Provides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention as needed to members who present themselves for psychiatric evaluation. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member's treatment program.
Essential Functions:
- Assesses, develops and coordinates a clinical treatment program for Health Plan members with acute or chronic psychiatric disorders.
- Consults with staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits of member, as needed or appropriate.
- Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals and groups.
- Charts member's treatments and progress in accordance with state regulations and department procedures.
- Instructs and counsels members regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens.
- Interprets psychiatric treatment to member's family and helps to reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of psychiatric care and continuation of treatment if asked to do so by member.
- Makes referrals to case manager, as appropriate, and/or refers member's family to community support services and resources.
- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of members.
- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating members for psychotropic medications.
- May supervise PSW Assistants and PSW Interns, if supervision course has been completed.
- Works on-call evenings, weekends & holidays, assuming primary responsibility for emergency psychiatric care and acting as consultant to emergency department physicians and staff.
- Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.
Secondary Functions:
- Practice as a general therapist on a multidisciplinary Psychiatry Treatment team in a child/adolescent clinic setting.
- Telephone screening and crisis intervention work as needed.
- Facilitate at least 2 psychotherapy groups.
- Participate in team meetings and collaborate with colleagues.
- Consult with medical, nursing and psychiatric staff regarding diagnosis, evaluations, strengths and deficits.
- Instruct and counsel patients regarding compliance with therapeutic regimens, including adherence to prescription medication within the scope of practice.
- Days and hours worked may vary depending on the needs of the department.
- This position requires occasional on-call evening and weekend coverage for psychiatric assessments in the Emergency Department and hospital.
- Will work in the general Child/Adolescent Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- LCSW: Masters degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university and Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.
OR
- MFT: Masters degree in Applied Behavioral Science required, Current license as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in the State of California, and Previous post license, paid experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an outpatient setting/program under licensed supervision (usually two to four years). Knowledge of state regulations with regard to ethics, treatment, patient rights and confidentiality.
OR
- PSWA: Masters degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university.
OR
- MFTA: Masters degree in Applied Behavioral Science required from an accredited college or university. Must pass the State Board examination within two years from date of hire.
- Outpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.
- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain NPI, prior to employment start date.
- Must be familiar with DMS-IV-R as a means of diagnosis.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:
- Working in an inpatient setting, a minimum of three years post licensure experience in acute inpatient psychiatric settings and with the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic methods and measures in a hospital, clinic or agency preferred.
- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy preferred.
- Previous clinical responsibility to include inpatient group treatment and crisis intervention preferred.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum of two years experience in assessing and treating children and adolescents in an outpatient setting.
- Demonstrate a high level of clinical expertise in diagnosis, evaluation and treatment planning for children, their families, and adults.
- Expertise treating co-morbid mood and anxiety disorders using CBT, DBT and other evidence-based psychotherapeutic methods also hightly desired.
- Knowledge of IEP process.
- Ability to work well in a team setting, have experience and becomfortable working with culturally diverse patients and collegues. - Bilingual skills a plus.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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