SOCIAL WORKER / COUNSELOR (PRN)

• Level: Experienced
• Job Location: Destiny Springs Hospital Main - Surprise, AZ
• Position Type: Per Diem
• Education Level: 4 Year Degree
• Salary Range: $27.00Hourly
• Travel Percentage: None, Social Worker – PRN Weekends Bring your compassion. Put your skills to work. Help patients take their next step toward healing. Destiny Springs Healthcare is seeking a compassionate Social Worker to join our team in a PRN role providing weekend coverage on Saturdays and Sundays, from 8:00 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. If you’re looking for meaningful weekend work in behavioral health, this is an opportunity to support patients and families when your care and expertise can make a difference. As part of our multidisciplinary treatment team, you’ll complete psychosocial assessments, facilitate therapeutic groups, contribute to individualized treatment plans, and coordinate discharge planning and community resources. Bring your communication skills, clinical knowledge, and commitment to patient-centered care to help patients move forward in their recovery
• Position Type: PRN (as needed) Weekend Coverage: Saturday and Sunday Shift
• Hours: 8:00 a. m.–4:30 p. m

Position Summary

The social worker/ counselor is responsible for ensuring that the medically related emotional and social needs of the patients are met and maintained on an individual basis in accordance with policies and procedures, and current federal, state and local standards, guidelines, and regulations.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Develops comprehensive social histories and psychosocial assessments that identify each patient’s strengths, needs, preferences, cultural considerations, and implications for the treatment plan.
• Orients patients and families to the facility, available services, service limitations, patient rights, and applicable expectations.
• Involves patients and families, as appropriate, in treatment planning by identifying individualized, measurable goals.
• Monitors patient progress toward treatment plan goals and updates the treatment team regarding identified needs, barriers, and progress.
• Attends scheduled treatment team meetings and communicates psychosocial needs, discharge barriers, and coordination-of-care updates for inclusion in the treatment plan.
• Completes timely, accurate, and compliant documentation in the electronic medical record in accordance with applicable regulations, facility policy, and established timelines.
• Uses therapeutic communication, problem-solving, and appropriate intervention strategies to help address concerns involving patients, families, and staff.
• Coordinates referrals and linkage to appropriate community resources, including outpatient treatment providers, transportation resources, and other identified support services.
• Provides crisis intervention, therapeutic support, and de-escalation assistance within the scope of the role and in accordance with facility training.
• Develops comprehensive discharge plans beginning upon admission in collaboration with patients, families, multidisciplinary staff, referral agencies, and outpatient service providers.
• Facilitates psychoeducational and process groups using approved curriculum, including stress management, coping skills, Mindability-Roadmap to Peace of Mind, and other assigned programming.
• Maintains visibility and accessibility on assigned units while demonstrating appropriate professional boundaries.
• Complies with all applicable regulations, hospital policies, work procedures, and instructions. Skills/Knowledge:
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to problem-solve, exercise sound judgment, and make appropriate decisions within the scope of the role.
• Ability to adhere to safety policies, procedures, infection control standards, and facility expectations.
• Ability to recognize and respond appropriately to the needs of various patient populations, including adolescents and adults.
• Knowledge of behavioral health practices, psychosocial assessment, treatment planning, discharge planning, and coordination of care.
• Ability to understand and comply with applicable government regulations, regulatory standards, confidentiality requirements, and hospital policies.
• Ability to initiate action, take personal responsibility, recommend improvements, and resolve problems within the scope of the position.
• Customer/client-focused with strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to use therapeutic communication, crisis intervention, and de-escalation techniques when working with patients in distress.
• Ability to complete timely, accurate, and compliant documentation in the electronic medical record.
• Knowledge of emergency response procedures, including facility code procedures. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: This position has no supervisory responsibility. COMPETENCIES: Technical Capacity. Performance Management. Ethical Conduct. Communication Proficiency. Personal Effectiveness/Credibility/Integrity. WORK ENVIRONMENT: This position operates in a behavioral health clinical setting and routinely requires direct interaction with patients, families, clinical staff, and members of the multidisciplinary treatment team. The role involves frequent documentation, use of the electronic medical record, and operation of standard office equipment. The employee may be exposed to emotionally distressed patients, crisis situations, frequent interruptions, noise, and a fast-paced care environment. The role requires the ability to remain calm, professional, and clinically appropriate when responding to patients who may exhibit disruptive, escalated, aggressive, or acting-out behaviors. The employee is expected to use therapeutic communication, crisis intervention, and de-escalation techniques in accordance with facility policies and training. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Ability to exercise self-control in potentially volatile situations such as being verbally or physically confronted in a threatening or aggressive manner; must be able to work and concentrate amidst distractions such as noise, conversation, and foot traffic; ability to handle interruptions often and be able to move from one task to another; must be flexible and not easily frustrated in dealing with differences of opinions. Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, grasp, and be able to perceive the attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature, and/or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips. Ability to express and exchange ideas via spoken work during activities in which they must convey detail or important spoken instructions to others accurately, sometimes quickly and loudly. Ability to express and exchange ideas via written assignments effectively and accurately. Hearing to perceive the nature of sound with no less than 40 db loss @ Hz, 1000 Hz, and 2000 Hz with or without correction; ability to perceive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discriminations in sound. Performs repetitive motions with wrists, hands, and fingers. Ability to occasionally handle hazardous/infectious waste. Must be able to address and prioritize multiple tasks and/or demands within established time frames. TRAVEL: No travel required. Qualifications: REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE: Master’s degree in Social Work or related field. CPR certification, Basic Life Support, Behavioral Management Training required prior to patient interaction. Certification or licensure by Arizona State Board of Behavioral Health Examiners preferred. Two years of related experience.