License/Certification: Valid driver's license. Preferred Qualifications Master's Degree in Social Work strongly preferred. Benefits HMO or POS Medical and Prescription Drug Benefits; actual value and employee benefit contributions vary by plan. Dental Plan at minimal cost for employees and families. Flexible Spending healthcare and childcare reimbursement accounts. State defined benefit retirement plan and Deferred Compensation 457(b) plan. Work/life balance flexible schedules, paid holidays, and generous leave plan. $50,000 state paid life insurance plus additional low cost group life insurance. Incentive based Wellness Program (ability to earn up to $500). For further information please contact Sharon O'Neill, Assistant Director of Social Work (Sharon.E.ONeill@ or 603 271 5393). You may also contact Human Resources at NHH HR@. EOE TDD Access: Relay NH 1 800 735 2964 #J-18808-Ljbffr