Behavioral Health Therapist - LCSW, Palos Verdes (Hybrid-Remote)

General Information

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Work Location: Palos Verdes, USA Onsite or Remote Flexible Hybrid Work Schedule Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm; may vary Posted Date 03/03/2023 Salary Range: $108451 - 129623 Annually Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration Indefinite Job # 19024

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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Provide positive care solutions within an award-winning health system. Grow your career while enhancing quality of life for those most in need. Leverage your expertise to make a real difference in the community. You can do all this and more at UCLA Health.

You will provide a range of services to multidisciplinary teams with emphasis on outpatient practices of the UCLA Health-Behavioral Health Associates serving adult, geriatric populations, child and adolescents. Duties may include psychosocial assessment; care coordination, consultation to the team, individual, family or group psychotherapeutic treatment; liaison with community agencies; treatment plan documentation; and disposition planning and advocacy.  You will serve as a resource to providers, patients, care coordinators, and performs complex 

Position requires travel between South Bay Clinics, Torrance and Palos Verdes as well as flexibility in schedule.

*Position is flexible hybrid with up to 40% remote*

Salary Range: $105,298 - $125,844 Annual

Job Qualifications

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We’re seeking an experienced CA Licensed Clinical Social Worker with:

• MSW
• Experience and skill interacting with health care providers in a multidisciplinary setting
• 2-3 years of relevant experience
• Working knowledge of general theoretical and clinical models
• Ability to develop effective rapport and working therapeutic alliances with patients
• Skill in writing clear and complete clinical notes and summaries of clinical evaluations
• Skills and experiences in documenting/charting to ensure current and accurate medical records are entered and documented in patient files in accordance with established Medical Records policies and procedures
• Knowledge of clinical social worker ethics and scope of practice
• Ability to perform a complete mental status exam and recognize changes in mental status
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and mutually respectful relationships with professionals and support staff
• Knowledge of pertinent current community resources, including income maintenance, mental health treatment, special education, residential and vocational supports
• Ability to provide and maintain appropriate coordination of care with existing providers and/or variety of community agencies and demonstrate assertiveness, persistence, and diplomacy as an advocate for the patient
• Ability to triage high risk behavior of patients
• Knowledge of community resources for higher level of care or specialty care
• Knowledge of psychosocial factors related to all life stages; expertise in at least one stage
• Ability to communicate clearly and therapeutically with patients and families regarding diagnosis, progress, treatment plan recommendations
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and mutually respectful relationships with professionals and support staff
• Ability to assess and respond appropriately in a timely fashion to the safety needs of patients, family and staff
• Knowledge of child and adult abuse and neglect reporting laws and procedures
• Knowledge of scope of practice of relevant other disciplines including psychiatry, psychology, and psychiatric nurse Practitioners.
• Ability to recognize complex clinical situations and seek and apply consultation of supervision when needed
• Ability to respond calmly and effectively in crisis situations
• Demonstrated resourcefulness, effective written and verbal communications and diplomacy
• Demonstrated leadership and organizational abilities with previous demonstration of consistency, independence, flexibility, initiative and creativity
• Skill at writing documentation that is timely, meaningful, complete, legible, grammatically correct, concise and consistent with legal and administrative standards
• Ability to use a computer for electronic mail and word processing, internet access to University policies and procedures, and community resources for patients/families

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