Licensed Social Worker - Outpatient

Full-time (80 hours biweekly)

Weekdays, daytime hours and two evenings up to 7 pm

 Sign On Bonus Eligible 

Program Description

Chambersburg Outpatient serves children, adolescents, and adults in Franklin
County by providing personalized outpatient behavioral health care. Services
include comprehensive assessments, individualized treatment planning, and a
broad range of therapeutic supports. Our therapists offer individual, family,
and group therapy to help patients achieve their treatment goals and improve
overall well-being.

Position Function

Under the supervision of a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or designated
licensed professional (i. e. LPC). Performs clinical interventions with patients
(children through older adults), families/significant others, staff, outside
organizations and providers in order to coordinate patient care, implement
treatment and perform discharge planning.  Provides psychosocial assessments and
clinical therapies (i. e., individual, couples, group, play and family therapies)
to patients of Behavioral Health Services.  May be required to travel between
clinical sites to assist in Provision of Care.   

Responsibilities

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

1.   Demonstrates service excellence and patient and family centered care by
showing respect, honesty, fairness and a positive attitude toward all customers.
2.   Maintains confidentiality.
3.   Demonstrates dependability, to include attendance and punctuality.
4.   Is accountable - takes initiative and ownership of issues. 
5.   Displays a professional demeanor.  Represents hospital in a positive way.
Has a compassionate working relationship with patients and families.
6.   Assumes personal responsibility for 2-way communication.  Communicates and
listens effectively with patients, families, coworkers, other departments,
physicians/providers and community.
7.   Supports coworkers, initiatives and a patient and family centered
philosophy; pitches in; does own part and helps others.
8.   Works to continuously improve work environment/processes (Performance
Improvement). Demonstrates a patient and family centered focus when
considering/developing improvement solutions.
9.   Represents willingness/enthusiasm to create, embrace and facilitate change.
10.   Develops self and others; supports a learning environment; leads by
example. Encourages patients and families to give feedback and suggestions for
improvement.
11.   Develops working relationships critical to the organization including
patients, families, coworkers, other departments, physicians/providers and
community.
12.   Encourages others by providing recognition and support.  

1.   Thinks critically; utilizes sound judgment; promptly reports potential
risks.
2.   Maintains state of art knowledge of area of specialty, healthcare trends
and practice, and populations served.
3.   Maintains a level of computer literacy appropriate to their role.
4.   Meets and maintains current all unit specific and organizational
skills/competencies, certifications/licensures, as required.
5.   Completes hospital-required reviews, e. g. HIPAA, safety, health screening, 
care concerns, and others as assigned. 
6.   Adheres to National Patient Safety Goals.

Job Specifics

1.   Clinical knowledge and skills remain current to meet the needs of all age
groups served. Demonstrates understanding of age-appropriate behavior and
psychosocial development for children through older adults.
2.   Communicates plan of care based on assessment of patients and family; keeps
appropriate people aware of pertinent changes or problems in a timely manner. 
3.   Participates productively in treatment team meetings and ensures attendance
on a regular basis. 
4.   Consistently attends and participates in staff meetings at least 50% and
other committee meetings.
5.   Achieves minimum thresholds for productivity on a consistent basis.
6.   Effectively performs intake assessments as scheduled and documents
appropriately.  Is flexible and responsive in rearranging schedule to
accommodate emergent cases.
7.   Ensures that admission assessments for clients contain the following
documented components:  Background information, current mental status, treatment
recommendations, discharge planning needs, target problems for treatment,
expected patient outcomes.
8.   Appropriately utilizes standardized tools and scales to assess and reassess
patient functioning.  Uses the appropriate tool for the age/population of the
patient being assessed (e. g., adolescent and geriatric depression scales, GAF,
etc.)
9.   Assumes appropriate responsibility and accountability for the development,
review and revision of the plan of care for outpatients: completes within two
visits.
10.   Expected outcomes/target objectives and interventions measurable and are
developed with recognition given to expected age-related variations in the
baseline psychosocial and developmental functional capacity of the individual
(child to older adult).
11.   Incorporates patient/family teaching into plan of treatment; including
patient identified target symptoms with severity ratings.
12.   Documents discharge plan, revisions to the Plan of Care, and final
discharge instructions and linkages community services, as per current policy.
13.   Meets required thresholds for chart review and documentation.
14.   Utilizes therapeutic communication skills with patients and family.
15.   Accurately assesses interventions made and reassesses data to plan further
interventions throughout the therapeutic process in a responsive and timely
manner, in order to meet patient needs and third party payer requirements.
16.   Effectively implements the treatment modalities appropriate to
age/population served.
17.   Plans for education needs of students assigned for supervision of
internship, and assumes responsibility for communication with hospital staff
regarding the student's plan of internship.
18.   Responds appropriately to emergencies.
19.   Demonstrates accountability in maintaining a minimum of one-hour
face-to-face clinical supervision, and one-hour peer supervision, per week with
an LCSW, or designated licensed professional. 
20.   Demonstrates accountability for completing clinical supervision
assignments as required.

The following requirements are expected of all employees

Annual Health Screening with Infection Control and Blood Borne Pathogens

Education

Safety Awareness:  Hospital Fire, Safety, and Disaster Procedures
Confidentiality:  Maintains Employee and Patient Confidentiality.
Attendance:  Regular attendance is an essential function of the position
Job Performance:  Results Orientation, Customer Focus, Decision Making,
Awareness
Interpersonal Skills:  Communication, Relationship-building, Team Player,
Celebration
Innovation:  Breakthrough Thinking, Knowledge-Building/Sharing,
Coaching/Empowering, System Vision & Management
Mental Demands - Possesses good general mental health; ability to be assertive
and exercise good sound judgment; ability to speak, read, and write the English
language; ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal from;
ability to work under pressure while establishing priorities.

Reporting Structure

A.    Formal Reporting and Chain of Command - Clinical Manager of Outpatient
Behavioral Health Services or delegated supervisor.
B.    Informal Reporting and Relationships - Establishes and maintains
harmonious, productive relationships with all levels of mental health personnel,
other hospital personnel, physicians, patients, patients families, and the
general public.

Qualifications

Qualifications and Standards
Education:     Graduate of an accredited school with a Master's Degree in Social
Work.  Evidence of participation in educational programs to update and maintain
knowledge and clinical skills.    

Experience:   Experience applying customer service behaviors and communication
skills required.     Computer, telephone and analytical skills required.     

Certifications/Licensure:    Licensed Social Worker (LSW) in Pennsylvania and
must obtain Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensure within 12 months of
hire. CPR certification required.      

Benefits Offered

* Comprehensive health benefits
* Retirement savings plan
* Paid time off (PTO)
* Education assistance
* Financial education and support, including DailyPay
* Expanded Paid Parental Leave

For additional details: Benefits & Incentives | WellSpan Careers
(joinwellspan.org) [https://www.joinwellspan.org/benefits/]

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of care. As an integrated delivery system focused on leading in value-based
care, we encompass more than 2,300 employed providers, 250 locations, nine
award-winning hospitals, home care and a behavioral health organization serving
central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. Our high-performing Medicare
Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is the region’s largest and one of the best
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