Social Worker - Behavioral Health Acute Unit

Company: Avera Behavioral Health Center
Location: Chancellor
Posted on: November 6, 2024

Job Description:

Join the team at Avera!





Award Winning Health Care: - Avera has been named among the nation's 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America's Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME.

Culture: -Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

You Belong at Avera: - Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.

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Join a fun team of Social Workers committed to positive outcomes for patients, and families.

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Position Highlights:


Work with an innovative team within a caring Christian culture.
Collaborate with a vast team of healthcare professionals.
Be a vital resource to patients, and families.
Work with community resources/programs, as well as Medicaid/Medicare in the hospital system.
Work with a variety of patient concerns.


Job Summary

• Responsible to plan, organize and implement social work service to patients and families. -
  
• Maintain contact with referring agencies and related people, and with community resources used for referral.
  
• Complete psychosocial evaluations, and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary treatment team, will be responsible for discharge planning and aftercare of patients on the unit. -
  
• May assist with direct patient care in both the child and adolescent units. - Limited travel may be required
  
  
  Education and/or Experience
  
  
  
• Bachelor's degree in Social Work from an accredited Social Work Program required.
  
  
  -Certification/Licensure/Registration
  
  
  Current license in Social Work in the State of South Dakota required.
  
  
  -Pay
  
  The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. -
  
  
  $25.00 - $37.75 per hour
  
  
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