Social Worker - Behavioral Health - Acute Unit

Company: Avera Behavioral Health Center
Location: Hartford
Posted on: September 19, 2023

Job Description:

Join the team at Avera!





Award Winning Health Care: - Avera has been named among the nation's 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America's Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME.

Culture: -Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

You Belong at Avera: - Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.

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Join a fun team of Social Workers committed to positive outcomes for patients, and families.

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Position Highlights:

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• Work with an innovative team within a caring Christian culture.
  
• Collaborate with a vast team of healthcare professionals.
  
• Be a vital resource to patients, and families.
  
• Work with community resources/programs, as well as Medicaid/Medicare in the hospital system.
  
• Work with a variety of patient concerns.
  
  
  Job Summary
  
  
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  • Responsible to plan, organize and implement social work service to patients and families. -
    
  • Maintain contact with referring agencies and related people, and with community resources used for referral.
    
  • Complete psychosocial evaluations, and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary treatment team, will be responsible for discharge planning and aftercare of patients on the unit. -
    
  • May assist with direct patient care in both the child and adolescent units. - Limited travel may be required
    
    
    Education and/or Experience
    
    
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    • Bachelor's degree in Social Work from an accredited Social Work Program required.
      
      
      -Certification/Licensure/Registration
      
      
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      • Current license in Social Work in the State of South Dakota required.
        
        
        -Pay
        
        The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. -
        
        
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        • $21.50 - $32.50 per hour
          
          
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