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JOB DESCRIPTION

Preferred Qualifications:

Ability to work with patients seeking Behavioral Health Treatment for lifestyle change around weight management, fitness and other lifestyle issues.

Experience providing outpatient therapy with adults and use of modalities such as CBT, DBT, Mindfulness and Motivational Interviewing is ideal.

Other experience helpful:  experience treating trauma, substance abuse, chronic conditions and medical comorbidities, somatic work, experience with disordered eating patterns.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Provide psychosocial assessments of patients to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, health condition, treatment, and/or life situation.

Formulate, develop, and implement a treatment plan utilizing appropriate for Short Term psychotherapy for behavioral change, with occasional group psychotherapy.

Participate in multi-disciplinary health care teams and provide leadership in representing clinical social work perspective.

Document assessment, plan, interactions, and interventions according to departmental, and/or health system guidelines and standards.

Maintain records and statistics in accordance with department, medical center and/or health system policies. Attend and participate in staff, committee, department, and other administrative meetings.

Participate in department, medical center, and/or health system continuous quality improvement efforts.

Participate in regular supervisory conferences; keep current with social work and health care developments and seek to increase further enhancement of job related knowledge.

Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification:             

Current licensure as a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) by the NC Social Work Certification and Licensure Board.

Minimum Qualifications

Education
Level I and Level II Master's degree in social work from an accredited school of social work .

Experience

Level I Level II Two year of post internship social work experience in a health care setting or social service agency. Two years recent post master's experience in a clinical setting preferred. Same as Level I plus five years post master's experience in a health care or social service agency. Experience in leadership and supervising.

Job Code: 00005028 CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER
Job Level: F2

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