WVUHS Medical Group - Parkersburg, WV
posted about 2 months ago
Full-time
Parkersburg, WV
About the position
This position involves providing social services to patients and families as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team. The role focuses on delivering a range of treatment and rehabilitation activities tailored to the needs of the population served, ensuring comprehensive care and support.
Responsibilities
- Participates as an integral professional member of an interdisciplinary treatment team led by a physician.
- Facilitates therapeutic milieu on the treatment unit, when applicable.
- Provides direct one-on-one age-specific psychotherapy services to patients when requested via specific program requirements.
- Assists medical staff in determining appropriateness of services and receives referral for intervention.
- Determines the developmental age of the patient and assists the treatment team in developing and implementing a treatment plan specific to developmental needs.
- Assesses psychosocial needs, including high-risk indicators, and documents psychosocial history/assessment.
- Correlates all assembled data on the psychosocial history in a clinically pertinent manner.
- Performs continued-care planning with the treatment team from the first day of services.
- Provides group therapy as deemed appropriate.
- Acts as liaison for patients and their families to various community agencies, consultants, and services.
- Records and charts all patient contacts as required.
- Provides direct family therapy to patients and their families as directed by treatment planning and program requirements.
- Maintains appropriate certification, licensure, and competency through supervision and/or training and successful completion of annual performance evaluations.
- Attends continuing education seminars and in-services as necessary to maintain professional licensure and competency.
Requirements
- Master's Degree in a related field.
- Licensure in a related field: LCSW, LICSW, LPC, or Licensed Psychologist.
- West Virginia state criminal background check, and federal, if applicable, required for DHHR regulated area.
- AVADE training required within 90 days of hire.
Nice-to-haves
- Advanced certification preferred when applicable.
- Prior experience in behavioral health.
