Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Provide multidisciplinary assessments by evaluating all relevant information to determine needs and barriers in health care, social supports, and access to behavioral health services
• Actively participate as a member of the interdisciplinary health care team (IDT) by providing input and developing creative strategies to address health, behavioral health, and psychosocial issues
• Collaborate with medical and auxiliary providers in developing health care plans and goal based on identified needs
• Provide outreach and engage with clients by eliminating social, cultural, linguistic, and educational barriers to promote and encourage self-care
• Facilitate communication and positive relationship building between clients and medical providers
• Ensure that clients obtain timely and coordinated access to appropriate health and social services by promoting and modeling advocacy skills
• Individual counseling including:
• Functional and strength-based assessment and diagnosis;
• Psychoeducation for patients and their support systems;
• Medication adherence counseling and disease self management counseling;
• Motivational Interviewing to develop behavioral strategies aimed at symptom reduction
• Brief problem solving cognitive intervention aimed at modifying negative thinking and promoting self efficacy;
• Substance use/abuse evaluation, identification of maladaptive coping strategies, and development of harm reduction strategies.
• Document all services in a timely manner in the electronic health record system

Skills:

• Thorough knowledge of community resources
• Knowledge of DSM 5 behavioral health conditions and working knowledge of chronic diseases
• Ability to exercise strong clinical judgment, independent analysis, and critical thinking skills
• Excellent time management skills and attention to details in order to help develop sustainable programming, attend to caseload expectations and ensure timely documentation
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and oral/written communication skills

 Experience:

• Medical literacy
• Experience working in behavioral medicine and health psychology
• Experience working as a member of an interdisciplinary team
• Comfort with evidenced-based interventions, including cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing , SBIRT
• Experience with crisis intervention and substance abuse highly desired
• Comfort working with diverse populations ( i.e. race, ethnicity, diagnoses, age ranges)

Education Requirement:

• Masters Degree in Social Work from an accredited school required
• Licensed Social Worker (in Pennsylvania) required

Salary:

• Commensurate on education

FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt

• This position is classified as salaried non-exempt in accordance to FLSA standards.