SOCIAL WORK/COUNSELOR-LSW/PC/BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IP UNIT/FULL TIME/7:30A-6P/72 HOURS PER PAY

The Social Work/Counselor-LSW/PC provides direct social service intervention, transition planning and counseling to patients and their families. The Social Work/Counselor-LSW/PC assesses the patient’s social, emotional, financial, cultural and family situation and interprets this information with the physician, nursing staff and other care team members to facilitate appropriate transition planning and clinical treatment. The Social Work/Counselor-LSW/PC assists patients and families in making appropriate linkages to community resources and provides consultation to those seeking input and guidance in efforts to resolve patient concerns. Transition planning and psychotherapy services are provided to inpatient mental health patients in the forms of individual, group, family, couples therapy in accordance with evidence-based practice, the Ohio Administrative Code, and applicable standards of care. As prescribed in Ohio law, these services must take place during evenings and weekends 7 days/week.