• Advises staff in making appropriate verbal and written protective service and law enforcement referrals. 
• Follows up as appropriate to advocate, provide expertise in providing an assessment, intervention, support , and/or help promote protective service victim referrals in cases of sexual assault and rape, child and adult abuse, complex crisis with mental health, substance abuse, neglect and financial exploitation, and domestic violence.
• Complete and initiate all documents and file appropriate paperwork for an ex-parte at the county courthouse
• Proactive participation in unit continuity of care meetings, interdisciplinary rounds, Medical Center Committees, C.Q.I. teams and may serve as a Medical Center representative on various community service boards as authorized by the department leader or authorized designee.
• Collaborates with the Case Managers, physicians, and or multidisciplinary team daily, and address psychosocial and financial barriers that may impede progress throughout the patient care continuum, impact or delay the patients discharge plan, or interfere with medical compliance.
• Advocates for the patient and performs discharge planning/after care coordination. 
• Supports efforts to decrease hospital readmissions when possible and return patient to the community with appropriate resources. 
• Provides patient/family education regarding psychosocial aspects of illness.
• Utilize appropriate measures to promote and maintain patient safety.

Skills: Advocacy, Crisis Management, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Documentation, Community Outreach, Discharge Planning, Patient Education, Safety Compliance.

• Assist the Emergency Department (ED) by providing on call coverage to address Behavioral Health patient’s needs. 
• Mental health evaluations, assessing and securing inpatient placement
• Hosting family meetings and inter-disciplinary team meetings to discuss care plan, and providing warm handoff and follow up 
• Collaborate with the physician, nurse, nurse manager, and social services manager regarding patient care.
• Maintain accurate records and document in patients ED record as required to insure clarity of service delivery.
• Maintain social work license and necessary continuing education credits.
• Attends meetings on behalf of the social work department as appropriate including rounds, staff meetings, utilization review, ethics, QAPI committee, etc.
• Prepares monthly case studies and provides in-service presentations/training to TSC staff.
• Conducts weekly observations of the TSC program to ensure active treatment with residents is occurring.
• Provides Case Management to TSC residents.

Skills: Behavioral Health Assessment, Care Coordination, Clinical Documentation, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Continuing Education, Case Management, Presentation and Training, Quality Assurance Monitoring.

• Collaborates with administrative staff and providers to optimize efficiency.
• Works in collaboration with appropriately licensed professionals.
• Establishes and implements policies, objectives, and procedures for department. 
• Reports on department results and outcomes in a confidential manner.
• Monitors patient service feedback and assists with resolving complaints and service issues.
• Works as a member of various interdisciplinary teams in the clinic setting.
• Acts as liaison between children and court personnel.
• Performs assessments for each individual entering the Transitional Shelter Care (TSC) and writes reports 
• Assists with intakes and discharges and completes discharge summary reports within assigned timeframes and needs and service plans.
• Provides supervision to program staff as part of a team to ensure daily program implementation and child safety are maintained.

Skills: Policy Development, Confidential Reporting, Complaint Resolution, Interdisciplinary Teamwork, Liaison Coordination, Clinical Assessment, Supervisory Skills, Program Implementation.

• Behavioral Health Counseling - Detect and addresses broad spectrum of behavioral health needs( i.e. mental health, substance use, complex psychosocial needs, grief support, mandatory reporting issues)
• Performs triage, warm hand-offs, risk assessment, brief psychotherapeutic counseling intervention and care management services,.
• Performs Psychosocial Needs Assessment - Complete bio-psychosocial needs assessments to help determine appropriate level of care. 
• Work with patient & available support systems to develop appropriate treatment plans/meet goals of care. 
• Consultation with facility staff or other community professionals seeking guidance in meeting patient needs.
• Coordination of services - Provides information and referrals with OHSU partners (i.e. Financial Specialist, RN Clinical Specialists, Patient Advocates and other professionals as appropriate).
• Community Resource Referral and Psycho-education
• Completes education and assessment of social determinants of health, social/emotional implications of medical situations, guardianship or conservatorship, and/or other high-risk needs.
• Provides information about Social Security Disability and other financial resources 
• Acts as advocate to refer patients to appropriate services within the community.

Skills: Behavioral Health Counseling, Psychosocial Assessment, Treatment Planning, Professional Consultation, Service Coordination, Community Resource Referral, Psychoeducation, Advocacy.

• Mental health and counseling services
• Provide regular counseling to students and families in need of social and emotional support, this includes both mandated counseling to students with IEPs (Individualized Education Plans) as well as individual and group counseling to other students in need
• Coordinate the delivery of mental health and family services at community-based organizations for students and families requiring outside services
• Create programs for students and families to promote emotional and mental health
• Create mental and emotional health in-service programs for staff
• Crisis management and prevention programming
• Respond to day-to-day issues and unanticipated student crises at TEP during the course of a school day
• Assist in training medical residents and other facility staff regarding the profession of Social Work, identification of psychosocial patient adjustment issues, theory/provision of selected social work interventions. 
• Assist in supervision and evaluation of social work graduate and undergraduateinterns. 
• Provides in-service to department regarding acknowledged areas of expertise.

Skills: Counseling, Program Development, Crisis Management, Service Coordination, Staff Training, Student Support, Supervision of Interns, In-service Education.

• Should be detail-oriented and have a strong desire to learn and grow clinically
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish/Chinese)
• Experience providing counseling services to people 11-24-year-olds.
• Enthusiastic about community work and youth development
• Flexibility to engage young people therapeutically in a non-clinical/community-based setting.
• Have advanced knowledge of psychological diagnosis, intervention, and behavioral health that qualifies to provide advice and consultation to professionals representing a variety of disciplines.
• Strong knowledge regarding Social Services and Care Management processes in preadmission, emergency department, outpatient/ambulatory services, and hospital acute short term care, as well as post-acute care services.
• Demonstrated excellent attendance, integrity. professionalism, reliability, and timeliness of paperwork duties

Qualifications: BA in Social Work with 2 years of Experience

• Knowledge of a range of interventions for children, adolescents, and transition age youth exposed to emotional and physical trauma and impacted by the juvenile justice and child welfare systems.
• Strong problem solving and conflict management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• A preliminary job offer and assignment may be extended pending successful background clearance.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish)
• Experience working in public specialty mental health settings.
• Experience in providing mental health consultation and/or direct clinical service.
• Experience with DSM-5 diagnoses and providing mental health assessment and treatment to children and youth.
• Experience working with populations that are culturally diverse in gender, sexual orientation, language, disabilities, race and ethnicity.
• Expertise and knowledge of services and resources for children, youth and families and knowledge of coordinated care for the population.

Qualifications: BA in Family Studies with 1 year of Experience

• Knowledge and abilities essential to the successful performance of the duties assigned to the position
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, effective written and oral communication, diplomacy, and organizational and analytic skills
• Self-directed, assertive and creative in problem solving, systems planning and patient care management in a high-volume work environment
• Ability to work and communicate effectively and collaboratively with inter-disciplinary teams
• Basic telephone and computer skills including the use of the internet
• Experience (internship/career) in a healthcare and/or in-patient/out-patient medical setting
• Experience working with an inter-disciplinary palliative care or hospice team
• Interest in, and experience with creating partnerships with community organizations
• Fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese or Spanish
• Experience with disease management (e.g. Oncology, Neurology, Pulmonary, Cardiac illness)

Qualifications: BA in Public Health with 2 years of Experience

• Knowledge of the social, emotional and experiential causes of social and psychiatric disorders.
• Knowledge of the principals and practices of psychosocial evaluation and diagnosis, including knowledge of applicable interviewing techniques for individuals and families.
• Ability to establish and maintain professional working relationships with others, and to establish rapport and interact with people who are under stress and to handle stressful and emergent situations.
• Must possess problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Knowledge of human growth and development across the lifespan.
• Knowledge of the social, emotional, and experiential causes of social and psychiatric disorders.
• Knowledge of the principals and practices of psychosocial evaluation and diagnosis, which include knowledge of applicable interviewing techniques for individuals and families.
• Ability to establish and sustain therapeutic relationships.
• Ability to interpret and coordinate treatment plans among a variety of human service personnel and delivery systems.
• Effective communication skills.

Qualifications: BA in Counseling with 3 years of Experience

• Requires knowledge of social work principles, techniques and practices as it relates to the psychosocial model of treatment.
• Considerable knowledge of maladaptive behaviors, psychosocial problems, diagnosis, treatment and intervention techniques, including experience providing individual therapy.
• Must possess good oral and written skills.
• Ability to work effectively with clients/families/guardians and with community providers and Managed Care Organizations in the eastern region of North Carolina and other service providers.
• Must be able to work effectively with the interdisciplinary treatment team and other various departments and disciplines.
• Requires knowledge of Recovery and Trauma Informed Care principles
• Must possess good time management, organizational skills, and flexibility
• Considerable experience in the field of mental health across population.
• Knowledge and experience with a variety of therapeutic models and techniques
• Experience with developing treatment plans

Qualifications: BA in Behavioral Science with 4 years of Experience