Psychiatric Social Worker (LCSW)
Location: San Jose California
Description: Asian Americans for Community Involvement is looking of Psychiatric Social Worker (LCSW) right now, this job will be placed in California. Further informations about this job opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)’s mission is to improve the health, mental health, and well-being of individuals, families, and the Asian community. We do this by providing an array of high quality health and human services, sharing expertise about the Asian community’s needs and best service delivery practices, and providing Asian leadership in advocating on key health and human services issues. Founded in 1973, AACI is the largest community-based organization focused on the Asian American communit! y in Santa Clara County.
Job Summary: Under the dir! ection of the IBH Program Manager, will provide behavioral health counseling, psychotherapy, treatment services, and limited case management services. Participate in a multidisciplinary approach with the psychiatrists and primary care physicians. Part-time position.
Specific Functions
Patient Care Responsibilities:
Obtains pertinent patient data from patients, family, significant other, other health care providers and medical record as necessary; Participates (as assigned) in patient care conferences.
Provides assessment, recognition, and treatment of mental disorders and psychosocial problems; Assist, in client’s community functioning by linking patients with public benefits, vocational rehabilitation, social support, and other community services; Provides community referrals for more complex psychiatric needs; Assists psychiatrist and/or primary care doctor in treating and managing mental health and psychosocial issues; Provides brief focused! intervention for clients in need of mental health services, including individual and group interventions; Provides ongoing psychotherapy and support to clients with chronic emotional and mental health conditions; Provides depression care management for patients with co-morbidity depression and diabetes including the following tasks; Review of PHQ-9 patient health questionnaires; Intake with identified patients; Use of Behavioral Activation techniques or optional evidence-based brief structured psychotherapy; Coordinates and facilitates communication between patient, primary care physician, and consulting psychiatrist; Supports clinic when child / elder / domestic abuse mandatory reporting is required; Initiates Mandated Tarasoff Reporting when required; Participates in emergency procedures; Performs failed appointment actions as ordered by the M.D./Psychiatrist
Education:
Assists in maintaining adequate levels of appropriate patient education materials;! Identifies needed educational literature that is unavailable to the Ma! nager; Directs patients / significant others / family requesting educational classes to the outside resources as needed; Documents any teaching done in the patient’s medical record; Acts as a resource for other staff; Participates in Continuing Education programs that contain content on behavioral health, clinical issues, quality improvement, moral, ethical and legal issues; Maintains working knowledge of the Ambulatory and Community Health Services policies and procedures; Participates as a preceptor to new employees as assigned by the Manager.
Quality Improvement / Standards:
Complies with current applicable standards; Participates on task forces / quality teams / clinical practice groups as needed and/or requested by the Manager; Maintains competency for polices / procedures related to Behavioral Health Clinics.
Skills
Qualifications:
Master’s Degree in Social Work from an accredited college or university which qualifi! es licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Must possess a valid California license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Maintains HIPAA compliance
Excellent written and oral skills, ability to organize and present information
Proficiency in Microsoft Office software.
Notes
For consideration, please mail or fax cover letter and resume to:
Human Resources
Asian Americans for Community Involvement
2400 Moorpark Ave., Suite 300
San Jose, CA 95128
Fax (408) 975-2745. No phone calls please. Email: hr@aaci.org
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This job starts available on: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 18:55:07 GMT