Social Work

Job Description:

(1) Duties of Social Workers
(a) Provide psychiatric Social Work services, to patients and their families, as a member of an Interdisciplinary Treatment Team.
(b) Services include, but are not limited to conducting of Psychosocial Assessments,treatment planning, group and individual intervention including case coordination and documentation. Case coordination in support of a patient's community
integration will include linking patients to community resources, establishing insurance and other benefits, and liaising with various legal and mental health systems.
(c) Throughout the provision of Social Work services, the Social Worker adheres to social work values and ethics as outlined by the Oregon State Board of Clinical Social Workers.
(d) Conduct Psychosocial Assessment: Psychosocial history gathering and assessment of information from patients, families, community mental health programs, other collateral informants.
(e) Participation with the treatment team in establishing Treatment and Care Plans, implementation of those treatment plans.
(f) Effective liaison with community mental health agencies, Senior and People with Disabilities Division, Veteran's Administration, potential providers, public and private hospitals, legal entities, substance abuse treatment programs and other socia service agencies.
(g) Conducts individual and group treatment as well as family counseling and education.