Social Services Director

Freedom Behavioral Hospital of Bastrop is currently seeing a motivated and experienced Clinical Social Services Director to join our team! 

Position Summary:

• The Clinical Social Service Director assumes responsibility for the functioning and communication within the social service department.
• The Clinical Social Worker participates as an integral professional member of a multi-disciplinary team, implementing and assisting in the supervision of social service interventions to patients.
• The Clinical Social Worker oversees the implementation of interventions performed by other disciplines with the social service department. These other disciplines, include the Discharge Planner, Case Manager, and Activity Therapist, along with other social service employees.
•  The Clinical Social Worker works in collaboration with other clinical departments through consultation with the medical staff, DON, and nursing staff.
• The Clinical Social Worker works to facilitates resolution of concerns in the patient population identified and ensures that services, programing and patient’s social needs meet the highest quality of care.
• The Clinical Social Worker demonstrates understanding and interpretation of facility policies to ensure that policies are adhere to. Furthermore, the Clinical Social Worker demonstrates a strong knowledgeable of a wide range of disorders; cognitive, emotional, and developmental, social and behavioral. Additional duties include, performs crisis intervention, special case conferences, family communication, and takes a lead role in the treatment team process. In addition, maintains performance improvement activities within the department and participates QM activities.
• The Clinical Social worker adheres to the highest ethical standards regarding patient care and rights.
• The Clinical Social Worker facilitates communication to outside agencies to ensure that these patient rights, care, and needs are met.
• The Clinical Social Worker assists with formulating the budgetary needs with the social service department.

Working Conditions:

• Work environment characteristics are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. 
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally be exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment may be moderate to high.
• The work environment may include chemicals used for cleaning, and have dust, mist, and stream generated in housekeeping tasks. 
• This is a smoke-free workplace. Work requires spending approximately 75% or more of the time inside a building that offers protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. 

Preferred knowledge, skills and/or experience required:

Education:  Master’s in social work form an accredited school of social work.

License: 
Current Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license in the state of Louisiana.       

Experience: One year experience performing duties as a Social Worker in a Behavioral Health setting.

Additional Requirement:

• Effective verbal communication skills
• Effective organizational skills
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Analytical problem-solving skills
• Ability to read and comprehend written instructions; ability to follow verbal instructions
• Proficient knowledge of PC computers
• Basic understanding of DSM V diagnostic criteria
• Basic understanding of medical and psychiatric diagnoses and conditions

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance

Freedom provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

****All Applicants selected for employment will be required to undergo a post-offer drug test and federal background investigation.****