The Social Worker, PHP, is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the psychosocial services for patients of PrairieCare. The employee provides a comprehensive range of services to patients and their families, including assessment, treatment planning, care coordination/case management, and seeks to enhance the functioning of patients. This position may work with children, adolescents, and adults and serve patients with co-occurring disorders.

This position is eligible for a hiring bonus!

Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm

Responsibilities:

• Accountable to have knowledge and understanding of Social Work practices and principles
• Responsible for effective case psychosocial assessment and suicide risk assessment, discharge planning, and leading psychoeducational and/or therapeutic groups
• Responsible to develop treatment plans, completing discharge plans, and conduct discharge meetings
• Responsible for communicating with patients and families to keep them involved in treatment plan decisions
• Coordinates care with outpatient providers upon admission and discharge
• Responsible for facilitating weekly treatment team meetings and creating master treatment plans/updating treatment plans as agreed upon by the treatment team
• Contributes clinical perspective to the interdisciplinary team based on unique training in the area of family systems and/or social work theory.
• Communicate clearly and effectively with clinical team members and Directors.
• Be oriented and educated in gender, cultural differences, and age-appropriate care for the assigned department.
• Benefits include but not limited too -
  • Credit Supervision
  • CE credits
  • Mentorship programs
• Bi-lingual and Multilingual Candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Language needs include, but are not limited, to Spanish, Somali, Hmong, Karen, and Vietnamese.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work required
• Master's Degree in Social Work preferred
• Current licensure in the state of Minnesota required (LGSW or LSW)
• Experience in a healthcare setting preferred
• Experience using electronic health records preferred
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products including Word and Outlook
• Ability to effectively and efficiently communicate in written and verbal form
• Ability to smoothly and rapidly shift between dissimilar tasks
• Ability to react quickly and calmly as part of a team to handle volatile and potential emergency situations
• Ability to make effective decisions while in stressful situations and circumstances
• After training, the ability to manage disruptive and explosive patients

Driven by our values and commitment to safety and quality care, PrairieCare will be joining every major health system in Minnesota with our plans to require a COVID-19 vaccine for all team members, or an approved exemption limited to medical or religious accommodations

PrairieCare is a physician-owned and operated psychiatric healthcare system experiencing rapid growth in the Twin Cities. With multiple sites across the Twin Cities, PrairieCare has quickly grown to become one of the State’s largest providers of mental health services to children, adolescents and their families.

PrairieCare does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability or age in admissions, treatment or participation in its programs, services and activities or employment. PrairieCare is an Affirmative Action Employer/Equal Opportunity Employer supporting Veterans, Disabled and other protected individuals and is committed to a diverse workforce. Offers of employment from PrairieCare are conditional and contingent upon successful clearance of all background studies.

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Education

• Masters or better in Social Work

Licenses & Certifications

• Lic Graduate SW