LCSW will be part of a team focused on integrating behavioral health treatment into primary care.
Work directly with nursing, primary care physicians and behavioral health staff treating depression and anxiety in an outpatient collaborative care model.
Conduct initial screening, evaluation and diagnosing underlying mental illness.
Provide short-term psychotherapeutic methods to children ages 5 and above, adolescents, adults, families and couples with familiarity using supportive therapy, motivational interviewing, PST, CBT.
Employ crisis intervention and serve as a consultant to primary care physicians and nursing staff.
Participate in daily huddles in family practice, internal medicine and pediatrics.
Attend behavioral health team rounds, weekly group supervision and present complex and new cases.
Document in EMR in a timely manner.
Maintain daily tracking log and submit on a monthly basis.
Promote awareness of behavioral health through outreach.
Adhere to Social Work Code of Ethics.
Adhere to center policies, treating patients, visitors, and co-workers in a professional manner, exercising courtesy and tact. Effectively communicate with patients and others about UCHC services in their area of expertise or responsibility and ensure that concerns, questions or issue reach the right person (s) in UCHC in a timely fashion.
Special Instructions:
Master’s Degree in Social Work
Licensure required Valid NY Stated LCSW
Experience working in primary care setting preferred
Strong Communication skills, both written and verbal
English/ Spanish fluency is required
Sensitivity to cultural, religious, racial, disability and gender issues.