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Universal Health Services

Manages hospitals and behavioral health facilities

Counselor / Social Worker

Mental & Behavioral HealthConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeShreveport, LA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Master's Degree in social work, counseling, or a related field is required.
  • An LPC, PLPC, LCSW, or LMSW license is required.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct psychosocial assessments by interviewing patients and family members to document history and identify preliminary issues for treatment focus.
  • Provide group and family process-oriented therapies and conduct educational and other didactic groups for patients and family members using various professional treatment modalities.
  • Write daily progress notes summarizing patients' progress toward treatment goals, and record contact with family members, significant others, and community agencies in progress notes.
  • Develop and coordinate individualized discharge plans using treatment-team and chart information to determine patients' aftercare needs.
  • Identify and assess family or community resources, such as group homes or mental health practitioners, to meet patients' aftercare needs.
  • Serve as a member of the interdisciplinary team supporting the organization's treatment program and philosophy and ensure quality treatment for adult psychiatric, adult chemical-dependency, adolescent, and child patients and their families.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in an inpatient or outpatient mental-health setting is preferred.

About the Company

Universal Health Services

Manages hospitals and behavioral health facilities

Universal Health Services operates a network of acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and ambulatory centers across the United States. It generates its services by acquiring and managing healthcare facilities, then integrating them under centralized operating practices to deliver patient care. The company’s offering is the management and provision of hospital and behavioral health services, with a focus on standardized clinical operations, economies of scale, and nationwide coverage. What sets UHS apart is its long history of growth through acquisitions, its size and scale in both acute and behavioral health markets, and its ability to integrate new facilities while maintaining consistent care quality. Its goal is to provide high-quality healthcare across a broad network, improve patient outcomes, and sustain long-term value for shareholders by expanding access and efficiency in hospital and behavioral health services.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania
Founded
1978

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