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Aurora San Diego

Private psychiatric hospital with inpatient–outpatient care

Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker

Mental & Behavioral HealthConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSan Diego, CA, USA$30 - $46 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Master’s Degree in Social Work is required.
  • A Basic Life Support certification for Healthcare Providers from the American Heart Association is required.
  • Knowledge of acute youth, adolescent, and adult mental health diagnoses is required.
  • An active California Licensed Clinical Social Worker license is required.
  • Experience in an acute psychiatric healthcare setting is required.

Responsibilities

  • Provide case management, psychoeducation, and therapeutic support to patients on youth/adolescent and adult inpatient psychiatric units.
  • Serve as an active and constructive member of the interdisciplinary treatment team, working closely with Nursing and attending psychiatrists to support patients and families.
  • Ensure each patient’s safety and well-being while addressing biopsychosocial and aftercare needs.
  • Develop and coordinate individualized discharge plans using treatment-team input, patient interactions, and attending psychiatrist directives to determine and address aftercare needs.
  • Administer biopsychosocial assessments to document patient histories and identify preliminary treatment issues by interviewing patients and, when applicable, their family members.
  • Work with high-acuity patients with chronic mental health conditions, substance use disorders, and other comorbid diagnoses.
  • Lead process and psychoeducational groups for patients using evidence-based therapeutic modalities.
  • Conduct family therapy and discharge-planning sessions to prepare patients for a safe return to the community after psychiatric stabilization.
  • Attend regular treatment-team meetings to provide the social-work perspective and create ongoing individualized treatment plans for patients.
  • Report patient issues to community or state agencies and appropriate authorities as required by law, including CPS, APS, and Tarasoff reporting.
  • Represent the facility in Counselor of Mental Health hearings for patients placed on 14-day intensive treatment 5250 legal holds.
  • Apply familiarity with legal holds (5150, 5250, 5270), temporary and permanent conservatorships, wards of the state, and dependents.

About the Company

Aurora San Diego

Private psychiatric hospital with inpatient–outpatient care

Aurora San Diego provides mental health and substance use treatment at a 101-bed psychiatric hospital for children, teens, and adults, offering inpatient care as well as PHP and IOP programs. Treatments use evidence-based methods such as CBT, group and family therapy, and medication-assisted treatment, delivered through structured care plans with coordination to major insurers. The center differentiates itself through its dual-diagnosis focus, military and first-responder programs, and being part of the broader Aurora Behavioral Health Care system with multiple locations. Its goal is to improve outcomes for people with mental health and substance use disorders across ages by delivering comprehensive care and ensuring access through a wide insurance network.

Company size
11-50
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
San Diego, CA
Founded
2000

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