2024-05-23
Legacy Health
Other
/yr
employee
contract
Portland
Oregon
97201
United States
Legacy Health
Clinical Social Worker II LCSW
Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled
US-OR-PORTLAND
Job ID: 24-38368
Type: Temporary - Eligible for Medical Benefits, 30-40 hrs/week
Unity
Overview
Are you committed to holistic patient-centered care? Do you thrive providing adult and pediatric care in a variety of settings? If you want to grow as an empathetic advocate for the needs of vulnerable populations, you may be perfect for our Legacy team.
With compassion and commitment, Clinical Social Workers embody the Legacy mission of making life better for others. They do this by evaluating the psychosocial and mental health issues of patients to ensure transition planning, crisis management, and planning/coordination of both internal and external services. They assess intervention strategies to address behavioral and addiction issues, as well as end-of-life care and informed decision making about therapeutic options. Our Clinical Social Workers are advocates not just for our patients, but also for their surrogates, family members, caregivers and health care providers.
Unity Center for Behavioral Health is a 24-hour behavioral and mental health services center located in the greater Portland metropolitan area. We provide immediate psychiatric care and a path to stabilization and recovery for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. Unity Center offers mental health treatment to adults and adolescents aged 9 to 17. We also have the only emergency department specifically for behavioral health emergencies in Oregon. The Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) serves adults 18 and older. We believe in a trauma informed approach to assessment and treatment. For more information, please visit our website: www.unityhealthcenter.org.
This is a temporary, 3-month position.
Provides social work services in a variety of adult and pediatric settings across the health care continuum with a focus on holistic patient-centered care and attention to the needs of vulnerable populations. Works both independently and collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary team.
Key services include (but are not limited to) comprehensive evaluation of psychosocial and mental/behavioral health status, legal and safety considerations, substance use or addiction, chronic illness, or end of life issues with the use of brief counseling, transition planning, crisis management and planning and coordination with internal and community stakeholders. Social work intervention may be with individuals, family members or groups.
Throughout the care continuum, social workers will utilize a strengths-based approach with the aim to enhance the capacity of people to address their own needs.
Education:
Master of Social Work degree from an accredited School of Social Work required.
Experience:
2 years relevant experience in care management, mental health and/or addictions services, medical social work, or social service organization. Preferred: 3 years' relevant experience.
Skills:
LEGACY’S VALUES IN ACTION:
Follows guidelines set forth in Legacy’s Values in Action.
Equal opportunity employer/vets/disabled.
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