Social Worker Msw-Ph
Penn Medicine
- Princeton, NJ
- Permanent
- Full-time
- To provide the highest quality comprehensive clinical services that include but not limited to comprehensive assessment, individual, group and family psychotherapy, treatment plan development and coordination, referral relations, discharge planning.
- Conducts an in-depth psychosocial assessment as part of the multidisciplinary assessment (MDA) for assigned patients.
- Responsible for the Social Work section of the master treatment plan (MTP) for assigned patients. Ensures that treatment plans are comprehensive, multidisciplinary, timely and measurable.
- Conducts clinical individual case management, group and family psychotherapy that demonstrate genuineness, empathy, and respect.
- Attends daily treatment rounds, providing input to and receiving input from other members of the treatment team while playing a lead role in terms of case knowledge and background.
- Identify significant changes in patients’ clinical status; documents this in treatment plan reviews and communicates to appropriate member(s) of the treatment team.
- Monitors patient attendance and compliance with treatment planning goals and group curricula.
- Coordinates discharge planning and communicates the plan clearly to both patient and family and all other providers involved.
- In the clinical record, document and a charge for each treatment session and phone contact; completes these activities in accordance with Princeton House documentation policies.
- Interact professionally with patients, families and staff in performance of daily duties.
- Participates in hospital's quality assurance and performance improvement program.
- Attends to continuum of care issues; seeks guidance from and alerts his/her supervisor to any problems or concerns in this area.
- Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
- Licensed Social Worker (Required)
- Cert Alcohol and Drug Cnslr
- Prefer CADC or LCADC and prior professional experience in addiction treatment.
- Master of Arts or Science (Required)
- Master’s degree Social Work, MSW. Also must possess experience in the treatment of the specific program’s patient population.