Aspirion Health Resources, LLC
Behavioral Health Therapist - LCSW, West LA/Santa Monica (Hybrid-Remote)
Aspirion Health Resources, LLC, Santa Monica, California, United States, 90403
Description
Provide positive care solutions within an award-winning health system. Grow your career while enhancing quality of life for those most in need. Leverage your expertise to make a real difference in the community. You can do all this and more at UCLA Health.
You will providea range of services to multidisciplinary teams with emphasis on outpatient practices of the UCLA Health-Behavioral Health Associates serving adult, geriatric populations, child and adolescents. Duties may include psychosocial assessment; care coordination, consultation to the team, individual, family or group psychotherapeutic treatment; liaison with community agencies; treatment plan documentation; and disposition planning and advocacy. You will serve as a resource to providers, patients, care coordinators, and performs complex care coordination for high risk patients to improve access to psychiatric care and to prevent unnecessary ED admissions and hospitalizations. In this role, you will have three main functions:1. Resource and complex care coordination
2. Project coordination/management for innovative approaches to deliver behavioral health services to enhance/improve access to care
3. Direct clinical services, the clinical social worker may provide direct mental health services including urgent assessments, interventions, and recommendations to individual patients and their families and recruitment for and coordination of group therapy sessionsYou will serve as a patient advocate, demonstrate problem solving skills to resolve conflict and assist patients/families/caregivers to identify their past and present coping skills. You will work collaboratively with the patient, community resources, other providers, managed care operations, the UCLA Health System, and health plans to implement, identify, coordinate, and monitor options and services to meet at-risk patients’ healthcare needs. You will aim to foster continuity of care and reduce unnecessary utilization of healthcare services by coordinating and providing health services that meet individuals’ health needs. By connecting key individuals involved in the care of the patient and decreasing fragmentation and duplication of care, the clinical social worker is able to enhance the quality and cost effectiveness of the care that is delivered in the outpatient setting. You will also be expected to keep current with the professional mental healthcare knowledge and pursue further enhancement of job-related knowledge.Multiple locations available, including Santa Monica, West LA, Marina Del Rey, Brentwood and Calabasas, as well as flexibility in schedule.*Position is flexible hybrid with up to 40% remote*Salary Range: $105,298 - $125,844 Annual
Qualifications
We’re seeking an experienced CA Licensed Clinical Social Worker with:
MSWExperience and skill interacting with health care providers in a multidisciplinary setting2-3 years of relevant experienceWorking knowledge of general theoretical and clinical modelsAbility to develop effective rapport and working therapeutic alliances with patientsSkill in writing clear and complete clinical notes and summaries of clinical evaluationsSkills and experiences in documenting/charting to ensure current and accurate medical records are entered and documented in patient files in accordance with established Medical Records policies and proceduresKnowledge of clinical social worker ethics and scope of practiceAbility to perform a complete mental status exam and recognize changes in mental statusAbility to establish and maintain effective and mutually respectful relationships with professionals and support staffKnowledge of pertinent current community resources, including income maintenance, mental health treatment, special education, residential and vocational supportsAbility to provide and maintain appropriate coordination of care with existing providers and/or variety of community agencies and demonstrate assertiveness, persistence, and diplomacy as an advocate for the patientAbility to triage high risk behavior of patientsKnowledge of community resources for higher level of care or specialty careKnowledge of psychosocial factors related to all life stages; expertise in at least one stageAbility to communicate clearly and therapeutically with patients and families regarding diagnosis, progress, treatment plan recommendationsAbility to establish and maintain effective and mutually respectful relationships with professionals and support staffAbility to assess and respond appropriately in a timely fashion to the safety needs of patients, family and staffKnowledge of child and adult abuse and neglect reporting laws and proceduresKnowledge of scope of practice of relevant other disciplines including psychiatry, psychology, and psychiatric nurse Practitioners.Ability to recognize complex clinical situations and seek and apply consultation of supervision when neededAbility to respond calmly and effectively in crisis situationsDemonstrated resourcefulness, effective written and verbal communications and diplomacyDemonstrated leadership and organizational abilities with previous demonstration of consistency, independence, flexibility, initiative and creativitySkill at writing documentation that is timely, meaningful, complete, legible, grammatically correct, concise and consistent with legal and administrative standardsAbility to use a computer for electronic mail and word processing, internet access to University policies and procedures, and community resources for patients/families
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Provide positive care solutions within an award-winning health system. Grow your career while enhancing quality of life for those most in need. Leverage your expertise to make a real difference in the community. You can do all this and more at UCLA Health.
You will providea range of services to multidisciplinary teams with emphasis on outpatient practices of the UCLA Health-Behavioral Health Associates serving adult, geriatric populations, child and adolescents. Duties may include psychosocial assessment; care coordination, consultation to the team, individual, family or group psychotherapeutic treatment; liaison with community agencies; treatment plan documentation; and disposition planning and advocacy. You will serve as a resource to providers, patients, care coordinators, and performs complex care coordination for high risk patients to improve access to psychiatric care and to prevent unnecessary ED admissions and hospitalizations. In this role, you will have three main functions:1. Resource and complex care coordination
2. Project coordination/management for innovative approaches to deliver behavioral health services to enhance/improve access to care
3. Direct clinical services, the clinical social worker may provide direct mental health services including urgent assessments, interventions, and recommendations to individual patients and their families and recruitment for and coordination of group therapy sessionsYou will serve as a patient advocate, demonstrate problem solving skills to resolve conflict and assist patients/families/caregivers to identify their past and present coping skills. You will work collaboratively with the patient, community resources, other providers, managed care operations, the UCLA Health System, and health plans to implement, identify, coordinate, and monitor options and services to meet at-risk patients’ healthcare needs. You will aim to foster continuity of care and reduce unnecessary utilization of healthcare services by coordinating and providing health services that meet individuals’ health needs. By connecting key individuals involved in the care of the patient and decreasing fragmentation and duplication of care, the clinical social worker is able to enhance the quality and cost effectiveness of the care that is delivered in the outpatient setting. You will also be expected to keep current with the professional mental healthcare knowledge and pursue further enhancement of job-related knowledge.Multiple locations available, including Santa Monica, West LA, Marina Del Rey, Brentwood and Calabasas, as well as flexibility in schedule.*Position is flexible hybrid with up to 40% remote*Salary Range: $105,298 - $125,844 Annual
Qualifications
We’re seeking an experienced CA Licensed Clinical Social Worker with:
MSWExperience and skill interacting with health care providers in a multidisciplinary setting2-3 years of relevant experienceWorking knowledge of general theoretical and clinical modelsAbility to develop effective rapport and working therapeutic alliances with patientsSkill in writing clear and complete clinical notes and summaries of clinical evaluationsSkills and experiences in documenting/charting to ensure current and accurate medical records are entered and documented in patient files in accordance with established Medical Records policies and proceduresKnowledge of clinical social worker ethics and scope of practiceAbility to perform a complete mental status exam and recognize changes in mental statusAbility to establish and maintain effective and mutually respectful relationships with professionals and support staffKnowledge of pertinent current community resources, including income maintenance, mental health treatment, special education, residential and vocational supportsAbility to provide and maintain appropriate coordination of care with existing providers and/or variety of community agencies and demonstrate assertiveness, persistence, and diplomacy as an advocate for the patientAbility to triage high risk behavior of patientsKnowledge of community resources for higher level of care or specialty careKnowledge of psychosocial factors related to all life stages; expertise in at least one stageAbility to communicate clearly and therapeutically with patients and families regarding diagnosis, progress, treatment plan recommendationsAbility to establish and maintain effective and mutually respectful relationships with professionals and support staffAbility to assess and respond appropriately in a timely fashion to the safety needs of patients, family and staffKnowledge of child and adult abuse and neglect reporting laws and proceduresKnowledge of scope of practice of relevant other disciplines including psychiatry, psychology, and psychiatric nurse Practitioners.Ability to recognize complex clinical situations and seek and apply consultation of supervision when neededAbility to respond calmly and effectively in crisis situationsDemonstrated resourcefulness, effective written and verbal communications and diplomacyDemonstrated leadership and organizational abilities with previous demonstration of consistency, independence, flexibility, initiative and creativitySkill at writing documentation that is timely, meaningful, complete, legible, grammatically correct, concise and consistent with legal and administrative standardsAbility to use a computer for electronic mail and word processing, internet access to University policies and procedures, and community resources for patients/families
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