Job Description
JPC 189 Licensed Clinical Social Worker – Mental Health, Danville, VA
About Syra Health:
Syra Health is a healthcare consulting company with a mission to improve healthcare by providing innovative services and technology solutions. Syra Health aims to achieve its goal by becoming a valuable partner to the government, payers, providers, life sciences organizations, and academic institutions. Syra Health offers products and services in digital health, behavioral and mental health, population health management, health education, and the healthcare workforce.
For more information, please visit www.syrahealth.com.
Responsibilities:
· To provide social work interventions for inpatient psychiatric patients, including psychosocial assessments, provision of psychosocial services, and discharge planning to ensure that appropriate community supports for stable community living and recovery are available and accessible.
· This position does NOT include any telework options
Requirements:
· Advanced knowledge of social work interventions, particularly casework and group work, is essential.
· The candidate should possess advanced knowledge of mental illnesses, substance abuse/addiction, and skills related to psychosocial rehabilitation/recovery models of intervention.
· The candidate should be knowledgeable of community systems of care and services and the skills to access them.
· The candidate must have the ability to serve as a member of interdisciplinary teams and/or committees to accomplish objectives.
· The candidate must have effective communication skills with the ability to interact with patients, family members, and community-based organizations as well as with coworkers.
Requirements:
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker status or
- Eligibility for State Clinical Social Work licensure
- MSW from an accredited graduate school of social work and a minimum of 1000 hours of postgraduate clinical supervision is preferred.
- Case work/group work experience.