Responsibilities

Social Worker - Full Time

Supervision for Licensure offered

**Per Colorado Law, all Hospital Employees must be vaccinated. If you believe you have an exemption, please contact HR directly** 

Job Summary

The Social Worker/Therapist assists in the integration of social services functions in the patient care, discharge planning and aftercare planning process with other hospital departments, external service organizations, agencies and health care facilities. The Social Worker/Therapist provides direct care to patient as appropriate and ensures compliance with quality patient care and regulatory standards. The Social Worker/Therapist assists patients and their families through the use of psychotherapeutic skills to understand, identify and resolve complex problems resulting from psychiatric illnesses utilizing group and individual therapies.

Responsiblities:

• Provide Phychosocial Assessments
• Provide individual therapy.
• Provides social work consultation to physicians, nurses, other hospital staff members, patients, patient's relatives
• Coordinates with community agencies upon request.
• Participates in hospital inservice education programs to integrate social work with other hospital departments.
• Maintains statistical report of services provided.
• Attend appropriate meetings, workshops, and conferences to maintain social work skills and keep informed of community resources available.
• Provide discharge planning services and arrange for post-hospital care of patients through external services as requested.
• Co-lead group therapy on assigned hospital units.
• Provide other clinical services as assigned.
• Promote positive customer relations.
• Promotes safety by attending mandatory inservices and complies with all safety measures initiated by the facility 

Highlands Behavioral Health System is an 86 bed, acute care psychiatric hospital located in Littleton, CO. Highlands features individual units for adolescents, adults, and seniors, and offers inpatient acute care, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs. Highlands Behavioral Health System offers comprehensive benefits for an Intake Overnight Clinician who is internally motivated, likes working in: Challenging, fast paced and rewarding work environment Can function independently Has a passion for assessment and triage! Highlands Behavioral Health offers: Competitive Compensation And for full time employees we offer: Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Plan Generous Paid Time Off 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries Please visit https://www.uhsinc.com/careers/ to apply today! UHS is one of the nation’s 10 billion.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• Master's Degree in Social Work or related field such as counseling, psychology or related field.
• Licensure by the State of Colorado (L.C.S.W.) preferred
• Actively pursuing a license within 90 days and license obtained within 2 years of employment.
• Previous placement or internship in a psychiatric setting would be helpful, but not required. 

 KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:

• Must be able to perform assignments with minimal supervision;
• Must be able to perform concentrated and/or complex mental activity with frequent involvement in complex and/or highly technical situations;
• Must be able to work successfully under highly stressful conditions; Must be able to make sound, independent judgments based on scientific and/or ethical principles;
• Must be able to comprehend and perform oral and written instructions and procedures;
• Must be able to collaborate with other multidisciplinary team members in an appropriate fashion; Must be capable of adapting to varying workloads an work assignments on a constant basis;
• Must have effective comprehensive reading skills, strong communication skills, and written and verbal skills

Universal Health Services (UHS) 

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $11.6 billion in 2020. In 2021, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2020, ranked #281 on the Fortune 500; and listed #330 in Forbes ranking of U.S.’ Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 89,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 334 behavioral health facilities, 39 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 38 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

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