What are the responsibilities and job description for the Social Worker position at VBeyond Healthcare?
Licensed Behavioral health Professional
- Start date: July 6
- Shift time: 3:00 PM-11:30 PM – Evening Shift
- Location: Philadelphia, PA 19136
- Contract duration: 17 weeks.
- Guarantee: 40 Hours
- Max Pay: $65/hr or ($2600 weekly)
- Note: Every other weekend required.
Responsibilities:
- Performs individual and group therapeutic interventions as appropriate.
- Conducts psychosocial assessments and mental health intake evaluations as indicated.
- Performs risk assessment and intervention,
- Provides behavioural health consultation to members of the multi-disciplinary clinical team and to correctional personnel as directed.
- Performs crisis intervention and de-escalation as indicated.
- Supports and/or direct care coordination efforts for patients returning to the community requiring ongoing behavioural health services.
- Initiates, completes, and maintains patient treatment plans.
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in social work, Counselling Psychology or Other Related Mental Health discipline.
- Unrestricted, current license in the state of practice - LCSW, LMFT, LPC, LMHC, or Psychologist. Must maintain all licensures, certifications, continuing educational requirements, etc.
- Counselling experience in a correctional setting preferred.
- BLS (Basic Life Support) Certification is preferred.
Salary : $60 - $65