Mental Health Clinician SW MB I

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As part of an interdisciplinary team, and to promote optimal health outcomes, the Behavioral Health Social Worker partners with social workers, physicians, schools, law enforcement, Children's Administration, community mental health providers and other service providers in the community to ensure well-coordinated care across the health care continuum.

The Behavioral Health Social Worker will be consulted and assigned to patient care after an initial assessment has been completed and it has been determined:

• No disposition plan has identified for the patient, and the patient is expected to remain in the hospital for longer than 24 hours. This does not include patients who meet criteria for inpatient but there is no bed capacity.

• The patient has been identified as abandoned due to parent/caregiver declining to have patient discharged to their care.

• Patients who are detained and placed on a Single Bed Certification.

• Patients who have been assessed and have a complex behavioral health needs that impact disposition and would benefit from Multidisciplinary Team Review. Complex behavioral health needs include patients with:

• High-Risk behaviors (violence, aggression, substance use)

• Co-Occurring Disorders (Intellectual & Developmental Disability, SUD)

• Youth involved in two or more systems (juvenile justice, mental health, substance use disorder, foster care, etc.).

• High Utilizers of the behavioral health system which include multiple Emergency Department (ED) presentations, multiple inpatient hospitalizations.

• Any other complex psychosocial presentation that would benefit from multidisciplinary team review.

FTE: 1.0 Shift: Days Schedule: Monday-Friday

Position Summary

The Mary Bridge Mental Health Clinician-SW I is responsible for assisting pediatric patients and their families in addressing the social, psychological, developmental and economic impacts of illness, injury and chronic disease. As part of an interdisciplinary team, and to promote optimal health outcomes, the MHC-SW completes comprehensive assessment and provides support and resources to identify and intervene regarding patient/family needs related to: mental health, trauma, environmental and caregiver safety; child abuse and neglect; trauma; grief and loss; adjustment to injury/illness; food, shelter and other basic needs; education and developmental needs, and parenting resource needs.

The MHC-SW joins with patients and their families in identifying solutions to problems that serve barriers as to disease management. The PHP-SW partners with physicians, schools, law enforcement, Children's Administration, community mental health providers and other service providers in the community to ensure well-coordinated care across the health care continuum.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW)

• Licensed in the state of Washington Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)

• Minimum three (3) years post MSW Hospital or equivalent experience

• Health industry knowledge preferred

• Leadership experience preferred

Our Values

As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

Why MultiCare?

• Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our caregivers

• Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve

• Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system

• Employee-centric: Named Forbes "America's Best Employers by State" in 2023

• Technology: "Most Wired" health care system 15 years in a row

• Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities

• Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $70,970.00 - $102,128.00 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant's years of experience align.

Associated benefit information can be viewed here.