Behavioral Health Social Worker (LMSW or LCSW)

Social Worker

Shift: Monday-Friday Day Shift

Compensation: Base Pay Range: $28.52 - $46.52 per hour, based on experience

About The Job

MU Health Care is looking for a compassionate and driven social worker to join our dynamic team in an inpatient psychiatric setting. The ideal candidate will be a proactive, empathetic professional with a passion for helping patients achieve stability and long-term success. You will work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team, using your expertise to provide therapeutic interventions and create personalized care and aftercare plans. We seek someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is committed to providing excellent patient care, and values building strong relationships with patients, families, and community partners. If you are dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of those struggling with mental health challenges, we want to hear from you!

About Mu Health Care

At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. We believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger — to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.

Our academic health system — the only in mid-Missouri — is home to multiple hospitals, including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here, you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions — with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.

Detailed Job Description

Complete social service assessments of patients requiring inpatient psychiatric evaluations and care. Contact family members and community providers; collect collateral information to contribute to a comprehensive assessment and development of care plan.

Apply advanced clinical knowledge and skills to provide therapeutic interventions (individual, family, and group therapies) in order to support patients in the stabilization of acute psychiatric symptoms and modulation of maladaptive behaviors that will allow them to meet their treatment goals/objectives and move quickly to the next step on continuum of care.

Provide family counseling and education.

Work collaboratively with interdisciplinary team (physicians, nursing, and occupational therapy, recreation therapy) to develop and implement patient treatment plans. Review of the treatment plan is daily during the treatment team meetings. Work with other departments to coordinate services. Serve as a resource to ensure appropriate utilization of services.

Develop individualized aftercare plans for patients, which connect each patient with mental health and other community resources as needed. Maintain documentation that meets all hospital and regulatory standards for care. Maintain regular contact with patient's families, community supports, and outpatient providers with the consent of the patient.

Gather data, compile information, and prepare reports. Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing. Maintain knowledge and expertise in electronic software tools, Cerner, All Scripts/ECIN, etc. Participate in appropriate hospital committee activities.

May complete unit/department specific duties as outlined in department documents.

Required Qualifications

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensure by the Missouri State Committee for Social Workers board.

Preferred Qualifications

Strong preference will be given to candidates who received licensed supervision in a behavioral health environment. Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs.

This role also routinely comes into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses. This position is in a health care facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Rotating shifts as well as holiday and work during inclement weather will be required.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.