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Denver Health is Hiring a Social Worker, MSW - Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry Near Denver, CO

We are recruiting for a motivated Social Worker, MSW - Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry to join our team!

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Adult PsychiatristsWith over 700 employees, Behavioral Health Services (BHS) at Denver Health is a large and rapidly expanding department that provides psychiatric care for patients in community, emergency, inpatient, justice, medical, mobile, and outpatient settings. As a non-profit committed to meeting community needs and promoting health equity, Denver Health offers psychiatrists a practice full of meaning and purpose. All physicians at Denver Health have an academic appointment at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. As such, Denver Health is an excellent place to work for physicians with an interest in clinical education.
Job Summary
Under general supervision, plans, organizes and implements social work treatment for Emergency Department/hospitalized patients and their families. Assesses the biopsychosocial needs of patients and families and creates an individual plan of care, as it relates to the patient's current health concerns and ongoing access to care outside of the hospital. Provides clinical interventions that help meet identified needs by utilizing personal, family and community resources. Provides crisis intervention, supportive counseling, case consultation and care coordination services.
Essential Functions :
  • Conducts comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments that are thorough, individualized, objective and complete. Provides intervention appropriate to the presenting problem. Utilizes key case management components including assessment/reassessment, care planning, coordination of care, and documentation. Evaluates emotional components, impact of health issues and assists patient to identify strengths, dysfunctional factors and to establish detailed discharge/transition of care plans. Provides care coordination throughout the continuum of care and/or hospitalization from case referral to case closure. (35%)
  • Applies knowledge of individual, group and family functioning to ensure appropriateness of treatment methods to assist patient in achieving care plan goals. Demonstrates the ability to develop effective brief interventions that are socio-culturally sensitive. (20%)
  • Routinely consults, negotiates, and coordinates with internal and external resources to assure collaborative efforts to maximize patient outcomes. (15%)
  • Facilitates multi-disciplinary communications and patient care meetings (i.e. case conferences/family meetings, rounding) and utilizes information to assess and reassess care needs. Demonstrates and educates staff as to the scope of function of the Social Work role in the health care team. Ensures patient involvement in care planning and goal setting with informed consent documented. Demonstrates knowledge and applicability of the principles of growth and development over the life span, as well as demonstrating the ability to assess the patient's status and interpreting appropriate cultural information of the patient(s) to whom care/service is being delivered/provided. Demonstrates knowledge of major concepts principles and theories of normal and abnormal human development, and its application to specific age groups. Utilizes knowledge of patient populations' cultural, religious, ethnic and social systems in interactions, care planning and education. Demonstrates comprehensive effective knowledge of programs, eligibility, and skill in obtaining appropriate resource/services; is able to educate others, to identify gaps and suggest alternatives. (15%)
  • Assists clients to maximize adjustment to illness/disability/trauma by addressing biopsychosocial issues and enhancing problem solving and coping skills. Evaluates emotional components, impact of health issues and assists client to identify disruptive factors to establish treatment goals. (15%)
Education :
  • Master's Degree From a CSWE accredited college or university Required
Work Experience :
  • Typically, one-year full time post master's degree Social Work practice under the supervision of a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Required
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :
  • Knowledge of coordination of care/discharge planning, crisis intervention and supportive counseling.
  • Knowledge of medical/behavioral health terms, abbreviations, diagnosis, and demonstrates this knowledge verbally and in writing.
  • Skill in problem solving and use of critical thinking skills.
  • Skill in providing care appropriate to the age of the patients served within the healthcare setting.
  • Skill in establishing a treatment alliance and engaging the patient in goal setting and prioritizing.
  • Ability to manage the professional relationship including termination and/or transition of care.
  • Ability to respond to crisis situations and provide support.
  • Ability to advocate in a professional manner as appropriate.

Shift

Work Type

Regular

Salary

$60,314.00 - $87,695.00 / yr

Benefits

  • Outstanding benefits including up to 27 paid days off per year, immediate retirement plan employer contribution up to 9.5%, and generous medical plans

  • Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)

  • On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes

  • Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more

  • Tuition reimbursement & assistance

  • Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching

  • Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance

  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF program

  • National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

Our Values

  • Respect

  • Belonging

  • Accountability

  • Transparency

All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.
Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver's 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.
As Colorado's primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.
Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.
We strongly support diversity in the workforce and Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

Denver Health values the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community. For more about our commitment to diversity visit: https://www.denverhealth.org/for-professionals/careers/diversity-and-inclusion

Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.

Job Summary

JOB TYPE

Full Time

SALARY

$68k-82k (estimate)

POST DATE

05/12/2024

EXPIRATION DATE

05/27/2024

WEBSITE

denverhealth.org

HEADQUARTERS

DENVER, CO

SIZE

3,000 - 7,500

FOUNDED

1860

TYPE

NGO/NPO/NFP/Organization/Association

CEO

PEGGY J BURNETTE

REVENUE

$1B - $3B

INDUSTRY

Hospital

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