Clinical Social Worker (A/B)

Clinical Social Worker (A/B) The Department of Mental Health (DMH) Tewksbury Hospital Hathorne Units is seeking an experienced, dynamic, and compassionate candidate to serve as a Clinical Social Worker (AB). The selected candidate will enhance the level of service provided to clients on the Medically Enhanced Unit (MEU) while supporting the DMH initiative for recovery‑based practices and Person‑Centered Planning. The MEU serves patients with co‑occurring psychiatric and medical diagnoses such as end‑stage renal disease, cancer, eating disorders, failure to thrive, or needs for short‑term rehabilitation. It also supports patients and families through end‑of‑life care and navigating advanced care directives. Work Hours : Full time, 40 hours per week; 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; days off Saturday and Sunday. Duties and Responsibilities Formulates independent psychosocial assessment, gathering information from current and past records: patient, family, significant others, and community providers as available. Provides skilled individual, group, and family therapy utilizing appropriate treatment techniques. As assigned Team Social Worker, responsible for formulating team agenda, conducting team meetings and periodic reviews, monitoring completion of documentation by all disciplines, exercising authority to ensure work is completed. Establishes timely linkages with community agencies to maximize continuity of care and timely discharges. Communicates with the Patient Care Reimbursement Investigators to ensure entitlements are in place post admission and for discharge; ensures evaluations of ability to manage funds are complete per DMH policy. Meets all Department of Mental Health, Department of Clinical Social Work, Hathorne Units, Joint Commission, CMS / HCFA documentation requirements. May be assigned to committee work by the Director of Clinical Social Work. May be required to produce reports and/or statistics as requested by the Director of Clinical Social Work. Required Qualifications Ability to communicate effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team. Preferred Qualifications Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW). Proficiency in Microsoft Office. Proficiency in Electronic Medical Record systems. Bilingual or multilingual fluency suited to the population served. Vaccination Requirement : Title 101 CMR 23.00 (“Regulation”) requires certain agency staff to have received the COVID‑19 vaccination and Influenza vaccination, or to have taken required mitigation measures. Successful candidates will be required to acknowledge and attest to their vaccination status for both COVID‑19 and Influenza. Equal Opportunity / Affiantative Action Employer : The Commonwealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. The Department encourages individuals who meet the qualifications to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr Commonwealth of Massachusetts