How You Will Make An Impact

• The role of the mental health social worker entails evaluating patients experiencing mental health and/or substance abuse issues and connecting them with the services and resources needed to meet their treatment/recovery goals. They may offer patients access to a wide range of treatment methods, from rehabilitation to recreational services. To determine the most effective treatments to provide patients, case managers conduct full assessments, including mental wellbeing and physical exams. From there, they build personalized recovery plans that summarizes the goals and strategies developed for the patient. To make the best referrals, mental health social workers research mental health resources and maintain active relationships with clients after they start receiving services to ensure they are effective.

What We Are Looking For

• Creating treatment plans and collaborating with the care team
• Bilingual (English/Spanish), both in writing and speaking to be able to communicate clearly with all stakeholders, including patients, families, clinic staff and other healthcare professionals
• Evaluating the goals and needs of patients to develop targeted treatment plans for mental health and/or substance abuse issues
• Working one-on-one with patients to help them set and achieve long-term goals for their mental wellbeing
• Conducting in-depth assessments on patients’ mental health states to create informed and effective treatment plans
• Adding notes to patients’ files and records based on evaluations and treatment progress
• Creating personalized treatment plans designed to overcome patients’ mental health and life goals
• Possess strong understanding of mental health and substance abuse issues; ability to solve problems, monitor and examine patients
• Be compassionate, sensitive, and possess strong reasoning and thinking skills
• Possess strong computer skills, including working with word processing and data entering applications, as well as with medical software applications, including Elation for telehealth services.
• Master of Social Work from an accredited university
• Current, active, unencumbered MSW licensure
• MCAP certification
• 1 year of experience as a licensed social worker in a mental health setting.