Denver Health Looking for Social Worker MSW – Outpatient Behavioral Health at Denver, CO  Full Time

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Department

OBHS Substance Pro-Fee

Summary:

Under general professional supervision, performs medical/behavioral health social work services including planning and organizing treatment, care coordination, and linkage to resources. Delivers social services in accordance with the approved plan of treatment/care. Assists behavioral healthcare providers in understanding significant social and emotional factors related to the client’s behavioral health problems, including any substance use disorder diagnoses.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of emotional and social factors that affect patient’s health.
• Knowledge of discharge and in-service education programs.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Skilled in identifying problems/opportunities to improve care.
• Ability to help the patient and family to understand, accept and follow medical recommendations.
• Ability to utilize resources, such as family and community agencies to assist the patient to enhance life in the community.
• Ability to collect key information from the patient, family and the community as part of the social worker assessment.
• Ability to communicate to the appropriate staff information about the patient’s discharge plan.
• Ability to manage time sufficiently to achieve established goals.
• Skill in obtaining appropriate behavioral health care resources/services and educating others.
• Ability to articulate the professional use of self in the relationship to maximize client’s adjustment, enhance strengths and promote resolution of identified problems.
• Ability to develop effective therapeutic interventions that are socio-culturally sensitive.

Computers and Technology:

• Proficiency with software applications, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Proficiency in operating Electronic Medical Records, including EPIC.

Education and Experience:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work from a CSWE accredited college or university required.
• One year of experience required.

Certificates, Licenses and Registration:

• BLS Certification from American Heart Association or Red Cross required.

Shift

Days (United States of America)

Work Type

Regular

Salary

$58,900.00 – $85,500.00 / yr

Benefits

• Competitive pay

• Outstanding benefits

• Education opportunities

• Shared leadership and advancement opportunity

• State-of-the-art facilities

• Immediate retirement plan matching

• Professional clinical advancement program

• Participation in evidence-based projects

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer

• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

Our Values

• Respect

• Belonging

• Accountability

• Transparency

All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

We strongly support diversity in the workforce and Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

Denver Health values the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community. For read more about our commitment to diversity visit:

“Denver Health is committed to provide equal treatment and equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Denver Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.”