Behavioral Health Specialist - Social Worker

Employment Type:

Part time

Shift:

Rotating Shift

Description:

Johnson Memorial Hospital a member of Trinity Health Of New England is looking for an experienced Behavioral Health Specialist, LCSW to come join our team of highly specialized integrated behavioral health professionals.

The Behavioral Health Specialist is a crisis clinician who performs behavioral health consults, assessments, individual treatment, family consultations, care coordination, referrals, and participates in multidisciplinary teams primarily within the Emergency Room. This is a per diem position for weekend coverage.

What will you do:

• Conducts crisis assessments, biopsychosocial assessments, behavioral interventions.

• Builds caring relationships with target population to promote positive health and social service outcomes.

• Improves access to health and human services for target population through in-person interactions, telephone contacts, and coordination of referrals.

• collaborate with team members to determine care plans from admission to discharge, with family and service providers.

• collaborate with external agencies or facilities to coordinate referrals to care and will direct any appropriate follow-up.

. Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Master’s degree in a social work field including, Social Work; Marriage and Family Therapy; Psychology; and/or Mental Health Clinician.

• Licensure: Level I – Licensed at a LMSW Level or with the capability to be licensed

• Level II - Licensure at a LCSW, LPC, LMFT level required.

• Experience: Requires two years of clinical experience working with at risk populations.

• Requires the ability to communicate with target population. Requires culturally Competent Interpersonal & Communication Skills.

• Must possess a comprehensive knowledge of the local community.

Highlights

• PER DIEM - Weekends

• Excellent Benefits available on 1st day

• Engaged leadership.

• Mission Drive Team

Facility Information

Johnson Memorial Hospital provide a continuum of health care services to those living and working in north central Connecticut and western Massachusetts. The 92-bed hospital and home health and hospice agency have been anchor institutions in north central Connecticut for more than 100 years.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran