Reports to: Clinical Director, Behavioral Health
Position Overview:
The Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LISCW), Behavioral Health, is expected to provide direct clinical services to MIT faculty and employees and their families, and function as a member of the embedded Primary Care Behavioral Health team.
Responsibilities are, but are not limited to:
- Initial clinical evaluations.
- Stabilization and short-term therapeutic support.
- Collateral Information of outside providers.
- Collaborate with team members and Primary Care staff.
- Provider psycho-education and training to Primary Care staff.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities*
- Provides mental health screening and initial assessments of the patient in their current situation and environment.
- Develops short-term treatment plans with appropriate and competent interventions.
- Provides short-term treatments, psycho-education and/or counseling utilizing individual modalities.
- Provides information, referral and creative resource acquisition for specific individual needs.
- Collaborates with and provides psychosocial consultation to the Primary Care Team to promote a smooth, coordinated plan of care.
- Provides urgent consultations and support to Primary Care, Urgent Care and other areas of MIT Health.
- In collaboration with the Behavioral health team, develops initiatives to meet the evolving needs of the MIT Health community.
- Aids the team in understanding and integrating the significance of psychosocial factors in relation to patient’s psychiatric challenges, treatment, and recovery. Makes recommendations to the team regarding care and management.
- Assists Primary Care Team in promoting patient and/or family level of understanding in order to make informed decisions.
- Provides care in an interpersonally and culturally sensitive manner.
- Develops and facilitates groups as needed.
- Ensures clinical documentation is complete and according to department standards, policies, and regulatory bodies.
- Performs other administrative documentation and record keeping, such as Smartsheets, billing, etc. in a complete and timely manner.
- Maintains knowledge of current research and information related to practice and critically analyzes, utilizes, and shares with colleagues, as appropriate.
- Participates in continuing education offerings both within, as well as external conferences and seminars.
- Maintains record of continuing education as required for licensure and any specialty certification.
- Collaborates with clinical and administrative staff in identifying performance improvements initiatives and contributes to improved outcomes.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Required Education and Experience:
- Master’s Degree in Social Work from an institution accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
- Minimum of 2 years post Master’s Degree social work experience.
- Licensure at the Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) level in Massachusetts.
- Possesses and applies the skills and knowledge necessary to provide care.