Legacy Health

Clinical Social Worker III - Team Lead

Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled
US-OR-PORTLAND

Job ID: 26-48024
Type: Regular Full-Time
Unity

Overview

Lead with Purpose. Advocate with Compassion. Transform Lives.

Are you a skilled social worker who is passionate about behavioral health, patient advocacy, and mentoring others? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments where every day brings new opportunities to make a meaningful impact? If so, we'd love to meet you!

We are seeking a Social Worker III Team Lead to join our psychiatric hospital team and help lead the delivery of exceptional, patient-centered care. In this role, you'll combine advanced clinical expertise with leadership responsibilities, serving as both a trusted resource for your colleagues and a powerful advocate for patients and families navigating complex mental health challenges.

Responsibilities

Provides social work services in a variety of adult and pediatric settings across the health care continuum with a focus on holistic patient-centered care and attention to the needs of vulnerable populations. Works both independently and collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary team.

Key services include (but are not limited to) comprehensive evaluation of psychosocial and mental/behavioral health status, legal and safety considerations, substance use or addiction, chronic illness, or end of life issues with the use of brief counseling, transition planning, crisis management and planning and coordination with internal and community stakeholders. Social work intervention may be with individuals, family members or groups.

Throughout the care continuum, social workers will utilize a strengths-based approach with the aim to enhance the capacity of people to address their own needs.

Qualifications

Education:

• Master of Social Work degree from an accredited School of Social Work required.

Experience:

• 5 year’s relevant experience in care management, mental health and/or addictions services, medical social work, or social service organization.

Skills:

• Broad knowledge of the principles of social work and the ability to apply them with individuals, families and/or groups integrating knowledge of normal development and the aging process, changes related to illness, and the needs of patients with acute, chronic, and terminal illness in assessment and intervention with attention to cultural and literacy implications.

• Knowledge of medical, mental health and substance use diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses/injuries; common medications and their effects/side effects; and medical terminology
• Strong organizational, communication and collaboration skills, including an ability to effectively triage patient and family needs, function as member of an interdisciplinary team, identification and collaboration with community stakeholders or resources and written documentation.
• Knowledge about social determinants of health, principles of diversity/equity/inclusion and culturally responsive practice with populations who have experience historical marginalization
• Demonstrates ability to locate, utilize and advocate for patient/family access to hospital/ community resources
• Exhibits knowledge of legal/regulatory issues and an ability to be a resource to all team members regarding such issues
• Ability to navigate electronic medical record and effectively utilize basic computer programs.
• Knowledge of legal, regulatory and compliance requirements and an ability to be a resource to all team members regarding such issues and knowledge of current health care environment.
• Knowledge of health care systems including department functions and stakeholder collaboration, workflow development and/or process improvement
• Experience and/or training in mentorship, clinical supervision, group facilitation