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Job Title

Outpatient Social Worker - M-Power Program (LISW)

                        

Location

Independence

                    

Facility

Independence Family Health Center

                     

Department

Nursing Operations-Nursing Institute

                      

Job Code

T9991W

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

8:00am-5:00pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.   

As an Outpatient Social Worker for the M Power Program, you will play a pioneering role in providing compassionate care and counseling to postpartum patients coping with birth trauma, neonatal loss and related challenges. Partnering closely with Cleveland Clinic’s Women’s Behavioral Health team, you will support patient intakes, referrals and individualized therapeutic interventions that promote healing and emotional well-being. As the first social worker in this growing program, you will help shape the foundation of comprehensive postpartum mental health services, offering empathetic, evidence-based care that empowers patients on their path to recovery.

A caregiver in this role will work days, 40 hours per week. Schedules will eventually become hybrid with 3 days in office and 2 days from home.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Utilize specialized clinical knowledge and advanced clinical skills in psychotherapy, clinical counseling, diagnostic interviews, assessments and treatment plans to patients. 
• Provide individual, group, family and crisis counseling.  
• Utilize a clinical focus across the mental health spectrum, from anxiety and depression to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.  
• Participate in the development and implementation of assessments based on interdisciplinary treatment plans.  
• Consult with team members, statutory/voluntary agencies and relatives to ensure compliance with the patient treatment plan.  
• Act as a liaison between patients, families, community support workers and facilities to obtain information and facilitate discharge planning.  
• Educate and provide resources to patients and families.  
• Supervise and/or train lower-level social workers, students or interns.  
• Process paperwork and complete clinical documentation.  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Counseling or a related field 
• Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW), or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Social Worker (LSW) with no record of substantiated ethics or patient abuse reports 
• Three years of experience in a behavioral health setting 
• Comprehensive knowledge of current psychotherapeutic techniques, theories and practices sufficient to evaluate, diagnose and counsel patients 

Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how we’re dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/        

Physical Requirements:

• A high degree of manual dexterity to produce materials on PC; normal or corrected vision; extensive sitting and frequent walking; occasional lifting or carrying up to 25 pounds.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are follwed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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