Behavioral Health Therapist - LCSW, West LA/Santa Monica (Hybrid-Remote)

Description

Provide positive care solutions within an award-winning health system. Grow your career while enhancing quality of life for those most in need. Leverage your expertise to make a real difference in the community. You can do all this and more at UCLA Health.

You will provide a

range of services to multidisciplinary teams with emphasis on outpatient

practices of the UCLA Health-Behavioral Health Associates serving adult,

geriatric populations, child and adolescents. Duties may include psychosocial

assessment; care coordination, consultation to the team, individual, family or

group psychotherapeutic treatment; liaison with community agencies; treatment

plan documentation; and disposition planning and advocacy. You will serve as a resource to

providers, patients, care coordinators, and performs complex care coordination

for high risk patients to improve access to psychiatric care and to prevent

unnecessary ED admissions and hospitalizations. In this role, you will have three main functions:

1. Resource and complex care coordination2. Project

coordination/management for innovative approaches to deliver behavioral health

services to enhance/improve access to care 3. Direct clinical services, the

clinical social worker may provide direct mental health services including

urgent assessments, interventions, and recommendations to individual patients

and their families and recruitment for and coordination of group therapy

sessions

You will serve as a patient advocate, demonstrate problem solving skills to

resolve conflict and assist patients/families/caregivers to identify their

past and present coping skills. You will work collaboratively with the

patient, community resources, other providers, managed care operations, the

UCLA Health System, and health plans to implement, identify, coordinate, and

monitor options and services to meet at-risk patients' healthcare needs. You will aim to foster continuity of care and reduce unnecessary utilization of

healthcare services by coordinating and providing health services that meet

individuals' health needs. By connecting key individuals involved in the care

of the patient and decreasing fragmentation and duplication of care, the clinical

social worker is able to enhance the quality and cost effectiveness of the care

that is delivered in the outpatient setting. You will also be expected to keep current with

the professional mental healthcare knowledge and pursue further enhancement of

job-related knowledge.

Multiple locations available, including Santa Monica, West LA, Marina Del Rey, Brentwood and Calabasas, as well as flexibility in schedule.

Position is flexible hybrid with up to 40% remote

Salary Range: $105,298 - $125,844 Annual

Qualifications

We're seeking an experienced CA Licensed Clinical Social Worker with:

• MSW

• Experience and skill interacting with health care providers in a multidisciplinary setting

• 2-3 years of relevant experience

• Working knowledge of general theoretical and clinical models

• Ability to develop effective rapport and working therapeutic alliances with patients

• Skill in writing clear and complete clinical notes and summaries of clinical evaluations

• Skills and experiences in documenting/charting to ensure current and accurate medical records are entered and documented in patient files in accordance with established Medical Records policies and procedures

• Knowledge of clinical social worker ethics and scope of practice

• Ability to perform a complete mental status exam and recognize changes in mental status

• Ability to establish and maintain effective and mutually respectful relationships with professionals and support staff

• Knowledge of pertinent current community resources, including income maintenance, mental health treatment, special education, residential and vocational supports

• Ability to provide and maintain appropriate coordination of care with existing providers and/or variety of community agencies and demonstrate assertiveness, persistence, and diplomacy as an advocate for the patient

• Ability to triage high risk behavior of patients

• Knowledge of community resources for higher level of care or specialty care

• Knowledge of psychosocial factors related to all life stages; expertise in at least one stage

• Ability to communicate clearly and therapeutically with patients and families regarding diagnosis, progress, treatment plan recommendations

• Ability to establish and maintain effective and mutually respectful relationships with professionals and support staff

• Ability to assess and respond appropriately in a timely fashion to the safety needs of patients, family and staff

• Knowledge of child and adult abuse and neglect reporting laws and procedures

• Knowledge of scope of practice of relevant other disciplines including psychiatry, psychology, and psychiatric nurse Practitioners.

• Ability to recognize complex clinical situations and seek and apply consultation of supervision when needed

• Ability to respond calmly and effectively in crisis situations

• Demonstrated resourcefulness, effective written and verbal communications and diplomacy

• Demonstrated leadership and organizational abilities with previous demonstration of consistency, independence, flexibility, initiative and creativity

• Skill at writing documentation that is timely, meaningful, complete, legible, grammatically correct, concise and consistent with legal and administrative standards

• Ability to use a computer for electronic mail and word processing, internet access to University policies and procedures, and community resources for patients/families

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